Why do Indian companies take such poor care of their employees’ health ?

Companies all over the word proclaim that their employees are their most precious asset. This should be especially true of Indian IT companies such as TCS , for example , which depend upon the knowledge of their employees in order to be able to provide outsourced services cost effectively .However , the problem is that even though they pay lip service to the fact that they value their employees, the reality that there is very little they do in real life to demonstrate this , as a result of which most employees treat such statements as window-dressing. These platitudes look good in the Chairman’s speech which is published in the Annual Report , but provide no tangible benefit to them. Thus , while they have a HR department which carries out social activities to promotes bonding; and they can be generous with their financial bonuses, there is precious little they do to promote their employee’s health. Yes, the company does provide employee benefits, and one of these is a health insurance policy, but all this does is provide a financial cushion in case the employee falls ill. In fact, most of these companies actually reduce the life expectancy of their employees, because of the high levels of work-related stress; the sedentary lifestyle they are forced to adopt, because they are chained to their computers; and the unreasonable hours they have to keep, in order to meet critical work-related deadlines.This is a tragedy . Even though TCS prides itself on its human capital ( whi...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Corporation Health insurance India Job Growth Max Bupa Public liability United States Source Type: blogs