What is your leave policy? Do you work on Saturdays? When will I get my next increment? - All the above three questions you must ask to your employer. Mostly the companies ask for hard work but don't pay for it. The increment question is necessary to choose the job, because if the next increment for you is 2 years after joining, then probably you don;t want to join the company. Leave policy and notice period has to be discussed before you join the company. HR people usually don't entertain once offer letter is given to you. So it is the best time to ask these questions in i/w. Of-course all the above doesn't matter if you are a fresher.
Re: You need to ask questions...
by Anirudh Kumar on Jan 05, 2010 01:05 PM
agreed, these questions should be clarified before you start but the timing has to be right. Asking this during the 1st round might not be a good way to start
Re: You need to ask questions...
by bala_pearlcity on Jan 05, 2010 05:21 PM
Agreed, increment based on performance is just asking the employee to keep quite. Once after getting the job the chance of asking the increment is very less
Re: You need to ask questions...
by Swami Seth on Jan 07, 2010 02:55 PM
I totally agree. This should be told clearly by the company itself. If not, these questions should be asked if not in technical round but ofcourse in HR round.
This author must be losing hundreds of good candidates if he is suggesting this!!!!
Re: You need to ask questions...
by Swami Seth on Jan 07, 2010 02:55 PM
I totally agree. This should be told clearly by the company itself. If not, these questions should be asked if not in technical round but ofcourse in HR round.
This author must be losing hundreds of good candidates if he is suggesting this!!!!
What is your leave policy? Do you work on Saturdays? When will I get my next increment? - All the above three questions you must ask to your employer. Mostly the companies ask for hard work but don't pay for it. The increment question is necessary to choose the job, because if the next increment for you is 2 years after joining, then probably you don;t want to join the company. Leave policy and notice period has to be discussed before you join the company. HR people usually don't entertain once offer letter is given to you. So it is the best time to ask these questions in i/w. Of-course all the above doesn't matter if you are a fresher.
If you're in desperate need of a job, then this is the article for you. Otherwise if you're a seasoned professional with solid work experience and skills in demand, then don't hesitate to turn the screws to explicitly clarify what you're getting into. This jerk of a placement consultant expects people to genuflect at the feet of interviewers and behave as if their personal aspirations are immaterial and that they should be grateful just for the opportunity of serving the shareholders / owners of the target company. Indian employers are as unethical, if not more, than employees who fudge their resumes. Very often what is promised is not what is delivered. Remember, an employer has (usually unlimited) expectations from its employees, but an employee, too, has expectations from his employer. And so, the responsibility is on the job-seeker to clarify what he's getting into - by asking relevant questions and doing adequate homework by making enquiries of his own. Very often HR idiots don't respond to queries and when they condescend to do, supply vague, misleading or false information.
An Interviewer is a buyer and seller too as far as i see. so, an interviewer must know when to buy and how to sell. Today's job market is wide open and more than the employee, the employer loses most as for the employee it is always added experience at the cost of employer. so, the interviewer rather than emphasising on rigid format and rules, must emphasis on requirement and don't compare tendulkar with shewag when it comes to class or they will loose both and someone who recognise their individuality will utilise them with the unique potential they posses uncomapareably.
Re: Kris doesn't know the outside world
by amit agarwal on Jan 09, 2010 09:22 AM
the article is about modern slavery on the part of employers. they want everything without paying for it. in bollywood style "they want to love the girl but don't marry her"
instead of taking margins on salaries or commissions if you had been giving talks about how to start small companies it would be a better use of your talent?
agreed these things are real and that the market is cruel, but the solution is not to run an agency that thrives on cutting people's pay packets.
None ask such questions,even if a candidate asks so, nothing wrong that, for it is better to clarify things beforehand regarding ones Leaves,promotion policy, commutations, weekly offs,etc....etc...I myself have asked 90% of the above questions to the employer in a couple of interviews I had in the past.No one raised an eyebrow, In fact they were happy to respond and later hired me too.Headhunters must be living in the fools paradise.In fact they should encourage the candidate to ask such vital questions to avoid future confusions in their career.
