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I visited India recently and when I saw just how many companies have a GCC there I was mindblown. Lots of cool offices, engineering and technical roles, great w
by jesse_faden 2mo ago
I visited India recently and when I saw just how many companies have a GCC there I was mindblown. Lots of cool offices, engineering and technical roles, great work life balance and generally a different vibe. Literally every company that I could recognise had a back office there.
- eru 2mo agoWhat's a GCC?
- lmz 2mo ago> so-called global capability centres, captive back offices that are booming in India ...
- eru 2mo agoThanks a lot!
- bakraman 2mo agoGlobal capability centers where they basically do the business processes and work for US/EU companies for fraction the cost.
- eru 2mo agoThanks. Sounds like a good deal.
- nlpnerd 2mo agoTIL
- ricksunny 2mo agoWhat happened to 'BPO'? cool kids?
- ripe 2mo agoBPO means the US company is outsourcing to an Indian company. A Global Capability Center (GCC) means it's a US company subsidiary in India.
- lotsofpulp 2mo agoAka an office or a department in another location where payrates are less than the company median. Coming up with these initialisms must be hard work, I doubt AI is that clever.
- TeMPOraL 2mo agoInventing these initialisms, as well as the systems they name, is hard and well paying work!
- TeMPOraL 2mo agoSo basically like ghost kitchens for white-collar work, with an extra timezone difference?
- kingkongjaffa 2mo agoYes exactly like that.
- wannabe44 2mo ago> great work life balance Oh dear
- notaslave 2mo agoDo these GCC's have great work life balance? They may be better that the service companies, and may pay better, but WLB is shitty everywhere in India as far as I can tell. As an example, the death of Ernest & Young employee Anna Sebastian sparked a lot of discussion in Indian media since it was attributed to work pressure.[1] Another example I recently heard was a USA Texas based company called CorroHealth suddenly closing shop and laying off 800+ employees in India, the employees allege it was retaliation for asking for overtime payment since they were being made to work till 10 pm.[2] If you are an American or European with colleagues in India, and if they are working or attending meetings after regular work hours, they don't have good WLB. Given a choice, I doubt they would want to attend the late night meetings. Life in India is already like playing a video game in hard mode, and yet we have to work lot more hours for lot less pay, and be regularly told how shitty offshoring work is. [1]https://www.news18.com/viral/26-year-old-ey-pune-employee-succumbs-to-work-stress-four-months-after-joining-mother-writes-to-firms-india-boss-9054423.html https://www.news18.com/viral/26-year-old-ey-pune-employee-su... [2]https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-employees-protest-corrohealth-layoffs-demand-stronger-regulations-for-the-sector/article71234623.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-employe...
- russelldjimmy 2mo agoWLB is truly awful in India. People are stretched and stressed out at work, in addition to awful civic conditions which makes travelling to and from work a nightmare. I am not sure how long this can continue.
- decimalenough 2mo agoIt does depend on the company and your role. Working a senior role at a FAANG in India is much nicer than junior roles in the local WITCHes (Wipro Infosys etc), which are notorious for their crap salaries and shitty labour practices.
- russelldjimmy 2mo agoYes, fair point.