A couple of weeks ago, one of my neighbours was speaking to
me. It was just a casual evening talk about nothing in particular and it is my
mother who usually talks to him. But that day she had to take care of some
other work and I was left to take over her position.
After talking about this house and that house and the other
house, the conversation veered towards his job. In fact he asked me directly if
he could get a job in my company. I told him that I can ask around since I didn't
know of anything off-hand. Then I asked him why he was looking for a job
change.
He said that he wasn't getting paid that well. In his
opinion, for the hours he puts in at work on a daily basis the salary is just
not commensurate. I told him that his office took care of his accommodation,
but he said that they take some 5% out of his salary of accommodation and for
food as well.
Moreover, he came to know of other new joiners in his
organization, whose job profile is pretty much the same as his. But, it turns
out that they were earning some 20% more than him. Furthermore, he said that
they don’t slog as much as he does and stick to a fixed working hours per day. He,
I was told, goes the extra distance without any fuss, but the new fellows didn’t
do anything of that sort, unless they got monetary compensation for the extra
work. I told him if he had spoken to higher authorities about it and he replied
that it was of no use.
He then told me that another neighbour of ours who had moved
out, was now getting almost 40% more than what he got when he was here. So the
market rate was clearly higher and he said that once he gets some such opening,
he would quit. He planned to bring in his family as well and that was also the
reason for looking for a change.
So I am putting out the word through this blog to any
potential employer, that there is a guy looking for a job opening as a car
driver, expecting around 13K per month. He is from Bihar, but speaks Tamizh and
is very well versed with all road routes in Tamil Nadu – right from Chennai to
Kanyakumari (specializing within Chennai and the Chennai-Sivaganga route).
1 comment:
Clearly it must be the heat.
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