Hi all,
If you are a reader of my blog you would have heard that I am to join an MBA college soon and I have also given some notice to my present company(IBM) to inform them of my plans, infact I have filled in info on the tool that is used for separation from IBM and requested may 3rd as my date of resignation. Little did I know at 1st that this would be a big issue as I had made it quite evident that I was seeking a change and after my good grade in the entrance test, I did feel that most people around me did know this as well. My Peoples manager(PM) too, whom I did think was ok with my leaving{ as he had helped me out with some guidance and a lot of knowledge about IBM and Wellpoint (our customer)}has not yet approved my request as according to him, the DM(delivery manager) is the one that must give him a go ahead before he can approve my request. I have also spoken to the account head, who said that it would have to be my duty to be more proactive in persuading my DM to take some measures inorder to find a replacement for me.
That’s the one good thing I did feel after being a part of IBM for over 19 months now: with regards to job security it might be considered one of the best ( as they require 3 months of prior notice period which employees are expected to give before resignation-works the same way when IBM iniates ur resignation ie:3 months-hehe) . In my personal opinion I do feel that this 3 months period is inexplicable as no company would wait for an employee for a period of 3 months, also as in my case I do have my joining date in 2 months which might be a problem,( cllge starts on 21st June for XIME).
Sometimes I do find it har to decide which of the 2 is more easier here- getting a job or quitting a job. Im sure a lot of factors do effect this and thimin is essential.
Speaking more on this- our country seems to be doing well and seems to have recovered from the recessiondue to which jobs were hard to come by last year(2009), and there are plenty of companies that are hiring at full scale, IBM too has increased its strength as it has been doing over the past years in INDIA which it seeks to exploit for its enourmous base of skilled and cost effective resources.
I did read up a site on IIT millionaires recently wherin I did get info about the greats like Narayanan Murty and Nandan Nilkani( INFOSIS), and also Vinod Khosla(Sun Micro) who seems to be one of the first Indians who ventured into the IT field when he co-founded Sun Micro. Today abouit 10% of the companies in Silicon Valley(considered as the the leading high-tech hub in USA) where many enthusiastic youngsters often dream to be. But I also did read about how these leaders after being trained in the prestegeous IIT( which offer subsidised rates by the gove and fees are about $200 for the 2 years of college- greatest ROI in the world..I think-)look at the course as just a means to make money by going abroad and offering their services and sound training and minds just to be exploited by being underpaid by the west- to make it worse these people have exploited theie country by outsourcing jobs to INDIA by offering salaries which are far from comparable to the salaries offered to the much less hardworking citizenzs of the west, I do feel that they are anxious to leave partly because they hope to live a normal life in the US where there might be a decent proportion of females to males in their daily life…lol. Unfortunately many social sites do get a lot of responces which clearly state their dislike for indians, I would think the reason for this is 1) Jealousy- as they are losing jobs to people who are not from their own country. 2) Racism- though the world has grown a long way there always will remain some discrimination between the white and brown race, 3)Lack of proper social life in India-Most of the Indians (to my knowledge) look up to USA and other European countries and see the open culture- for years they have been living in a culture where emphasis is given to respect for elders and their work is of great significance, for eg: in Bangalore by law all restaurants,shops and pubs must close by 11:30, No smoking in Public places as well as in restaurants. In spite of such buisnesses losing out on massive business due to these laws the owners do not have much say in the policies. The younger generation too look at foreign countries as a way out of this and to a normal life, where hand in hand walks and small public displays of affection are common. In India there are Parties like the Ram Sena, Shiv Sena which are considered very much pro-hindu and pro-marati, to such an extent that their members roam around in a gang on days like valentines day for instance where they announced that they would forcibly marry any couple which was found roaming together on that day!(they roamed around with priests to implement the same). Infact I have heard of a story where they mistakenly took a brother and sister and forced them to marry without listening to reason in Pune year 2009. The effect that these negative closed minded executions has brought about a generation which does not easily mingle wioth the opposite sex, where virginity has a value in some minds, and where the people are afraid of being themselves and having fun like they want to , primarily out of fear from family and society. Where arrange marriages are still common in the 21st century and cases of dowry and female foeticide are in abundance.
I think I have written enough for the day and perhaps it would be better to spend some time to reflect and come to your own conclusions and possible solutions to these problems india is facing
One last interesting fact, courtesy Wikipedia
Silicon Valley has the highest average high-tech salary at $144,800.
The region is the biggest high-tech manufacturing center in the United States
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