Infosys sued for discrimination, pay - workers should not celebrate Christmas!

Infosys, an Indian body shop company, is being sued. What's even better is what they are being sued about.

Who says you can't celebrate Thanksgiving?

Promila Awasthi, a Silicon Valley computer consultant, says her bosses at Infosys did.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Alameda County Superior Court, Awasthi, an India-born American citizen, says her bosses at Infosys's Fremont ,Calif. office mocked her for observing American holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas and refused to pay her overtime according to California law.

Contained within this lawsuit is the obvious bias, downright hatred against anything American. That's right, we have companies, operating in the U.S., busy offshore outsourcing our jobs, who also hate Americans, discriminate against anything American.

It seems Awasthi did what most immigrants want to do, joined her new country in celebration of U.S. holidays.

Here is the lawsuit excerpt:

Infosys management routinely disparaged Americans, including Mrs. Awasthi, as not having "family values," and stated that layoffs in America are good because the jobs will be outsourced.

Infosys management ridiculed Mrs. Awasthi for celebrating the American holiday of Thanksgiving, telling her that she should not celebrate Thanksgiving because she is Indian, and that therefore she must work on Thanksgiving Day.

Infosys management ridiculed Mrs. Awasthi’s children for celebrating Thanksgiving, and called them "ABCD" short for "American-Born Confused Desi," and "IBCD" short for "Indian-Born Confused Desi," insulting terms used to criticize people of Indian ancestry who are Americanized.

Infosys management ridiculed Mrs. Awasthi for celebrating Christmas, saying that "we" do not celebrate Christmas, and that she should not celebrate Christmas. Infosys management repeatedly discussed the quality of Mrs. Awasthi's work by explicitly commenting on their expectations for “a woman your age."

Pretty astounding. One thing is clear, American values, such as diversity, equal opportunity, while operating on American soil are not being honored by many of these companies.

It's also clear that this is not a race issue. As one can see Ms. Awasthi is of Indian ethnicity. It's a discrimination by citizenship status issue.

Good for you Promila Awasthi! If only other Americans stood up for their rights and plain sued the bastards for such outrageous acts in the workplace!

Infosys is a body shop. Body shop is a term for labor arbitrage as a business model by foreign controlled companies operating in the United States. India is notorious for these sorts of businesses. Body shops discriminate against U.S. workers, offshore outsource jobs, all the while operating in the United States.

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When the America economy was going through its recent shudders, causing massive layoffs across the US corporate landscape, Awasthi claims that many at the company celebrated as the economy went south.

"Every time the layoff news comes, they're happy," she says. "They say this is good for us, those jobs will be outsourced."

This lawsuit validates what many an American techie already knows. This isn't about innovation, the best and the brightest or even immigration, it's about India getting our jobs.

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If They Don't Like America or Americans

We should send them home. Ungrateful guests.

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Infosys has many many unfair practices.

Zero onsite days for unbilled resources. In one extreme case, an employee whose wife was 7 months pregnant was asked to return within a week of the policy coming into force in December 2008 - EVEN THOUGH THEIR GYNAECOLOGIST HAD ADVISED THEM THAT THE WIFE SHOULD NOT TRAVEL.

Luckily there were no tragedies.

Watch this space for more horror stories from Infosys.

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That's an outrageous story and enabling employee abuses period is yet another reason to support the Durbin-Grassley bill.

I hope to hear more of these. Building a business off of labor arbitrage, this is what happens.

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