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Kapil Mehta
Need to have Insurance
by Kapil Mehta on May 20, 2009 04:15 PM  | Hide replies

We need to have an Insurance that cover Un-employment same like in the Western Countries.

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Truth
Re: Need to have Insurance
by Truth on May 20, 2009 04:34 PM
Every Individual who pays tax to Indian govt should get and ex-gratia of 10K per month if laid off from the job till 12 months this should be the attitude that govt should have towards citizens to help them at difficult times.

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SHRIRAM KULKARNI
Re: Re: Need to have Insurance
by SHRIRAM KULKARNI on May 22, 2009 01:03 PM
Fantastic Idea...As lot of revenue comes from People having Salary as Income & they are only the Honest Tax Payer to the government than other Money Grabbers by other means.

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bachal bachal
Re: Re: Need to have Insurance
by bachal bachal on May 21, 2009 04:24 PM
Learn how money can work for you, rather you work for money!
Cheers!
Manoj-9967317926


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harkol
Wrong lessons.
by harkol on May 20, 2009 04:00 PM  | Hide replies

I am sorry about Priya Munshi's loss, but she has drawn wrong lessons from this. Here are the right lessons:

- We don't perform to impress other people, we do so, for our own professional pride and satisfaction.

- We always owe a career to ourselves, no one else does. So, when the services we offer are not useful to someone, we should figure something that we can do somewhere else that is mutually beneficial.

- It is possible to have periodic unemployment, and it is no ones mistake. At no time in History, we have had a situation of assured income-security. When it has happened it is only an aberration. Crop failures are a matter of fact even today!

- Only right lesson Priya has drawn is not to consider herself inefficient because of one job loss. It is quite possible that the job became redundant or she wasn't suited for that job. She'll certainly be an asset elsewhere.

Hope she can retain positive outlook.


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Arun
Re: Wrong lessons.
by Arun on May 20, 2009 08:40 PM
i disagree with you on this point"We don't perform to impress other people, we do so, for our own professional pride and satisfaction."As far as working in BPO is concerned,there is alot of pressure to perform one level better.So actually one ends working to other people's expectations..and not to one's own enjoyment..


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vasanth shenoy
Re: Re: Wrong lessons.
by vasanth shenoy on May 21, 2009 03:13 PM
exactly sir,i aggree with you
as told by Mr Narayan Murthy of infosys "love your job but never love your company u will never know when the company stops loving you"

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Venkat Manthripragada
Re: Wrong lessons.
by Venkat Manthripragada on May 20, 2009 04:37 PM
Thats right. We should appreciate the kind of hurt people feel when they face the pink slip. However, in today's world that should not hurt us so very deeply as well. Companies of the size of Satyam candisappear in no time because of reasons not within the responsibility of any of the employees.
We own ourselves and our careers and I do not think we should be looking at impressing anyone for any specific benefits.
Individuals does not matter to a company when it comes to overall strategy to make money. A fantastic person may face a glass ceiling as such person is over qualified for the current tole but not quite equipped to handle the next leevel because of skill gaps. It is important for any individual to continuously evaluate the skill gaps in oneself impartially and keep working to cover those gaps.
Priya is very right, one should never consider one self inefficient or very efficient. Both extremes are not allowed as these are very subjective conslusions.

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bachal bachal
Re: Re: Wrong lessons.
by bachal bachal on May 21, 2009 05:22 PM
Learn how money can work for you, rather you work for money!
Cheers!
Manoj-9967317926


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Kapil Mehta
IN-EXPENSIVE talent on high demand.
by Kapil Mehta on May 20, 2009 03:56 PM

Day’s are gone when Employee demand for higher salaries. Now Employer is looking for ‘IN-EXPENSIVE’ talent that too with all the requisite qualifications.

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Kapil Mehta
DYNAMIC RISK
by Kapil Mehta on May 20, 2009 03:47 PM

There is a term called 'Dynamic Risk' i.e risk that arises from continious change that exist with the business or economic enviorment. In the cited case person is a Secretary and everyone knows in the organisation Secretaries are confined to job profile of taking Dictations, Drafting letters, making minutes of the meeting... this could make her congnizant of fact what is rolling the organisation...In defence sector people like these secretaries are fired is not a big deal.. bcz no Comapny wants to operate in 'DEFICIT'



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The voice
forget it
by The voice on May 20, 2009 03:04 PM

Leave tales, come up in life.
Don't count worries... just move ahead someting like u never sacked anywhere otherwise u will loose confidence in life and career.

