Today I am in a good mood to write.. So let me punch in few more lines on this blog after which its pure source code..
There has been a debate in my office shuttle about why work from home option is not available in India. Its available in few companies.
So here is my take on the so called topic.
Work from home is a superb option when the work we do actually adds to the client's business. You may sit at office or at home but still the client wins because you help him with your solution, which you churn out from your home.
But in most (so called) software companies, adding value to client's business is far far away. Not sure we actually add value, but we sure add loads of TIMESHEETS / INVOICES at the end of the month.
Each individual working from office is billed in the timesheet at a particular rate (say 25-30 USD per hour).
So if work from home option is provided, and if the client becomes aware of this ( yes he will, he will only have to provide for the infrastructure of course), he will tell the company to cut down on the billing rate per hour.
Yes, per hour billing is inclusive of AC / power / biscuits / water / tea etc etc. So work from home drastically reduces billing and therefore loss of business.
Yup, I re-iterate, here in India business means sending timesheets to clients for approval.. Whether your work adds any value to the client or not, seriously takes a back seat or may be the BABY Seat :)-
So work from home option is strictly NO NO in companies which only do business via TIMESHEETS.
Secondly managers (who get paid a lot) hardly involve in any technical stuffs and are more interested in doing contractor kind of jobs like asking status to developers would end up being JOBLESS if all developers start working from home...
Thirdly some bare basic infrastructure cost which company hates to invest !
Cheers ,
PS - Some companies have work from home option available.. Kudos to them :)-
Disclaimer.. All of this post is only my opinion. Any co-incidences is regretted
There has been a debate in my office shuttle about why work from home option is not available in India. Its available in few companies.
So here is my take on the so called topic.
Work from home is a superb option when the work we do actually adds to the client's business. You may sit at office or at home but still the client wins because you help him with your solution, which you churn out from your home.
But in most (so called) software companies, adding value to client's business is far far away. Not sure we actually add value, but we sure add loads of TIMESHEETS / INVOICES at the end of the month.
Each individual working from office is billed in the timesheet at a particular rate (say 25-30 USD per hour).
So if work from home option is provided, and if the client becomes aware of this ( yes he will, he will only have to provide for the infrastructure of course), he will tell the company to cut down on the billing rate per hour.
Yes, per hour billing is inclusive of AC / power / biscuits / water / tea etc etc. So work from home drastically reduces billing and therefore loss of business.
Yup, I re-iterate, here in India business means sending timesheets to clients for approval.. Whether your work adds any value to the client or not, seriously takes a back seat or may be the BABY Seat :)-
So work from home option is strictly NO NO in companies which only do business via TIMESHEETS.
Secondly managers (who get paid a lot) hardly involve in any technical stuffs and are more interested in doing contractor kind of jobs like asking status to developers would end up being JOBLESS if all developers start working from home...
Thirdly some bare basic infrastructure cost which company hates to invest !
Cheers ,
PS - Some companies have work from home option available.. Kudos to them :)-
Disclaimer.. All of this post is only my opinion. Any co-incidences is regretted
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