Bangalore once known to many as city of lakes and city of gardens, is today known as city of concrete jungle. Wow! A great acheivement by an Indian city. The software and Outsourcing companies of Bangalore provide livelihood to lakhs of corporate. Job aspirants from all over India come to India’s very own silicon valley to taste the salt of success. They get their first job and take home a handsome amount. At what cost?

Most of the corporate of Bangalore travel a substantial distance everyday. Then comes the regular 8 to 10 hours of the desk work. An average professional travels through the crowded and polluted roads of Bangalore for 44 hours for a months salary. That makes it almost 5.5 working days in a month!

Now let us see how much he works. An average professional sits for 220 hours per month in front of a computer. Imagine siiting for 10 continuous days on a computer. Adding to it the pressure of management jargons like Product release, Targets, Efficiency, Month ends etc. Leave aside the household problems! On top of these petty problems, what happens when there is fear of layoffs? Who is to blame and what can be done to De-Stress corporate of todays world?

Is work from home one of the solutions or car pooling?

The recent Satyam Debacle and Madoff’s beyond life imprisonment are classic examples of why people work with such passion. There is always somebody to benefit from everybody’s work, either the boss or the society. Let the prefernce shift towards society and not the boss.

Will it not help in de-stressing corporate at a lowest possible investment?

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