I have worked with several multinational companies round the globe, in which I have found Middle East IT Companies doesn’t play a fair game always. Some of the key factors that makes employee life miserable
1.
Employers or HR Department bend the law and use,
as they wish against the employees whenever they require.
2.
Most of the IT company behave like an “Man Power
Controlling Company not consulting company”
3.
Most of the Positions starting from “Project
Manager and above” are always occupied by “Theoretical (Arrogant-Egoistic-Idiotic)
People”.
4.
You can
find very little people who have practical field knowledge, who can understand “People Management” can never
be learnt from any kind of “Books or Degree”. Most of the management Hitler
thinks “learning some Project Management courses will give them the controlling
knowledge to become a successful Project Manager.
5.
Most of the IT consulting companies operating in
Middle East do not understand what “Over Time” is.
6.
Again
they have never heard about “Personnel Time” (Only when it comes to employees)
7.
Most of the management people don’t think
employees are “HUMANS” they see & treat them as DOGS and PIGS most of the time but with the
prefix “HABIBI”
8.
Most of the times I see employees working
overtime “NO SORRY” – “EXTRA TIME WITH NIL BENEFIT” and being screwed for
in-capable project management of their employer, the sad part is even they don’t
realize they are treated badly because of what their in-capable management did.
YET WHY DO THEY
PROSPER?
Yet still these companies prosper only because of “Closed
Market” for international companies. It’s a golden rule through middle east where
foreign companies are not allowed to establish their direct roots, only by
having a tie up with an local company they can do business in Middle East. This
is a good rule obviously to lead the country in the path of development, until the
local companies understand they survive and multiply profits because of such
generous rules of the government it’s “NOT AT ALL BECAUSE OF THEIR INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR COMPANY” or “MANAGEMENT CAPABLITY” its common to see these management
people praising them self that they were listed as the “TOP COMPANY by so and
so survey taken in “MIDDLE EAST” because
of their performance or their companies arrogant rules they have achieved so
much.
HERE COMES THE
FACT:
Most of the time the Pay in Middle East is good when
compared to only “Asia Pacific” market. Hence you can find many Asians coming
to take up IT job’s in Middle East (especially Indians). Once you come here and
move your family here on your own Risk. People fall in to commitment, this is
the trap or called as “FQS – Family Quick Sand” once you get in, getting out is
not as simple. This is one of the key factors
which drive the “Arrogant – Don’t Care Attitude towards employees”, the
employers they do whatever they want against the employees and still find their
employees working for them. They think they do their job in an excellent
manner.
Here starts the “Root Cause” for the issue. Most of the
management people think it’s only because of their “Arrogant-In-human “behavior
their employees are performing well and they never know what’s the real reason
behind employees dedicated work. “It’s the family commitments”” that’s prior to
most of the Indians that they sacrifice anything in their life including their “SELF-RESPECT”.
The Real Truth is “just to manage and lead a decent life in India,
built a house in India, Buy a Car in India, To meet any of the Dad, Mum,
Brother, and Sister commitment they digest and subside and lose their self-respect,
Ego, Desires and lot more things.
WHY DON’T YOU MOVE
THEN?
This is a mysterious question which has some logical reasons
1.
Commitment towards family (Too many attached strings)
2.
Getting used to on the go (Chopped Off)
3.
Not much better options within the area to
switch over
4.
Government Rules are not favorable
These are some of the reasons why they
don’t move to another job within the county or outside the country. What I personally thought! When I was
cornered with all the discussed factors was “I did not see one good company
what was better than my present employer” to think about a jump. So I decided
to be treated bad with few set of people whom I know how to tackle rather than
to moving to a different company and starting everything from the scratch.
WHAT COMPANIES HAVE
TO LEARN?
This is a golden time for you’re to compete and earn within
your market as there are less competitors but more jobs to do. By the way you
have an easy atmosphere to survive, at least try! to create the same for your
employees, do be so dumb.
Try to create management leaders form the pool of experienced
people you have rather than to hire an arrogant idiotic educated in-human.
Educate your experienced employees and improve their
standard in which your returns will be multiplied for sure.
At least once in a month go through different employees of
different department to know what they feel about the company and management.
You cannot feed “SHIT” and expect your company grow, if you
feed shit as management rules and policy you should expect worse than “Rotten
Shit” as the result, not multiplied profits.
First of all, you should have the attitude to know what
you feed on.
Make sure any management policy that has something related
to employees has got the approval from employees, if there will be concerns on policy even from
an employee try to address and understand the concern and make necessary
changes to the policy if required without any ego.
UNDERSTAND THE
BASICS “IT CONSULTING COMPANIES” IN MIDDLE EAST!
There can be no IT consulting & Outsourcing company without
“employees”.
“What is the use of
the Management Staff or HR Department” if there will be no employees to work
for your company.
IT consulting & outsourcing company that understands to
treat their customer as “KING’S” and “EMPLOYEES” as “QUEEN’S” will prosper to
great heights un-doubted and there are too many successful examples for this attitude.
One who fails - will fail to proper by all means, if not now,
for sure in the near future, by that time everything would have gone out of
hands.
Understand the fact that “It’s your employees who is going
to have intimate relationship with your “KING” it’s not your Management Staff
or HR Department”, So I believe now you should have a clear understanding over
my reference as (KING & QUEEN) .
Just a simple fact “Happy Queen will result in Happy King
will result with (Good Brokerage) that you earn to run and have a so called “Company”!
Try to treat your employees better, educate your management
staff and HR department about the importance in employee happiness, it’s the at
most required essence for an “IT consulting & Outsourcing” company to strive
and thrive better.
Please understand the basics!
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan
