1. Jobs are still largely handed down as a dole, an act of philanthropy, .. .
2. So, one is expected overlook own education, experience, background, .. and demonstrate atmost sycophancy, gratitude, difference, indebtedness, .. more than everyone else, to get selected.
3. There are several reasons for this. For starters, professionalism in India is conspicuous by it's absence.
4. The labour market in India has always been absolutely skewed in favour of the employer.
5. Further, we Indians seldom bring indispensable value to the table.
6. The services an employee offer have traditionally been fungible.
7. Also, the prices offered for fungible services are largely favourable to the employer(buyer).
8. The employer is sitting on an elephant for all practical purposes while picking his employee.
9. C'mmon, there is no parity between the employer and employee as far as negotiation power is concerned.
10. Every employer in the private sector is practically the customer, King, lord and master, for all practical purposes.
11. Indeed, an employer is supposed to be answerable to the employee and refrain from behaving like a feudal master.
12. Yet, in India we can't expect anyone better than a feudal master in the private sector; atleast, in most cases.
13. Even, law of the land comes across as largely hamstrung in securing employees' rights and interest.
14. End of the day, a successful career in corporate India and most parts of the world for that matter require employees to be great stooges of the powers that be; atleast, in the private sector.
15. Anything less is likely to be deliberately & mischievously confused with insubordination and invite reprisal.
16. Ideally, employers' and employees' dealings need to be codified and maintained through business applications, electronic emails, recorded in text, voice or video format, in the private sector; to ensure everything is above board.
17. Anything less would only be an open invitation for abuse of the powers that be.
18. Infact, free-markets make such regulation a necessity.
Kindly peruse our business interests here.