Tue, 03 Jun 2008
Transportation Strike
I wonder if any tech companies based in Hyderabad will have a lot of problems starting tomorrow due to a planned transportation strike which includes cab drivers. As part of employment, a lot of tech jobs (and job offers when recruiting) include transportation to and from work in India. The way a lot of companies do it is to hire out groups of private cabs to come at scheduled times to pick up or drop off small groups of employees who live in the same neighborhood and/or have similar shift times. It's key for US companies too as their offices in India typical have overnight shifts to match our business needs- especially in Customer Service and QA teams. Free rides at 3am is necessary, especially for the female workers. That article I linked to above mentions protesting a 12.5% increase in the VAT. That's a pretty big increase. 03 Jun 12:56 | /tech | 0 comment(s)
