Slogging

Ahhhh....Finally got a chance to take a good nap and rest after a terrible week. Having been new to the project and technology. I was the only target or should i say the scapegoat for upcoming software release. I had been home only to sleep for the whole week. The people in the current project do slog like anything and work for more than 12 hours a day. And the real bad thing is that they expect other people also to do the same. When you have your client in the United States you obviously have to work late to interact with them. But i think that should be only in Production support and not in a development project. The only thing they worry about is work and not about their health and personal life. I strongly belive that putting your entire effort for 9 hours a day should be sufficient enough.

Well three years ago, i was away from my family working in Bangalore and used to slog since i was in support and was more interested to learn. Slogging can cause you lot of stress, mental pressure, back pain, sore eyes and other problems to your health. And if you are a family man, things would be more difficult with the couple spending less time together which could lead to misunderstanding and in some cases to divorce. More worse if they have a kid, who needs more attention from his parents. There are some parents who are not even aware in which standard their kids are studying. I hope people understand that personal life is more important than work. One thing, if you are not there to do the work for the company, the company will replace you with another person but no one else can replace you in your family. And last thing, the youth life is to enjoy...Dont miss it out...