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British Work Ethic Condemned
HAMISH_MCTAVISH
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/8527734/British-work-ethic-condemned-by-Indian-tycoon.htmlA key adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has launched an attack on the work-ethic of British managers, accusing them of failing to "go the extra mile" and being too keen to clock off at 5pm.
Mr Tata, who is a member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group, and co-chairman of the UK-India CEO Forum, described his surprise at the attitudes of bosses at steel maker Corus and car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which he bought in 2006 and 2008 respectively.
He told The Times: "It's a work-ethic issue. In my experience, in both Corus and JLR, nobody is willing to go the extra mile, nobody.
"I feel if you have come from Bombay to have a meeting and the meeting goes till 6pm, I would expect that you won't, at 5 o'clock, say, 'Sorry, I have my train to catch. I have to go home.'
"Friday, from 3.30pm, you can't find anybody in their office."
Mr Tata said that things are different in his native India.
"If you are in a crisis, if it means working to midnight, you would do it. "The worker in JLR seems to be willing to do that; the management is not," he said.
The 73-year-old added that previously at JLR "the entire engineering group would be empty on Friday evening", but said things had improved. "The new management team has put an end to that. They call meetings at 5 o'clock," he said.
Spot on I reckon.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
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I am old fashioned, I don't expect to get paid for doing nothing and I don't give my time for free.0
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He was talking specifically about British managers
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-trends/ratan-tata-hits-out-at-corus-jlr-managers-for-not-walking-extra-mile/articleshow/8493432.cmsTata suggested that British managers did not "go the extra mile" while those in India were working in "a war-like situation".0 -
Hmmm India where they employ 8 year olds to work in factories.......0
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I've done the working 70 hour weeks thing for several months of last year at my old employer, and got zero thanks or recognition for it. Currently I rarely stay beyond my contracted hours, although that's mostly because I haven't had to. I'm not sure I would be willing to put in many extra hours, as it's a long commute, and the job could easily be done from home but the company refuse to allow this. As far as I'm concerned, employees should be flexible, but so should employers.0
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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
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He is totally correct.
Go to work in Asia for 6 years, as I did, and you understand this completely. Now we are fully a global economy, this explains why the wealth has shifted enormously eastwards - and will continue to do so. It's as inevitable as night follows day.
We sit back as a 'nation of shopkeepers' - as Napolean accurately observed - watching Asian nations create wealth, improve their balance of payments, and get rich at our expense. I call it a 'sandwich shop economy' in which our Governments tend to applaud the opening of a new sandwich shop in the High Street as another indicator of 'wealth'. They do not understand that such an economy simply spoons around our declining wealth and adds not a single penny to the wealth of this nation.
Export or die.0 -
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Hmmm India where they employ 8 year olds to work in factories.......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/2140278/Underage-drinking-in-Britain-among-worst-in-the-world.html0
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