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Corporate during
the past few years are passing through a severe scarcity
of skilled staffing not due to non availability but
unstability is the major factor contributing towards
this. The news of retrenchment itself has become a cause
of big panic in the employee lobby which has exposed
the fact that the majority at large has a common wish
i.e. to be retained within the same employment, peacefully.
Non profitability and viability of their employers has
equally been the concern of these employees. If Loyalty,
Honesty, Sincerity, Trustworthiness are still the strengths
of Indian employees then what is the reason behind their
"Switch Over" ? What is the key for them to
be retained within the organization for a longer peroid,
let us have a view on it? |
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WHERE DOES UNSTABILITY STARTED:
In late 1980s, awareness of employees
has gone up because of various acts passed by central
government providing them many rights which were earlier
missing. This has again boosted because of various trade
unions all over the country fighting for their rights
vehemently. It is the time when corporates have become
more cordial in their dispositions with their employees
and the labour laws, the employees have started feeling
more secured due to the best legal practices and strong
support from the employee/trade unions. This awareness
has removed the fear of losing the job from the common
mass.
The shuffling started…
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THE PRESENT PRACTICES :
Inspired through this shuffling, the employers have
stopped developing their own employees and started
absorbing the employees from the competitor organizations
having the background of similar experience, roles
& responsibilities in their career basket. Outsourcing
is not economical, hence they are outsourced at
a salary package even higher than what their current
employees are drawing.
This has lead to following factors:
* Dissatisfaction in the existing employees for the
practices adopted by their employers.
* Frustrations of being low paid employee despite
of having shown their loyalty, sincerity towards the
organization and its philosophies.
* Absolute dissatisfactions, motivated however with
the track and the path shown by the managements only
that outsourcing can fetch them a better salary package
so look out the ways & means to be outsourced.
People succeeded !! The packages started multiplying
!! Sincerity, Loyalty, Respect for the job has lost
its significance while the fear of loosing the job
did not prevail.
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The Employers have
stopped imparting training; the Employees have stopped
learning. The Employers have continued the outsourcing;
The employees are running behind even higher package.
Neither the former nor the later could ever realize
that the competency per say is deteriorating every
day.
Today the ratio of Retirement at the age of 40 and
around is maximum because the competency of the employee
has remained the same as it was at the time of joining
and the packages have reached to the peak.
The existing employer is unable to afford while the
competition has stopped offering the job at this package
and age.
People are smart enough…understanding the need
of the hour some of them have taken a lead and opened
the training centers incorporating the modules in
the curriculum to develop the skills and knowledge
matching the current organizational requirements.
The other kind of a smart group has taken the help
of such institutions/centers but people to a mass
level did not realize the need of the hour and are
struggling due to poor skills, knowledge suitable
to the current trend that too in a rapidly changing
environment where today & tomorrow makes a big
difference. And the development done at the individual
level makes a person self dependent which finally
helps the person realize of his/her updated strengths
and skills, and that motivates him/her to look for
better alternatives.
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EXPECTATIONS :
* Monetary Gains -
Current & Future Needs
(PF/GRATUITY
AND OTHER RETIREMENT BENEFITS ARE GIVEN THE LAST PRIORITY)
* Career Gains -
# HORIZONTAL EXPANSION -
(HIGHER LEVEL OF
AUTHORITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES etc.)
# VERTICAL EXPANSION -
(PROMOTIONS,
STATUS UPLIFTING etc.)
* Training & Development
- To meet the newer challenges suitable to the rapidly
Changing Enivonment.
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CONCLUSION
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The organizations today should rather concentrate
on the above needs of their employees than to hire
an expensive employee from other sectors, the employer
has to invest anyway. The need is to take an initiative
in expressing the loyalty in today's scenario where
both the partners disbelieve each other. If a person
is absorbed from the scratch level and developed to
an extent where a person starts contributing to the
organizational growth, generates commitment towards
the organization. The organization's genuine interest
in the individual's career path generates Sincerity
& Loyalty in the organization. Apart from the
current needs if the employer is able to provide enough
care to the future needs of an employee, the scenario
will change totally. Remember Retirement benefits
are given the last priority hence future benefits
should be given considering their personal & family
needs (e.g. Marriage Benefits; Parental Care; Child
Education; Gifting Shares & Debentures clubbing
it with seniority and other developments.)
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