Do people from India make a lot of phone calls?

[cbrunny]

I share a wall at work with a guy that is from New Delhi. He is a really nice guy and is great at his job, but I have noticed that he takes and makes a LOT of phone calls during the day. It is extremely rare that these are in English as well. I would guess that it is anywhere between one and two dozen phone calls that I hear in a day, and maybe one of them is in English.

Is this a thing? Or is this guy just a bit unusual?

 

[Paladin3]

It's a new twist on outsourcing tech support to India without having to pay for the overseas call.

 

[vshah]

i see the same thing at my work, the indians from india are constantly on the phone in the parking lot. talking to family, I imagine.

 

[cbrunny]

I think he is on call #3 today. maybe #4.

 

[MrDudeMan]

i see the same thing at my work, the indians from india are constantly on the phone in the parking lot. talking to family, I imagine.

This. It's very annoying, actually.

 

[lozina]

Welcome to America!

Where you get paid to come to work, but you don't actually have to do work while there!

It's a wonderful country!

 

[cbrunny]

Lol I live and work in Canada actually

 

[Mai72]

Maybe he's doing tech support for Dell?

 

[Ns1]

dear god yes

2 of the analysts on my team, they're on the phone every morning ~8-10am with their SO's in India.

 

[smackababy]

All the Indian people I work with don't spend time on the phone. I guess my company only hires (or retains) people who don't waste time on social calls, regardless of race.