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Hi fishes, Need help!!!!! Is gratuity deduction mandatory in Infosys from salary, if yes if leave the organisation after 1 year, are we eligible to receive the paid amount? Or only after 4 years we will receive? How one can opt out of gratuity???? Please suggest!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Infosys Infosys Limited
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Hi everyone. A PDM specialist here. Joined Deloitte 5+ years back as ‘Senior Solution Engineer -On-site’.Later in June 2017 all these ‘on-site’ folks got rebranded as PDM. Slowly started to realize how PDM is getting sidelined as a ‘discountable’ group. Sometimes I feel contract jobs are better than being at PDM , but obviously tied up with D for visa related issues.No career progression so far and don’t see any positive changes in the near future as well.I think it’s high time to call it a day.
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If I don’t have work to do, I’ll read up on weak areas for myself or if I’m not in the mood for that I’ll take longer lunches, browse the internet, etc. I try to stay in front of my laptop (other than for lunch) though, for calls and in case something pops up quickly.
I work from home at a fully remote company. So when I have nothing to do for work I mindlessly scroll the internet, watch tv, take my dog for walks, go sit at a coffee shop with my work laptop and read a book, or go to the gym. Sometimes go play golf. I work in a non-CLE state so that doesn’t fill time.
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I crave boredom and less work in my in-house role. Your position sounds ideal to me.
I work from home. I also do CLEs and such when I feel like it. But a lot of time I am doing chores around the house and checking the laptop every half hour to see if any requests came in.
This was my situation for the first half of this year, when we were fully remote. Now I do the same amount of work but have to be in the office. So much wasted time in mornings and evenings on driving, cooking, laundry, chores, etc
10-4 some days and other days are 8-6. Depends but definitely not sitting in front of my computer if there is no work to be done.
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I set myself to permanently “away” on Slack so people don’t use it to ask me nonsense or send documents and are pushed to email instead (which is a permanent record and I can flag emails). The upside is less lazy questions too.
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For me, it means I work pretty normal hours most days but there are things that cut into work time. For example, 30 minutes each day goes to picking up my kids from school. Sometimes we go somewhere after school that turns that 30 minutes into an hour. Sometimes I have a dentist or doctor’s appointment that cuts into work time.
For me, it is what you describe. I am at my computer or office about 40-45 hours but some of that includes reading articles, CLE conferences, networking, 1 on1s that are as much talking about our weekends as they are talking about work---all the stuff that doesn't feel like work to me and wouldn't have counted at a firm.
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My work flow varies over time, but when I’m slow, my approach:
when going into the office, is usually to show up between 8:00-9:00 am and stay at the office until sometime between 3:00-4:30, then head home and respond to calls and emails as needed;
when working from home, to generally get to my desk at the same time and stay there until closer to 5:00, but with a fair number of breaks to do other things like yard work or something similar.
Of course, there are also stretches when I work through or after dinner and on weekends, so I don’t really feel any guilt about the light times.
Have periods where I'm very busy (not by law firm standards 🤣 - think working 60ish hours a week), and periods where I am very slow (10-20 hours a week). My thinking is that I do the work I have and manage expectations on timing - if you let the business folks rule your life, everything will be an emergency and have to be done asap, and your life will become what it was in biglaw. I also often play around with when I do the work I need to, I will often do my work in blocks at random times throughout the day to make up for not doing anything earlier on, and sometimes work on the weekends to make up for slacking during the week (or if im exceptionally busy). Generally the key is that once you are no longer under the thumb of the billable hour, what matters isnt how many hours you put in, but whether you enable the business to function and the people above you dont get any complaints from the biz side.
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I’m available from 8am to 11pm almost every day, but things don’t come in consistently, I can’t count the times I’ve been pulled out of showers, dinner, shows, other stuff with family to work at off hours, but I’m also not busy in blocks during the day all the time. Though now I’m pretty booked from 9-6, I can steal 30 mins here or there to not do much. There are also times where I used to be able to disappear for a day or so and no one would even notice, but those days are over now, I think. I haven’t taken a vacation in years because any down time is completely unpredictable. When you’re remote and logging hours, it also becomes apparent how inefficient most workers are. 40 hours/ week is more like 32 with lunch and expected breaks, but your average employee is productive only for about 2-4 hours/day. With my extended hours and being “always on” and rather productive, I manage to “bill” about 90-130hrs in a fairly busy month, and then I estimate that I do another 60-80 hours for my second job that I don’t track hours for.
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When I have work to do, I do it. When I don’t, I loaf around the house and do whatever (work remotely). I keep Slack on my phone so that I can make sure I’m staying on top of any messages that come in during work hours
I have a colleague who seems to work about 15 hours a week. He’s usually driving his kids places, getting lunch, getting the car repaired, or going to the doctor. Meanwhile the rest of us are working 50+ hour weeks. Last week he said he might start taking more calls from his cell because it’s less distracting then being on teams.
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After reading the thread, I don’t feel too bad anymore.
My day usually starts between 8:15 to 9 am and ends around 4 to 5 pm. If pick up my kid takes longer than usual, I force myself sit in front of my laptop until 6 pm. Also, like others, I tried to fill my down time with CLEs, browse the web, other professional development things, etc.
I take short lunch throughout the week (away from laptop) and I have weekly late night calls with Asia (1-3x a week), so that made me feel like I’ve balance it out.
Usually get out of bed at 8:45, start work at 9, take an hour lunch and mid-afternoon dog walk for about 45 min, try to end the day by 630 to then have dinner. Mostly chilling in the evening; rarely am catching up on backed up work for an hour or 2 after dinner
For me (100% remote), when things are slow, I’ll get stuff done in the morning that may have come in the evening before, and then hang with the family the rest of the day, work on house projects, go shopping, etc. During 9-5 hours I always bring my laptop with me (or stay close to the house) just in case.
That said, I don’t mind working long hours at the end of the quarter when things get chaotic.
I work in the office mostly (my choice, I live close by and I enjoy it most days) but the work comes in fits and starts because that’s how the business is. Some weeks I’m at my desk or my computer constantly but other weeks I’m more on standby. I’ll go home and let the dogs out, do CLEs, read a book, go for a walk to get a coffee down the block, whatever. As long as I’m reachable when someone has a question or work materializes, nobody minds
I’m pretty much 8:45-5 everyday. There are days I work straight through and other days I take an hour for lunch, workout, check my fantasy football line up, do professional development or research on new regulations. I’m at my computer 40 hours a week but I probably work 30ish hours a week.
I'm typically available between 9-4. If I don't have any scheduled meetings and if I'm caught up on work, or am just procrastinating, I do other things with my time. I might watch tv, walk the dog, go sit in a coffeehouse, clean up around the house, browse linkedIn or job boards. Or I may do some professional development (CLE, on-demand, virtual conferences, videos, work-related volunteer work).
Interesting info here.
I typically log on at 7 AM, then go to the gym for an hour at 9, then work pretty much straight through the afternoon, taking about 15 mins for lunch and 30 mins for a walk at some free time slot in the afternoon. Typically wrapped up by 4 PM.
That said, my company is very acquisitive and I’m the M&A lawyer (and was trained as one in firm life), so there are weeks where the hours are much much longer (think 60-70 billable hours per week). Still nice by firm standards, but not when you get used to the above!
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Those of you working these hours , how much are you guys getting paid TC?
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In the office 2x/week. Actual "work" time varies, but when it's slow in office I'm either browsing the web or bullshitting with co-workers. At home, it's doing literally anything. Sometimes at computer, sometimes not.
I'm "available" 830-5ish, but have a work phone, so can respond to any late nonsense as needed