Indian techies demand addition of marathon Zoom calls to Tokyo Olympics
With the Olympic committee holding steadfast to their decision of conducting the 2021 Summer Olympics in July, the call for including sporting events with more relevance to the current situation has been gaining ground.
The COVID19 pandemic is not showing signs of slowing down and with multiple countries experiencing 2nd and 3rd waves of the virus, there has been speculation that the worlds biggest sports event, the Olympics might not happen. This is not the first time that the event has been cancelled or postponed, but it surely would be the first time that a pandemic is forcing the event to call it off.
What has been reassuring for fans and sportspersons worldwide has been the fact that the Olympic committee has refused to let the pandemic bog them down. Multiple press releases over the past few weeks have reaffirmed that the event will take place as planned. This has now opened up a new can of worms.
Several people have come forward to demand that the events in the Olympics have to be relooked at. Irrelevant events like Synchronised Swimming and Equestrian sports are being labelled as archaic and not in sync with modern times.
The biggest noise however has been from software and IT professionals from India.
Known popularly as "techies", they constitute the biggest chuck of India's qualified working population. They are the biggest contributor to the national tax programme while also being considered the most aloof from the overall nation building exercise. They are desperate to make a change.
Citing the example of Anil Kumble, former Indian cricket team captain and the countries highest wicket taker in the sport, they believe that they can contribute more to the development of India on the world stage rather than just executing projects for companies around the world.
Under the promise of anonymity, a current employee of one of the largest IT companies in the country said, "This has been going on for too long. We are a bunch of nameless, faceless citizens who have contributed so much to the development of the country without any recognition whatsoever. It is now our time to really make an impact. When the whole country was shutting down during the pandemic, we kept the whole world running. It is now time for us to compete with the rest of the world and truly stake our claim as the best."
While actually competing in the sports events are out of the question, almost 3/4th of the techie population is woefully physically incapable of anything outside sedentary work, there seems to be a few things on which there could be a global parity.
Virtual meetings...
"Zoom calls and Google Teams meetings are a common practice across the globe," says Sitara Unnikrishnan, a long term employee of Wipro. "We spend an average of 4-5 hours of our day virtually on meetings that have absolutely no significance to the work we are expected to do."
Read the full article at - https://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/04/07/indian-techies-demand-addition-of-marathon-zoom-calls-to-tokyo-olympics/
The COVID19 pandemic is not showing signs of slowing down and with multiple countries experiencing 2nd and 3rd waves of the virus, there has been speculation that the worlds biggest sports event, the Olympics might not happen. This is not the first time that the event has been cancelled or postponed, but it surely would be the first time that a pandemic is forcing the event to call it off.
What has been reassuring for fans and sportspersons worldwide has been the fact that the Olympic committee has refused to let the pandemic bog them down. Multiple press releases over the past few weeks have reaffirmed that the event will take place as planned. This has now opened up a new can of worms.
Several people have come forward to demand that the events in the Olympics have to be relooked at. Irrelevant events like Synchronised Swimming and Equestrian sports are being labelled as archaic and not in sync with modern times.
The biggest noise however has been from software and IT professionals from India.
Known popularly as "techies", they constitute the biggest chuck of India's qualified working population. They are the biggest contributor to the national tax programme while also being considered the most aloof from the overall nation building exercise. They are desperate to make a change.
Citing the example of Anil Kumble, former Indian cricket team captain and the countries highest wicket taker in the sport, they believe that they can contribute more to the development of India on the world stage rather than just executing projects for companies around the world.
Under the promise of anonymity, a current employee of one of the largest IT companies in the country said, "This has been going on for too long. We are a bunch of nameless, faceless citizens who have contributed so much to the development of the country without any recognition whatsoever. It is now our time to really make an impact. When the whole country was shutting down during the pandemic, we kept the whole world running. It is now time for us to compete with the rest of the world and truly stake our claim as the best."
While actually competing in the sports events are out of the question, almost 3/4th of the techie population is woefully physically incapable of anything outside sedentary work, there seems to be a few things on which there could be a global parity.
Virtual meetings...
"Zoom calls and Google Teams meetings are a common practice across the globe," says Sitara Unnikrishnan, a long term employee of Wipro. "We spend an average of 4-5 hours of our day virtually on meetings that have absolutely no significance to the work we are expected to do."
Read the full article at - https://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/04/07/indian-techies-demand-addition-of-marathon-zoom-calls-to-tokyo-olympics/
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