ABA taking note now of the age discrimination issues.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/older_americans_facing_job_discrimination_cant_rely_on_courts_as_much_as_ea
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All corporations are doing this-,it is nothing new, welcome to globalization while corporations risk management only purpose is to make sure the low exposure in insurance and benefits payments are provided while offshoring and contracting is best
http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2018/feb/10/layoffs-plunge-it-firms-into-brand-image-crisis-1771438.html
After a considerable number of tech professionals were terminated over the past year, managing ‘employer branding’, a promotional activity focused at hiring, seems to have become a challenging task for MNCs. In the last one year, major tech firms, including Tech Mahindra, Cognizant Technology Services, and Verizon Data Services India, have axed hundreds of techies. With several of them dragging their bosses to labour department, companies have come under the spotlight and are being questioned about HR practices.
Mahesh Kumar (name changed), an HR manager who represents an MNC at conciliation meetings, said there is a sense of fear when negative reports of the organisation surface. “Whenever there are news coming up about employees or ex-employees seeking legal recourse, we hold internal communication meetings with our teams as anxiety is high among employees." Feedback websites like Glassdoor, where employees share details about their companies for the benefit of aspirants, are spreading a word of caution. “It is not just HR practices, but various other parameters such as on-site opportunities and training facility are of equal importance,” said techie V Jagadeesh.
“We do not discount out what is spoken about us on Glassdoor or any other social media platforms. In fact, we study and review them,” Mahesh Kumar said. A recently published study in International Journal of Engineering and Management Research on A Study on Employer Branding in Multinational Companies in Hyderabad has seconded the changing perceptions of mid-level techies.
there is alternative remedy for this is to hit the employee supply chain of tech companies. use social media and social movements to educate college grads the real nature and horror of IT career and how it is not viable as long term career option..... provide facts figure as to how you become useless at 40 years age max and can t easily persue any other career.
Highlight facts like exploitation, over work, poor pay, break down of family relationships, bad appraisal practices and arbitrary layoffs etc ...
IT tech job is just like any other walmart, amazon job... low pay best suited for temporary relief
this makes youngster become aware and they stopped taking tech job too seriously ...
this worked in India, 90% of attrition happening in India is freshers leaving.... with in first 2 years.
Talented college grads are rejecting offers from Indian IT services companies and moving onto startups and those who joined services are leaving when moved into support and testing projects...
so layoff of seniors has slowed
dont look at this from Indians versus american techies issues
techies deserve respect indian or american....