I've always been hearing about blogs and bloggers. In fact read a good number of them(blogs). I think it's an excellent way of expressing one's own opinion regardless of who you are or where you belong to. Imagination is the limit.
Guess what, I've never tried my hand at it. But, I've always been close follower of discussions on various discussion boards and also been part of a few, quite actively !!.Ok,without much ado, let me start on with the thoughts that I want to write about. Just yesterday, I'd watched this programme on 'Talent Management' in one of the TV channels. It was all about how IT companies are trying hard to retain talent by introducing new and attractive employee friendly policies to make work place as interesting as possible. Interestingly, I was able to relate the discussion in the programme with the situation at my work place. Being in a manager's position, I'm faced with the same problem...retain talent. A couple of them have put down their papers. That set me off to think, what could be wrong...is it the way I manage my team !. As the famous saying goes -
"People dont leave companies. They leave managers".
So, if an employee decides to move on, then we should not look at the company and it's policies but his/her immediate manager. I tried to find out the reasons that motivated members in my team to move on. The responses I recorded were very interesting
One was changing the company coz he thinks he is not being paid enough by the company. The other decided to move on coz he thinks that there is a skill mis-match.
I then turned my attention towards the job market in India. The peculiar thing observed is that the compensation being offered by various competing IT companies in India is driven more by the demand in those respective companies than anything else. In the mad race to do more business which ofcourse translates into more income, companies today need more man-power than ever before. They are not looking for wizards or geeks, but just a bunch of experienced average programmers who can do the job for them. Unfortunately, the supply of such programmers /"IT Professionals"(if I can term them so) is much less compared to the demand in the companies. Consequently, they are being lured by IT companies by being offered huge pay packages, sometimes much more than what they deserve ! . Not to mention the ripple effect that it would have in other areas of economy.
I for one think that this is not a very healthy trend. Firstly, it creates an impression in the minds of these IT professionals that they are the most intelligent and sought after people. Secondly, it does no good to the committment level of IT professionals for the job they've been selected. The next-gen IT pros carry an attitude which goes like.."well, if the job's good and it keeps me happy I'm OK, if it doesn't who cares man..I've got 10 other jobs outside and I can walk out anytime I want". That attitude is not only detrimental to the co-workers but also brings in non-compliance and indiscipline which are 2 most stumbling blocks to carry out operations on a day-to-day basis.
Then, how should the situation be handled?! I think everyone in the IT industry is a party to the problem we have at hand today. Senior Management, HR, Middle Management and just about everyone who has a stake in the whole thing. People from all these departments should come together not just in one company but from across all the companies in the industry to review the current job-market situation. Stern measures should be taken to fix pay-scales to bring in a uniformity in the industry. I agree that economy should grow, people should prosper...but incomes with astronomical figures are just no good indicators. It's about time we take a concerted action or else be left out to chase our own tails forever !
~M
Guess what, I've never tried my hand at it. But, I've always been close follower of discussions on various discussion boards and also been part of a few, quite actively !!.Ok,without much ado, let me start on with the thoughts that I want to write about. Just yesterday, I'd watched this programme on 'Talent Management' in one of the TV channels. It was all about how IT companies are trying hard to retain talent by introducing new and attractive employee friendly policies to make work place as interesting as possible. Interestingly, I was able to relate the discussion in the programme with the situation at my work place. Being in a manager's position, I'm faced with the same problem...retain talent. A couple of them have put down their papers. That set me off to think, what could be wrong...is it the way I manage my team !. As the famous saying goes -
"People dont leave companies. They leave managers".
So, if an employee decides to move on, then we should not look at the company and it's policies but his/her immediate manager. I tried to find out the reasons that motivated members in my team to move on. The responses I recorded were very interesting
One was changing the company coz he thinks he is not being paid enough by the company. The other decided to move on coz he thinks that there is a skill mis-match.
I then turned my attention towards the job market in India. The peculiar thing observed is that the compensation being offered by various competing IT companies in India is driven more by the demand in those respective companies than anything else. In the mad race to do more business which ofcourse translates into more income, companies today need more man-power than ever before. They are not looking for wizards or geeks, but just a bunch of experienced average programmers who can do the job for them. Unfortunately, the supply of such programmers /"IT Professionals"(if I can term them so) is much less compared to the demand in the companies. Consequently, they are being lured by IT companies by being offered huge pay packages, sometimes much more than what they deserve ! . Not to mention the ripple effect that it would have in other areas of economy.
I for one think that this is not a very healthy trend. Firstly, it creates an impression in the minds of these IT professionals that they are the most intelligent and sought after people. Secondly, it does no good to the committment level of IT professionals for the job they've been selected. The next-gen IT pros carry an attitude which goes like.."well, if the job's good and it keeps me happy I'm OK, if it doesn't who cares man..I've got 10 other jobs outside and I can walk out anytime I want". That attitude is not only detrimental to the co-workers but also brings in non-compliance and indiscipline which are 2 most stumbling blocks to carry out operations on a day-to-day basis.
Then, how should the situation be handled?! I think everyone in the IT industry is a party to the problem we have at hand today. Senior Management, HR, Middle Management and just about everyone who has a stake in the whole thing. People from all these departments should come together not just in one company but from across all the companies in the industry to review the current job-market situation. Stern measures should be taken to fix pay-scales to bring in a uniformity in the industry. I agree that economy should grow, people should prosper...but incomes with astronomical figures are just no good indicators. It's about time we take a concerted action or else be left out to chase our own tails forever !
~M
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