Another post on ethics in Indian IT

We’re currently transitioning some work from a subcontractor back into our company. Through the transition, it is disturbing to see some of the lack of ethics that are being displayed by people at various levels in the subcontracting company. Some specific examples are

- People accepting our offers in writing and use that as a negotiating tool with a third company. Once they get a job, they turn down the offer throwing our entire planning out of gear

- - People in the higher management of the subcontracting company trying to convince people who have accepted our offers to reject them by offering onsite opportunities and other perks. While this is not a violation of the contract, it clearly goes against the spirit of the contract

The first case is not very surprising because the Indian IT professional’s lack of ethics and pursuit of Mammon is well known. But, it is very frustrating to see Indian IT companies trip each other in this manner. It also causes a project that has been planned over many months to suddenly shift into a constant fire-fighting mode.

A fallout of the situation is that I have to shuttle between Bangalore and Chennai to take control of the transition. I will be getting very familiar with Indian railways over the next few weeks.