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Asked by Anonymous - Jan 12, 2025Hindi
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Everyone is talking about L&T chairman's comment about working 90 hours a week, working on Sundays etc. I am an IT professional working in product development. I work for a leading firm (I don't wish to name) in Pune that has been exploiting employees in the name of internal trainings and internships. Our manager expects us to clock in more than 12 hours at work, and we recently discovered that we are working extra hours to fulfill the manager's KRA and save her job. At least 8 people in my team of 10-12 which also includes 4 interns have been working more than 12 hours every day without a break. We are denied holidays for family events and emergencies while we continue to work during weekends. Despite meeting our deadlines ahead of time, we are constantly told that our work is not satisfactory and we need to outdo ourselves. All this, while the manager who hardly comes to work continues to be showered with incentives and international travel at the company's cost. The exploitation is purely unjust. I want to quit the company but I am told that my work is not good enough so I won't get a relieving letter. If I complain, I will be handed a termination letter. How do I address this situation with HR?

Ans: Dear Anonymous,
Kindly write a formal letter to the HR with the number of hours clocked by you, your team and the interns. Keep a record of this as an evidence if there is a need for it. Also state the issues this is causing on the health front as well. The letter must detail only what is happening to you and your team. Kindly do not bring in your manager as that is the job of the HR to figure out which will eventually happen. Only state the exploitation that you and your team are facing. Along with this, do share the team's achievements so far so that the HR is aware that your compliant is genuine and your team is worthy as well. You do not want the HR to spin it off saying that because the team is not up to the mark, that's the reason they are working late hours. Correct and genuine information and a very assertive polite way of sharing your grievance should work.

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