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I work for a company which has offices in other countries. Since most of the business is provided by people writing software for companies outside Sri Lanka; there is a reasonable amount of travel involved.
As is usual, people have a wide spectrum of reactions to being sent onsite.
Most like the idea of going out of the country for a while. Away from parental supervision, completely different country/culture, sometimes a bit of distance from the humdrum activities of living here. People like the idea of going on short term visits even more. All the fun of international travel, but none of the long term hassle. (Of course, there are those who demand long term placement in another office too. Different story).
However, international here means … umm.. Europe or the Americas. While we love India (we do, really), travelling there seems insufficiently exotic to appeal to many.
So in about two weeks, a bunch of people need to travel to India to meet and greet a client. Because you know, explody buses and other stuff make this country a bit unsafe so the client is refusing to turn up here.
I need to find a creative way to break the news to the folks who’re going to travel. I initially thought of a tasteless American Indian pidgin greeting to let them know that, yes, despite their hopes to the contrary – travel they must.
Any other creative ideas?
On 04-Jul-08 at 8:48 am,
RH wrote:
I can’t blame people for being reluctant to travel to that city. It is an unmitigated dump. The only two things I enjoyed there were a half-decent bookshop and the local biriyani, which is surprisingly good. I’d have thought some of the other Indian cities are a laugh though.
On 04-Jul-08 at 10:49 am,
ddm wrote:
tell them that the client wants to meet in kandahar (because he’s there for some other work – but not to worry, life insurance is provided by the firm.
let them sweat a couple days then say there’s an alternative gig that’s in India and the choice is their’s.
yar, chak-de.