Sweden vs India: Exploring Work Culture Differences | Street Interview with Indians living in Sweden

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @sunithakovvuri6319
    @sunithakovvuri6319 2 місяці тому +1

    I really enjoyed this video .thanks for sharing ✨keep up the good work

  • @AnushaLokam-n4e
    @AnushaLokam-n4e 2 місяці тому

    You’re right, the notice period varies from 1-3 months depending on the duration of your service in the organisation.

  • @ideasforu358
    @ideasforu358 2 місяці тому +1

    Your opinion seems a bit biased.
    If you’re working for a Swedish company in India as a contractor or through a managed service provider, your experience depends entirely on your parent company. If you’re with a consultancy, there are no software unions, so it’s essentially unregulated. Direct employment? You can work 9-5 in India too. For example, if you work for HAL as a direct employee, it’s 9-5, and you take your holidays like anyone else. Yes, there are differences in work culture, but your interviews felt incomplete and didn’t acknowledge the full picture. It sounded like you were trying to sugarcoat things.
    Swedes work long hours too, so let’s not pretend it’s all perfect.

    • @theweekendexplorers
      @theweekendexplorers  2 місяці тому

      Firstly, thanks for sharing your view on this. I do agree with you that the parent company has an impact on the experience of the employee to some extent. From my personal experience, I started my career as a consultant and then became a direct employee of the client I was assigned to, when the opportunity presented itself. And most of the consultancies (also including the one I was working for) in Sweden have something callled as the "collective agreement" with some unions acting as a guard preventing the exploitation and mistreatment of employees. So i'd say it is regulated to some extent. And when it comes to working 9-5 in India, yes there are some companies that do promote a healthy work-life balance, but unfortunately that is too less, and in majority of work places there is glorification of overwork, micro management, pressure to deliver no matter what, and a deep-seated culture of exploitation and all these factors contribute to the rise of toxic workplaces in India (medium.com/@puneet2021/tackling-indias-toxic-work-culture-breaking-free-from-exploitation-83df54a57ff3) (FYI, I did my due diligence before saying this, and i'd suggest you also take a look at the countless Indian reddit subs that discuss their toxic work place experiences, www.reddit.com/r/Big4/comments/1buxg1p/so_can_we_talk_about_the_toxic_work_culture_of/, www.reddit.com/r/Chennai/comments/14dfz79/indias_normalised_toxic_work_culture/?force_seo=1, www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/nwh55r/toxic_culture_in_the_indian_workplace/). In extreme cases, the consequences lead to employees comitting suicides as the country had to unfortunately witness last month (www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kjgp4jr5yo ). As per the Swedish working hours act (www.government.se/contentassets/1b29fd35b2544f13875137beab80911a/1982673-working-hours-act.pdf), the total working hours (regular hours plus any overtime) should not exceed an average of 48 hours a week and most work places just follow a strict 8 hour regular work days (not just on paper, but actually in practice, as you might have heard from most of the respondents that shared their experience) and add to that the fact that there is no glorification of overwork, no pressure to deliver(of course when there is a deadline, there will be expectations, and that's the same anywhere, and is common sense, but not at the expense of one's mental health), minimal micro management, and no deep-seated culture of exploitation, this in my opinion definitely puts Sweden in a better place when it comes to work culture (especially when it comes to having a good work-life balance). Yes, it could be true that even in Sweden people do work long hours, but in my opinion (and also based on my experience of working here for 6 years) it's mostly because they're not compelled to....but because they actually want to.....and that makes a huge difference. To conclude, the intent of the video was not to sugar coat, but to have the respondents share their genuine experience having worked in both countries. And some people do actually have positive experiences everywhere, as the first respondent put it perfectly, it depends on the project, and the manager (importantly), and dare I add to the list the cultural mindset/attitude and expectations towards work/employees. I know this is a bit too long, but I hope this gave you some new insights or a different perspective on this. Have a nice day! :)

    • @Note56789
      @Note56789 2 місяці тому +1

      Your are Absolutely Right???
      The person arguing with you don't know about Swedish and European work culture, he is new to those things he is looking like innocent.

    • @theweekendexplorers
      @theweekendexplorers  2 місяці тому +2

      Thank you bro, I do not think it was an argument. He was sharing his perspective and I shared mine. It's just a discussion based on personal experiences!! :)

  • @satwikindrakanty7460
    @satwikindrakanty7460 2 місяці тому

    Bro I am listening that in Sweden there is an increase in gun fire. Is it true , is it good option to pursue masters.

    • @theweekendexplorers
      @theweekendexplorers  2 місяці тому

      To an extent yes....currently gun crime in Sweden is one of the highest in Europe.....but it is only limited to the areas with high concentration of refugees/illegal migrants population or what the Swedish police classified as risk/vulnerable areas. Watch our previous video titled "స్వీడన్ ప్రభుత్వం దేశం విడిచి వెళ్లేందుకు ఎందుకు డబ్బు చెల్లిస్తోంది? దీని వెనుక అసలు టార్గెట్ ఎవరు?" to get a better understanding of this ua-cam.com/video/LRG_od4zk-8/v-deo.html (The video is in Telugu, in case you don't speak telugu that video description has more than enough resources to answer your question)

  • @SultanHasanKhan
    @SultanHasanKhan 2 місяці тому

    As a Pakistani I want to ask why people especially Indian Pakistani people leaving Sweden

    • @theweekendexplorers
      @theweekendexplorers  2 місяці тому

      We made a video covering this topic last month (in case of Indians)....but it's in Telugu language....but we also put in some resources/articles in the description that give some insight into many factors causing this ua-cam.com/video/7xotjY6xA2s/v-deo.html please check those articles in the video description to gain some better insight.

    • @SultanHasanKhan
      @SultanHasanKhan 2 місяці тому

      @@theweekendexplorers Pakistani are also leaving

    • @biglovekisskiss4666
      @biglovekisskiss4666 4 дні тому

      Because you are considered disgusting by Swedish people