2009/5/31 Mohit (मॊिहत) <[email protected]> > This is particularly awful in indian context > since we as a culture are not used to saying or hearing "no". But the most > important thing is to recognise that it's happening.
Saying no is tough in India. I once had an onsite manager who sent a stinker to the entire offshore top management because I refused to send out an updated document at 12 in the night. I was so pissed I didn't think and instantly did a reply-all with clear-cut reasons why I couldn't. Thankfully the managers were understanding and actually complimented me for doing so. > And that the causes are > as much to do with our own inability to say "no" (to customers, to bosses, > to our own urges to fit everything in) as anything else. The worst part is that most US clients take Indians working 12 hours a day or more for granted. And our ineptitude for saying no increases when speaking to the white folk. We shoot ourselves in the foot as soon as a project starts by committing to unrealistic timelines which even a sensibile non-techie can see is impossible. Kiran