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kidface m
Very Interesting
by kidface m on May 20, 2009 02:51 PM  | Hide replies

When I started investing around 14 years back – “my mentor told me that when you make money in stock market its your luck and when you loose - it is again your luck – the only thing you can work on is improve your chance. The mistake most people make is that when they make money they attribute it to themselves and when they loose money they blame others.”

I see a similarity here – when this lady was doing well – it was her successes – when she lost her job – her boss is to blame for it.


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Dilip Srinivasa
Re: Very Interesting
by Dilip Srinivasa on May 21, 2009 02:15 PM
True i do agree for these, even bosses are bound to answer mgt.. they need ppl for production not for luxury

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Indian Guru
This article is just rubbish
by Indian Guru on May 20, 2009 02:22 PM  | Hide replies

This article is just rubbish. She is talking about defence sector, R&D.

1. Defence sectors are not recession prone.

2. I don't know what she is talking CEO,Dubai Finance Managers, Personal Secretary etc..

These designations do not exist in Defence and R&D sectors and by the way secretaries are not of that importance in Defence, R&D sectors.. They have very less work to do in this sector.

Rediff please screen the tales properly.

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Ramesh
Re: This article is just rubbish
by Ramesh on May 20, 2009 02:41 PM
Did u read the article before commenting ?

Everyone who has a comp thinks he is entitled to give their stup1d comments without understanding the issues in the article...let alone the broader context of the issues.

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karthikeyan
my story
by karthikeyan on May 20, 2009 02:19 PM  | Hide replies

I completely agree with this article.

I havent worked for mnc .I joined in one company in december. I completely believed the person who gave me the job.For 4 months i worked very very hard day and night.I was a fresher.They gave me so many projects.Finally they gave me verry very less salary plus i wasnt given any salary slip,or offer letter.They fired me last month.And they gave me letter ,that i worked from dec to april as a contract. I was just shocked.

Dont try to impress ur boss.Always show ur talent 30% less.

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deetee
Re: my story
by deetee on May 20, 2009 03:38 PM
only impress baba, you will get paid under NREGS. the age of mai-baap sarkar is back.
long live socialism

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Raghavan Dharan
Re: my story
by Raghavan Dharan on May 20, 2009 02:53 PM
Now-a-days talents or performance are not respected and only "yes man" can succeed and survive. It is enough to remain as "yes man" so that you can get good position and salary. But these yes man cannot survive in all the places because one has to perform well to survive.

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Indian
Re: my story
by Indian on May 20, 2009 02:27 PM
if you would have shown your talent 30% less, you would have been fired in 30% less time.

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honey corn
Re: Re: my story
by honey corn on May 20, 2009 03:01 PM
You are right. Never under perform. There is no merit to under perform whereas there is always merit for over performing, you may be rewarded with a out of turn promotion. There is absolutely no truth in the story that a better performing or hard working employee is fired due to his hard work. The firing is due to other reasons which are business related. Generally a younger employee or fresher is easier to fire because his relatively less experience does not impact the company day to day business and a person of his calibre and experience can be hired when needed in short notice. Secondly a younger person has less social burdens as comapred to a older employee who has a dependent family including children. Thirdly young people can find alternative jobs easily and can even switch career paths because experience is not their forte neither experience is basic qualifying requirement at their level.

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bozo
Re: Re: Re: my story
by bozo on May 20, 2009 03:40 PM
nobody can underperform or over perform by choice.
Everyone tries their best, somehow it gets judged as "over" or under. It is all rubbish. Only butter and cream matters in India.

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bozo
Re: Re: Re: my story
by bozo on May 20, 2009 03:40 PM
nobody can underperform or over perform by choice.
Everyone tries their best, somehow it gets judged as "over" or under. It is all rubbish. Only butter and cream matters in India.

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The voice
Re: my story
by The voice on May 20, 2009 03:10 PM
whatever u do with your boss,
when there is a problem with the company from where he can pay u salary. U will have to come out.
It's all your Luck

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