From: Sara
Date: Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Subject: Thank you
To: UNITES India <unitesprofessionals@gmail.com>

Hi Karthik

The case that I had filed against 247 Customer Pvt Ltd got closed on 6th Feb 2009. It took exactly 2 long years for this to end. I got my relieving letter as well.

I would like to thank UNITES for taking up my case. Especially I would like to thank you for all the support and help extended.

Thanks once again.

Regards

Sara

Hi all,

Thanks for the information. I think its very necessary to have an union to protect our rights and to have a better environment in the work place. Could you please provide me with detailed information about the union so that I can communicate the same to my fellow colleague's and unite them together to join the team. Also please let me know whether we have to register for this particular union and is there any specific procedures to be followed. I have visited this particular website and have gone through the information, However I would like to know more about this. I will be eagerly waiting for your response.

Thanks

Prasad

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am working with the India based software company in Bangalore for 2.5 years. I had been with the Annual leave. They lay off me in between my leave. They did not tell any reason for lay off. They lay off 11 members include me in our branch office. They had given one month notice. Please tell our rights to work.

Thanks & Regards,

KM

Sir,

I just went throught the newsletter reg the topic "EMPLOYEES CHANT LESS LEAVE, MORE WORK TO SAVE JOBS", I feel, this is a some thing the companies spread across to identify them as genuine. Myself being an IT professional and also from the informations I got from my friends and relatives working in IT, the fact here is the companies reduce head counts and deny leave to rest of the employees thereby treating them as slaves.

Thanks,

Jose

Dear Sir,
             I have faced series of harassment for more than 6 months and forced to resign from the Company. I was hospitalized for working very long hrs for my previous IT organization when I was in UK from July 21st 2008 to August 19th 2008. I was asked to return to India after getting discharged from hospital. But I have complained to UK employment cell through hospital. I left UK after providing written assurance on my excellent performance in UK project, nomination for promotion and relocation to US.

But things were different after returning to India. I was treated very badly among colleagues. The project was given to newly recruited people and I was sidelined. HR has changed the leave status in the system even though it was promised compensatory off and put me as loss of pay.

Nothing happened from my Manager and practice HR even though I have written an e-mail to CEO and COO. They started harassing me saying that I have accessed the company network when I was in UK hospital, which was completely false.

They didn't approve my UK leave enhancement approval after returning to India. They tortured me in discussions and private meetings.

Finally, they have rated me in the last 5% rating even though they provided in written that my performance are highly valued and they would recommend for promotion before leaving  UK.

I have forwarded all the relevant e-mails to my personal e-mail ID for my protection, but they threatened me with termination on code of conduct. They did it when I requested for performance discussion escalation. The security was waiting outside and they forced me to resign by giving my ID cards and everything at the same time otherwise they said that they will write in my conduct so that it will affect my future career also. They promised me that they would give 2 months salary as per the contract, but I yet to receive the same.

I am jobless now even though I worked and performed at the highest level. I have enough e-mail and written proofs to prove my stand. 

I would like to know the different options available to me, if I would like to take legal action against  my previous company for discrimination and emotional harassment and violation of healthy labour conditions.

I appreciate your guidance on this, as I am jobless now and facing financial challenges also. Your help would make a difference to my life. I would like to discuss you regarding this.

FYI…I have written the chronology of events related to this case.
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Thanks & Best Regards,
XYZ

Here is the chronology of events

1. I worked hard almost 18-20 hrs for 4 months for my company and hospitalized by my wife on July 21st 2008..
2. I was discharged on 19th August with 1-week leave from 12th August 2008
3. My previous company threatened me saying that I need to return to India. But I requested UK hospital  help on this and and  they spoke to my UK HR  with respect to that because it was clear discrimination.
4. Finally, my company offered me option of promotion and assignment in US with e-mail writing and signed in company letterhead. I believed them that point of time and accepted the same, then came back to India on 5th September 2008
5. But my previous company started treating me very badly with plenty of humiliation and emotional harassment even knowing that I needed a good support from the organization.
6. I waited till January 2009 to fulfill their promises made to me on US project and promotion. But shockingly, they rated my performance as very poor ( last 5% of people) even though they appreciated my work and promised for promotion for my outstanding contribution to HBOS UK project.

7. On February 2nd , they threatened me with termination because of the code of conduct ( I have forwarded some official e-mail in relation to this issue of harassment and humiliation to my personal e-mail id for future reference) and forced me to resign from the organization. If I am terminated, it will affect my future career and joining in other organizations.

Hello Sir,

I am already member of your group.I joined Capgemini pune 0n oct-8 as a consultant.Before Caps i worked for tcs Pune.At the time of joining they assured me for onsite opening and good career at Capgemini. But they hire me as a Proactive hire(for bench not for any active assignment).They did not clear anything regarding this. Even at the Hr discussion round i asked them for which Project yu are hiring but they did not tell me anything. Since october 08 i was in bench at Caps.Their staffing partner were not able to provide me single project which were matching to my skill.On Jan 21 they sacked me.

People sourcing person of caps anonymous called me on 21 Jan and told me that we are going to discontinue your association with Caps due to cuurent Business Scnario.and they also take me signature in their Hand made Resignation
letter.it is clearly mentoined in the letter that i am resigning due to our personal reason.When i asked him about that and told them thatn i will go to labour court for your this drastic step they threat me "that if yu did anything wrong then we
will give yu negative background report" if yu join any another company.

Since then i am in deep shock.My family is totally dependent on me .Capgemini person ruined my career.When Capgemini has not capability Hire me. I left the company like TCS (which is very safe)for you. Now since one week I am in my home but I am not getting single call from any body's have several liabilities Toward my family since I am the only earning person in my whole family.

If "Hiring And Firing is their policy" then they have to informed me before my joining to Caps.They people totally ruined my career in this recession time. If some thing wrong happenThen only Caps people are totally responsible for that.

Regards
XYZ
Sacked Employee
Capgemini India LTd Pune

Hi Karthik Shekhar,

I read your comment on this link:

http://www.workexp.com/2008/07/19/datawarehousing-group-itc-infotech/#more-363. On clicking on your name, I found about your organization UNITES.

I have been looking for an organization like yours where I could voice my concerns.

I am a lady employee of ITC Infotech. I have been suffering with some of my fellow employees in this organization since quite some time on account of the list of things mentioned here:
http://www.workexp.com/2008/08/03/itc-infotech-worst-place-to-work-in-india/

This list has not been made by me, but this person is not exaggerating when he has made this list.

I have suffered from most of these things, the most important ones being:
-Management treating juniors like labourers and are not transparent at all!!!
-When on bench, they asked us to sharpen ourselves but did not even bother to provide us with a place to sit and a PC with internet that can be used for our value-addition.
- Sexual harrassment that I could not come forth with, because the clauses in their policy were ones that were well-defined and the harrasement i suffered was comparatively indirect - but cannot be denied as anything too trivial.
- I know of an employee who wanted to quit and who quoted "personal reasons" as the reason for leaving. She was ready to serve a 2-month notice oeriod. But they wanted her to serve a 3-month notice period. She was asked to prove her personal problems with documentary evidence!! They probed into the matter until they were convinced, thought her appt letter clearly states that she need not give any reason for her leaving the organisation.

There is a lot more to be said, but these are the biggest reasons. Can you please help me raise my voice against this org.

Thanks and Regards,
XYZ