Ever seen one of those vans that carry the goats to slaughter house?
I just rode in one. Okay now that's over simplifying it I guess. I work in a large technology park called Manyata. Considering most techies have no time to walk one kilometer in the hot sun, we are herded into a "shuttle" or a mini van that has only 4 seats and ample space for people to stand. So at 11 am, you are packed into a colorful (from the outside) van where we are you are made to travel 1 - 2 kms standing like one of those bodies in a morgue a-la Coma.
The IT or Technology revolution was supposed to be free from a lot of the old methods of working. But I see more and more resemblance to a working environment similar to the industrial revolution.
Factories? IOPs.
Sweat shops? IOPs and outsourcing divisions of large MNCs.
Mister Dickens, we are ready for your second comming.
It's a simple choice that i see here. You can choose to walk the measly kilometre to your air cooled sweatshop in the sun, instead of feeling like poultry. Then again, the much hyped advances in communication and technology were meant/supposed to free us from a lot of things, and make us more open to our brethren. But i dont see that happening. All it has done is make us more inward.
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ReplyDeleteWill you drop me?? :P
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