Indian People are ALWAYS Late

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If the India culture is late & slow; why are lots of companies having call centers there Companies want people who are on time & work at a decent pace.

The people who work at the call centers actually live pretty much their entire lives there, they have housing and even a cafeteria in the building (the conditions as far as the article I read are something I could never live with)

I forgot about updating my thread as I've been busy lately. The meeting that I said I had with my supervisor, which was about something important that only he could answer, was held on March 3rd. I originally started asking on February 21st. It was also scheduled at 7 PM and he showed up at 7:15. This is early for him compared to past meetings.

I'm not condemning an entire race and country of people. Like I said one of the ladies I work with was actually on time to the dinner (I did mention that right? I can't remember anymore). It obviously varies from person to person just like people don't always fit into their home culture. The Indian culture doesn't do things fast and they're often late. Just google it if you don't believe me.

Also, even if these people come FROM India they're CURRENTLY in the USA. This means they need to follow the rules of the USA. If you can't follow the rules get the hell out. If I go to Japan then I'll follow their extremely strict time policies. If I go to India I'll become more flexible and not expect any strict deadlines. It's called adaption and if you can't do it then you have no reason inhibiting production and efficiency.

I´ll ignore the venting and simply ask, if you already talked to them and explained about the different usage of time, around your place. Noone can adapt to stuff, he is not even aware of.

Wonderful attitude - "if you are not EXACTLY like me drop dead!"

the USA was built on many cultures bringing and combining what they have.

Your absolutely rite about the US being built on different cultures but one requirement for immigrants is that they can be productive by having jobs instead of being a drain on social program benefits. Being on time & not working too slowly is important to maintaining employment especially in today's bad economy where there's alot more applicants than jobs. Having a stereotype of being late & slow applied to anyone can really jeopardize their employment & in the case of immigrants it might end up costing them their American citizenship.

I'm Australian, mate; that means I'm a convict SOB and can't pronounce the name of my own language.
I was born in New Zealand, and you don't want to know what that means for sheep.

Gosh, I thought this was an ED thing. I guess normal people can have it too. Being late because you got stuck in traffic or there was an accident is one thing.

The same thing happens in at least half of the classes I am taking right now. I've even had one of the students from India, one from Pakistan, a couple from Iran; and at least three from Saudi Arabia tell me that I need to slow down on my work and the tests in those classes so that the professors' grading curves won't be so high and they won't expect that much from us as students. We are always behind in what chapter we are supposed to be on because the professors refuse to start without them being in the class, so we have to lose a huge chunk of an already small 50 minute class time because of their lack of punctuality. I understand that there are cultural differences, but it makes me so f*****g mad that my education has to suffer for someone refusing to be to class on time. Punctuality people...it's not rocket surgery or brain science!