The following qualities describes him/her, for more than 90% of the cases. Of course the genuine deserving project managers may please excuse me for being rude.
1. He/She, who doesn't not even have iota of an idea on what their team member's technology is or what they actually do. 2. He/she, who keeps constantly claiming "When I was a developer, i did this, i did that etc etc' - the fact is , he did nothing extra ordinary. 3. He/She, who has 10 years of exp, of which relavant exp to the project he/she manages is NIL. 4. He/She, who gets at least 15 lpa as CTC, whereas the slogging team members get less than 10 lpa. 5. He/She, who is never concenred about his/her team members growth, but only worried about his/her job security. 6. He/She, who speaks managable english. 7. He/She, who maintains an excel sheet with the following : Task Name, Resource Assigned, Deadline, Current_Status and keeps bugging his/her team members all the time to complete the assinged tasks, without understanding the actual problems. 8. He/She, who doesn't allow anyone to take off for more than 3 days and doens't like people leaving before time, inspite of no work.
Re: Who is an IT project manager in INDIA:
by santosh pandey on Feb 26, 2011 08:56 PM
well said. I have seen this in most Project Manager of IT companies in india.Who do not have skill to be Project manager but still getting promotion because they do personal work for there boss.
Re: Re: Who is an IT project manager in INDIA:
by R Balasubramanian on Feb 25, 2011 08:20 PM
like politicians in our government?
I very well remember a man in one of my ex-organisation who was working in Accounts Department and looking after Personal Income Tax matters of the Head of the institution. Most of the time, I have seen him only ironing the papers, taking papers from one file and putting it in another file, etc. He was paid around Rs.6000.00 during 89 with free food and house to stay. Whereas a Cashier was paid only 3500.
Re: Who is an IT project manager in INDIA:
by Mahadevan Subramanian on Feb 25, 2011 09:15 PM
Hi, Just remember that that IT project manager was a developer earlier. And do revisit this list you prepared after you become a project manager and work in that role for a couple of years.
P.S. I am not a manager and not even in IT industry. In fact what I said will apply in any industry. One never knows what the issues are till one experiences it.
Re: Re: Re: Who is an IT project manager in INDIA:
by Ravi Shanker on Feb 26, 2011 04:09 PM
Preaching is generally the course which Losers and runaways like you take... so stop preaching and prove yourself as different than your current boss
Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is an IT project manager in INDIA:
by abc_xyz abc_xyz on Feb 27, 2011 01:15 PM
Are you by any chance, one among those project managers who possess all those great qualities that I had mentioned earlier ?
I guess so, from your frustrations ....and regarding me, I am already cost center to my company and you are probably a big liability in yours....Good Luck dude.
Well the points which author said may be true, but getting a new job after quitting is over rated. It's not easy to find a new job if what you have learned in a organization is not of much use to others.
hello every one.i agree with all your views,but as per views there are no particular rules or formula and check points to say that this is the time to quit the job,after all each and every one got there own set of personal financial problems,and that make them to work even if they are facing "n" of problems at work place .speaking globally we are working for money and employer is giving money,.its purely a business,employee and employer relation ship,if you feel like you to want to quit the job,then its nothing but you are able to manage your personal and financial requirements from other sources,infact you are working for money and company is paying for you,the same universal concept,so i feel nothing is there to measure and say like this is the time to quit,
Re: HI
by imran on Feb 28, 2011 05:22 PM
The only thing which is fading around the corporate world is the essence ofv management.. See when they communicate with clients..likely have on game face and projects a high degree of professionalism. do they do the same with internal colleagues? i think no. Top managers are so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world.
Just remember - the only thing you are in your office for is to do the job the company has given you. If that ever becomes secondary, and placating your boss's ego becomes more important, then run from there! Often it happens that people who have stayed at a place for a long time develop a sense of entitlement and expect their juniors to placate their ego. Your loyalty is supposed to be only to the organization where you work, not to the boss or anyone else in the organization. If anything other than work becomes more important, then that is a sure sign that you are the right (wo)man in the wrong place.
Re: Run from your job if
by john rambo on Feb 25, 2011 04:55 AM
Also run if u smell too much coconut oil AKA Lungiwalas!! These Mallus will group and spread wide their lungi against u & do chuchu to you!!
