The Galloping India
I have heard of brain draining since a long time back. It means a highly qualified person from one country settling down and work in another country…..and I am sure Indians knows the definition the best. Till now, the trend continues….the best manpower from the country’s best institute like IITs and IIMs are recruited by foreign companies. I can say in fact the brain draining have grown to much larger extent but in a different manner with the coming of MNCs in India. And all these while we hear another MNC is coming to India with another branch. And who could be happier than Indians? All we can think is that with this, there will be tremendous increase in the employment in the country. And we cant blame them too…a decade ago people were crying for jobs after their studies…now people no longer are worried…because they have lots of opportunities. And they no longer wait for government jobs because MNCs are paying them large salary comparatively. This have led to the growth of metros in many parts of India, with all the BPOs, KPOs, IT companies from developed countries coming over to India with new branches.
Personally I see the drawbacks too. All these branches in India are supposed to be back up branches of MNCs from developed countries like USA and UK. That is why they are called BPOs and KPOs but Indians do not do only back up jobs…in fact, we do the most strenuous jobs.
They get the best manpower at the cheapest rate and a crowd which is ready to slog. It is believed that an Indian working in an MNC handles the work of 4 Americans or a Britishers working in the same firm. I have seen my friends who work in foreign investment banks and IT companies…even if their working hours is 9 per day, compulsorily they work for 12 to 13 hours everyday. And no one complaints, it is considered mandatory requirement of the job. The irony is that their counterparts in developed countries would not even stretch their work time by a minute! Moreover the salary Indian gets are far lesser than their foreign counterparts. Worst is when they don’t get Indian holidays…they still go to work on Indian Independence day….even after 60 years of independence I sometimes doubt whether we really are independent! I am sure if Indians stopped working for a week all the MNCs would not be able to carry on.
I feel now it is high time Indians should raise the issue to be treated the same way as their foreign counterparts. Now as a country India stands in par with the other superpowers. There is no need to scared…we are in a position to ask and not stoop low…our economy is booming…there is no reason to be scared….there are opportunities everywhere. Seriously I am waiting for the day when our foreign counterparts will get a holiday on Indian Independence Day. That way I can’t tell you how much I am proud of Mukesh Ambani!
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