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Amazon India Chief Tells Employees To Maintain 'Work-Life Harmony', No Emails and Phone Calls After Office Hours (indiatimes.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon gets trashed on the international stage pretty often for its inhumane work conditions in its warehouses. However, it seems the Indian arm of the company is trying to do better, at least according to the latest announcement from Country Head Amit Agarwal. According to Business Standard, in an email to senior staff members this week, Agarwal has reportedly asked employees to leave themselves enough time to spend at home, and maintain a healthy "work-life harmony." He's told employees to stop taking calls and emails after hours, and specifically that, "No business decision should be made between 6 pm and 8 am." It's still unclear whether this decision comes from Agarwal or from the company's global leadership. Likely the latter, considering there's been no such chatter for US employees. It'll also be interesting to see how long this plan will hold, given the sheer size of the e-commerce portal. In the email, Agarwal also said that responding to emails while on vacation is "not cool."
There should not be a -1 on this comment. People are downvoting because it is considered racist. HOWEVER...it is also an undeniable fact that india is dirty, and has piles of human waste all over the public space.
We should not forget that particular point because it helps give context to how the place operates, or rather does not operate and how this relates to businesses who would work with india. This is who these people are, lets not stick blinders on because it is not politically correct. You do that and you'll make bad business deals based on the idea that everyone is the same and that simply is not the case with india