Re: Run from your job if
by SK AGGARWAL on Feb 25, 2011 09:12 AM
It is not the question of working as per boss`s dictums to decide the quit the job. The only point is whether dictums of boss are for meeting the deadlines/objectives of the company. One should be true to the employer for which he is paid. The individual growth is directly proportional to company`s growth. Whether upper band executive or a lower end employee, they are recognised and rewarded for their contributions sooner or later. Such performing staff is noticed by company`s competitors also & these competitors will constantly woo such performing to join them. The crux lies in individual`s value and not in pleasing boss.
Re: Re: Run from your job if
by Manjunath Mani on Sep 16, 2011 10:59 PM
the leadership qualities in india is not like what you think SKG, your values are never recognised or rather they don't want to, atleast this happens in service based companies.
EXCELLENT INPUTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE MORE THEN 10 YEARS OLD WITH SAME EMPLOYER SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE PLANNING TO CHANGE. EVEN WATER STARTS SMELLING BAD IF REMAINS STORED AT SAME PLACE FOR LONGER TIME.
Most of the people who feel this way on the job are really incompetent. They can't quit their job, because they won't get another job elsewhere! If they quit, they will get unemployed. Rediff, don't teach wrong things to these people. Some people are simply meant to do low-end jobs. That's their destiny.
Most of the people who feel this way on the job are really incompetent. They can't quit their job, because they won't get another job elsewhere! If they quit, they will get unemployed. Rediff, don't teach wrong things to these people. Some people are simply meant to do low-end jobs. That's their destiny.
Re: Useless Article
by deepak joshi on Feb 24, 2011 08:14 PM
Disgusting, without knowing the situations i will not accept this comment. Presently working on pan india profile in management cadar. Mind it.
I am 200 % agree with your points. Please remember dear all what Parul has mentioned is i think applicable to the Private Sectory employee only. Because Govt Employees can comment on such situations only after crossing 58 yrs of their age. Well when i go through all the points then really out of all the points nearly 90% situations are matching with my condition. Really leaving the res. at 7-30 morning & reaching back to home at 12-00 pm.& that to without job satisfaction. Really past one year is miserable for me.
I am 200 % agree with your points. Please remember dear all what Parul has mentioned is i think applicable to the Private Sectory employee only. Because Govt Employees can comment on such situations only after crossing 58 yrs of their age. Well when i go through all the points then really out of all the points nearly 90% situations are matching with my condition. Really leaving the res. at 7-30 morning & reaching back to home at 12-00 pm.& that to without job satisfaction. Really past one year is miserable for me.
a professional spends 8 hours at work? what country is the author talking about? even central government jobs are 9:15 - 5:45, or 8 and a half hours. and that's the bottom of the pyramid.
private sector jobs are at least 10 hours for professionals - 9:30am-7:30pm.
Re: 8 hours???
by PS on Feb 24, 2011 08:11 PM
Rightly said In some companies it is from 8:00 am in morning but time to go home not defined and in any case,they cant leave home before 7:30 pm Reason is that "The client wants it now.Now means Now" Hence more than 11 hrs work
Re: Re: 8 hours???
by jay b on Feb 24, 2011 09:18 PM
That is all nonsense most of the time . The managers generally are the culprits(they make up artificial tight deadlines) and they want to squeeze more from each employee to gain more bonus and promotions. Accept in 1% of cases most clients never want the people who work for them to slog like that. At the most they will expect 8 hrs per day max.
NO individual can work consistently more than 8 hrs per day efficiently for a longer duration i.e. more than 1 or 2 months. It may seem they are working more but ultimately that is the output you can get from any person.
Re: 8 hours???
by drrb on Feb 25, 2011 08:10 PM
The amount of exploitation of young generation in India is disturbing.Subjecting them to long working hours including weekends is going unchecked in the name of productivity etc. Many times these young people return home exhausted and dehydrated.This type of work culture will take the country nowhere.In the long run the whole country will have to bear the consequences.The Japanese exhausted themselves like this.The highest suicide rates among elderly japanese could be one such phenomenon. It is time the country take notice of the morbidity and ill health among younger generations facing this type of exploitation. very few companies (like Infosys?) take care of their employees.What about hundreds of nameless companies ?
