Dear All,
I have read this article on Citehr. I would like to share some of my experience regarding job hopping and reasons for changing jobs. It's not that people always run for money. They look for brand name, growth, and stability as well. Sometimes people change jobs because they are not getting in life what they want to do in their career. They have to struggle for it.
Yes, in India people recognize your social status by your company name. Our social structure is like that; even aunties or ladies talk, and for marriage also, normally this question is asked by elders - how much is your daughter getting in terms of salary and vice versa for the son. In southern India, if you are an IT professional, people say, "my son will get married when he gets a job in Infosys." This is a social stigma. In India, 9-5 jobs are very respectable as the Britishers established this long ago for us.
Flexi timings, work from home, freelancing are new concepts for us, and it will take time for society to respect them. I remember when the BPO industry came to India, girls struggled to work night shifts and faced all kinds of comments from neighbors and relatives.
I hope our society will become more open and accepting of changes.
Regards,
Gauri
I have read this article on Citehr. I would like to share some of my experience regarding job hopping and reasons for changing jobs. It's not that people always run for money. They look for brand name, growth, and stability as well. Sometimes people change jobs because they are not getting in life what they want to do in their career. They have to struggle for it.
Yes, in India people recognize your social status by your company name. Our social structure is like that; even aunties or ladies talk, and for marriage also, normally this question is asked by elders - how much is your daughter getting in terms of salary and vice versa for the son. In southern India, if you are an IT professional, people say, "my son will get married when he gets a job in Infosys." This is a social stigma. In India, 9-5 jobs are very respectable as the Britishers established this long ago for us.
Flexi timings, work from home, freelancing are new concepts for us, and it will take time for society to respect them. I remember when the BPO industry came to India, girls struggled to work night shifts and faced all kinds of comments from neighbors and relatives.
I hope our society will become more open and accepting of changes.
Regards,
Gauri