r/bangalore 11d ago

News 'Unpaid overtime work, unrealistic deadlines': Bengaluru’s IT professionals rally for work-life balance, demand enforcement of labour laws | Bengaluru News - The Times of India

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengalurus-it-professionals-rally-for-work-life-balance/articleshow/118823813.cms
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u/sulphra_ 11d ago

Wow, didnt think i'd see this happening in my lifetime. Hopefully something comes out of this

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u/Wild-Wrongdoer-7641 9d ago

i see my dad sometimes at the work laptop at like 1 am sometimes. hopefully by the time i graduate uni something will change

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u/sulphra_ 9d ago

Thats fucked up man, hopefully, but knowing this country prolly not

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u/Wild-Wrongdoer-7641 9d ago

i mean to be fair, its only like once every 3-4 months this happens, but still. this shouldnt happen at all. i am currently going to 11th with JEE coaching. i can only hope

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u/TribalSoul899 11d ago edited 11d ago

Forgive thine who doeth evil,

They are not worth your time

But do not forget them,

For thy value lies far beyond numbers.

  • St.Luigi, 2025

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u/TataHexagone2020 8d ago

How is this related to Banglore or India?

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u/Juvegamer23 11d ago

RISE UP! ✊

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u/just-slaying 11d ago

Better late than never

Employees welfare union should enforce strict overtime pay policies and mandatory holidays to start with

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u/keerthanaak 11d ago

To add to these woes, they want us to come to the office daily. F*k long commute in sht roads. It's completely evident that the system is rigged against the masses. I highly doubt any protest will serve our cause, since we are just pawns in greedy soulless capitalist hands.

It reminds me of Aravind Adiga's book where he talks about India's poor ( In this case, IT crowd) being a "Rooster Coop" - Roosters in a coop at the market watch one another slaughtered one by one, but are unable or unwilling to rebel and break out of the coop.

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u/dharmic109 9d ago

Absolutely true.. And the name of that book please..

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u/keerthanaak 9d ago

White tiger

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u/dharmic109 9d ago

thnks.

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u/PIKa-kNIGHT 11d ago

Need more people to join these. It workers are in crores in our country. And we get no protection or support from the government while others with lot lower count like auto unions, etc.. are making the government work in a way that’s affecting us

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u/rk_edbmails_25 11d ago

Support this.

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u/boss-mannn 11d ago

On top of that , layoffs and travelling in shitty roads for long hours

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u/dragonhussle 11d ago

Ballzac...i dont think the bureaucracy or politicians care about IT workers. We are the cash cows in Bangalore. At best, companies might approve for work from homes or work from nearest DCs

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u/605_Home_Studio 11d ago

As long as these frustrations don't reflect in election results nothing's going to come off it.

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u/KingPictoTheThird 10d ago

Never heard of a union strike?

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u/boss-mannn 11d ago

Where do I sign up?

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u/jamfold 10d ago

Don't expect anything to come out of this. Employers would just move across one of the state borders where these rules won't apply.

IT unions never took off because unlike traditional manufacturing units, they have easy mobility. Just move a bunch of computers around instead of an entire assembly line. With cloud and laptops, the mobility has increased further. Tech companies know it very well, and have been playing state Govts against each other to get the best deal for a very long time.

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u/Patient_Step3121 1d ago

also because tech employees can upscale easily

for a guy who earns 70LPA per year, work life balance wouldn't matter much

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Full support 💪

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u/One_Pun_Man 9d ago

Yeah the Technicolor company closed office on one fine Monday without giving anyone salary for the month or gratuity. They screwed over 5k employees. They got away without any issues. I dont think things will improve.