Monday, April 06, 2009

You Know All Those IT Support Jobs That Went Overseas?

It's making them sick.

Half of corporate sector workforce unwell: Assocham

"New Delhi (IANS): More than half of corporate India's workforce suffers from various chronic and lifestyle diseases, with those in the information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES), media, knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and financial services topping the list, says an industry group report.
A study by the Associated Chambers of commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), said 54 percent of the workforce in the IT and ITES sectors were afflicted with depression, severe headaches, obesity, chronic backache, spondylosis, diabetes and hypertension."

"Corporate employees have to survive the stiff global competitive environment to save their jobs, which affects their health," said Assocham secretary general D.S. Rawat."

1 Comments:

Anonymous abi said...

Good. I wish the same for the person in Ireland who's doing my job.

7/4/09 2:02 PM  

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