As much as I respect Tata, this Indian logic of going to extra mile essentially means putting in a lot of unpaid hours or squeezing your workers to do it. What Mr Tata is advocating here is to play shrewed tricks to extract extra productivity out of engineering department. Yeah right, coming models of JLR will tell how much that "extra mile" is helping in improving product quality and image preception. Already the Saudi distributor for JLR has gone bust and the product has lost confidence in UAE which is basically the pinnacle of entire GCC motor market.
Through out my work life, I have been deeply annoyed either by Indian colleuges spoling the atmosphere by going that "extra mile" or Indian management demanding that "extra mile". As a rule of thumb I refused any job offer by a manager with high employe turn out or those using for of HR Junk like commitment and extra mile in conversation. They were sure shot signs of slavery minded managers.
If the company fails, its due to management decision not because of junior employes not committing the "extra mile". They are not paid in fat bonuses and stock options to begin with. The only people who should be squeezed for that extra mile is the management itself.
For a salaried employe, its straight 9-5 job..when the bell of 5PM rings its time to stop whatever at hand and rush for home.
The manager should sit and burn the night oil if they want their bonouses to get fatter each year.
Indian CEO riding on the wave of economic sucess have tendency to make absurd comments on world forums. Indian outsourcing boss, Vineet Nayar CEO of HCL also made absurd comments about American graduates being unemployable and his undertone clearly pointed towards American rejection of "enslaved employment".
Top Indian CEO: Most American Grads Are 'Unemployable' | Global CIO Blog | InformationWeek Global CIO
Also work is worship is some real retarded BS..it simply means: