News Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup’s AI-camera worker efficiency demo faces backlash

Yeah this triggered the entire r/antiwork community
As big online brand as yc , you have to stay cool and policing workers ain't cool

The video is really cringe acting

Also the guy looking at the ai camera also ain't doing much while the guy on the job is hands on hard labour work regardless of the output.. atleast that's the vibe here, it's like being a di*k move + overwhelming ai + during time of job cuts for corporate profits
 
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Idk about other industries.
But having seen the work ethic of denim factory labour in Ahmedabad vs denim factory labour in Bangkok,
any rational objective manager would even sanction belt treatment for one group.
 
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NRI entrepreneur defends app that monitors Indian workers, calls them 'lazy and 10X less efficient'. Netizens say, 'You want to exploit working class'

Indian American entrepreneur Hari Raghavan faced backlash after criticizing Indian workers' efficiency on social media. Defending the AI startup Optify, which monitors factory workers, he argued such tools are needed in India due to perceived lack of strong work ethics and productivity issues.
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"I grew up in India and I don't think y'all understand how unreliable the work ethic of the average Indian employee is. I don't think it's an accident that the company has a bunch of Indian founders and my guess is that they're targeting the manufacturing base in India"
He recounted that tasks completed by the Boston Consulting Group in a span of three days would require approximately two months to accomplish at BNP Paribas in Chennai.
He also revealed the problems his parents faced when they built a house in Chennai a few years ago. "They told me stories of how there were weeks of delays because workers simply wouldn't show up. They'd just go on a drinking binge for a week straight (without even pretending to call in sick). Or they'd just leave for their hometown somewhere in rural India with no notice and completely foregoing pay—even if that meant they'd get fired. People just don't care," he wrote
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economictimes.indiatimes.com

NRI entrepreneur defends app that monitors Indian workers, calls them 'lazy and 10X less efficient'. Netizens say, 'You want to exploit working class'

Indian American entrepreneur Hari Raghavan faced backlash after criticizing Indian workers' efficiency on social media. Defending the AI startup Optify, which monitors factory workers, he argued such tools are needed in India due to perceived lack of strong work ethics and productivity issues.
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I've seen the exact opposite in play, a factory in India where workers were proud of what they did and matched global quality standards. The price of finding such workers is a good union, so the workers actually feel like they're partners in the whole venture and not just being exploited. Of course this is harder than just setting up a sweatshop.

The BCG v BNP Paribas thing he's talking about I'm sure is missing a lot of context. I'm not sure what kind of workstream these companies would have in common.
 
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