Comments on: Outsourcing to India Bad For Indians’ Health http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:28:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1436 Cottontimer Mon, 01 May 2006 22:43:34 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1436 <b>Am?lie</b>: Oh, yes! There are so many accents here in the UK that it had my head spinning when I first arrived. Watching the BBC children's show, <a href="www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory/" rel="nofollow">Balamory</a>, has helped with the Scottish accent. :D <b>Smitha</b>: I remember hearing about your cousin. :( It's really awful when it affects your family directly. <b>Deb L</b>: That's a good point. Fortunately, the computerized systems here don't seem to go on for too long. But they do charge for tech support phone calls! They're not toll free!!! Am?lie: Oh, yes! There are so many accents here in the UK that it had my head spinning when I first arrived. Watching the BBC children’s show, Balamory, has helped with the Scottish accent. :D

Smitha: I remember hearing about your cousin. :( It’s really awful when it affects your family directly.

Deb L: That’s a good point. Fortunately, the computerized systems here don’t seem to go on for too long. But they do charge for tech support phone calls! They’re not toll free!!!

]]> By: Deb L http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1431 Deb L Mon, 01 May 2006 16:00:04 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1431 So many places have computerized systems that make it impossible to even TALK to a human, that when I get a real live person on the other end, I am happy. Even if their accent is a bit hard to understand. So many places have computerized systems that make it impossible to even TALK to a human, that when I get a real live person on the other end, I am happy. Even if their accent is a bit hard to understand.

]]> By: Smitha http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1427 Smitha Mon, 01 May 2006 02:41:35 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1427 My cousin worked with GE's call centre. She worked nights for two years straight. And it's not like 7pm to 1am, it's 9pm to 6am type of shift. It completely destroyed her health. She became obese, and her temper... oh her temper is short all the time. When I head to India, people find call centers being outsourced to India a "God sent". I find it killing the health of those invovled and they are just blind since it pays so much better! A day will come when there will be a whole generation that is just exhausted but filthy rich! The other thing too is, holidays. These groups celebrate American or British or whatever country they are serving holidays and don't get their local holidays. The long term effects of culture not only health will be affected. I hope this trend of call centers fades and India garners its entrepreneural spirit and bulges there instead. My cousin worked with GE’s call centre. She worked nights for two years straight. And it’s not like 7pm to 1am, it’s 9pm to 6am type of shift. It completely destroyed her health. She became obese, and her temper… oh her temper is short all the time. When I head to India, people find call centers being outsourced to India a “God sent”. I find it killing the health of those invovled and they are just blind since it pays so much better! A day will come when there will be a whole generation that is just exhausted but filthy rich!

The other thing too is, holidays. These groups celebrate American or British or whatever country they are serving holidays and don’t get their local holidays. The long term effects of culture not only health will be affected.

I hope this trend of call centers fades and India garners its entrepreneural spirit and bulges there instead.

]]> By: Am?lie http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1424 Am?lie Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:59:59 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/04/30/outsourcing-to-india-bad-for-indians-health/#comment-1424 I've had both helpful and unhelpful people from the UK and from India, so in my experience India isn't any worse. In fact some of the most unhelpful call centre people I've encountered were British... Sometimes Indian people speak English with an accent and I have a little bit of trouble understanding them, but then some British call centres are in Scotland and it's tough there too. I’ve had both helpful and unhelpful people from the UK and from India, so in my experience India isn’t any worse. In fact some of the most unhelpful call centre people I’ve encountered were British… Sometimes Indian people speak English with an accent and I have a little bit of trouble understanding them, but then some British call centres are in Scotland and it’s tough there too.

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