Globalization Blues

Blogging in day time! Now that doesn’t happen very often. At least not with me. Not that the software industry keeps one loaded with work all day, but there are some unlucky people who fall in the sickest of projects which will make you work and work as if that’s the one thing God made you for. I being not so lucky (my current status at 24 :'single and looking' is a testimony of that) happen to a part of this team which loves to work from 9 to 9 and on top of it feel proud about it. Yuks.

So how come I am giving this gyan at this time of day when I should be writing some code in the best language ever, COBOL :D. Because the monsters in the US, I mean our client, are not in office because of the thanksgiving long weekend. Now that they are out shopping means these is no one to send the so called tasks and so gives us the leeway to play TT, browse orkut and even blog!! So what’s wrong with it. In the face of it, nothing! Every holiday is a welcome holiday; hell cares if its thanks giving or taking or stealing or gifting. The problem comes when it’s a diwali or a dussera. I remember one of my leads telling me how tough it was to explain to a manager in the US why the folks here can not come to work on dusshera. I don’t know if he had to explain the whole Ramayan for it or he made a completely new epic just to get us the holiday. Even worse some guys had to cancel their diwali vacation because the client wanted them to be in office, though I was lucky and got the leave that time (but I am still ‘single and looking’ :D).
Offhand it dosen’t actually sound like a big deal, may be because work comes so much above in our priorities that we don’t mind drifting away from our family, friends, festivals, culture, beliefs…basically just what we are. The question I am trying to ask is how much?

Passing thought: Looks like the day is not far when we are going to start cutting turkeys.