Jayprog

This is some information that you will rarely get from most people as far as employment is concerned and I thought I would just share it on my blog as an experience.

 

1.       Contractors do not want to pay their employees and will exploit every loophole available to exploit workers.

2.       Contractors are like politicians never to be trusted. This trust element applies to both their employees and those they work for. Contractors are always scheming ways of cheating and getting as much profit as they can. In general they are like chameleons; they change colors so often to suit the environment.

3.       Contractors never believe in overloading responsibilities. The more you work the more you get work piled on your desk for no extra pay. When working for contractors be very careful to just do the work you are paid for. If you work extra hard you get no reward for it except extra responsibilities for nothing.

4.       Contractors break the law all the time and expect to be treated fairly. When you join a contracting company you better be familiar with the labour laws and join legal firms to protect you. Every piece of paper concerning your employment is critically important. Most cheating takes place through paperwork.

5.       Contracting companies are never concerned about staff turnover. In all that you do when working for contractors, never fool yourself thinking you will change the culture of a contracting company. You are not the first person to occupy the position you have and you’ll never be the last one to leave. Hiring and firing is an ongoing process with contractors. As a new employee you are a freshman and easy to exploit. By the time you realize what I am writing you will be frustrated and ready to leave the company but the big thing is that you have been used. You go and the next person comes to repeat the same cycle.

6.       Contracting Companies manipulate labour laws and use the slow wheels of justice to exploit employees. Never fool yourself thinking that the justice system will protect you, contracting companies know that the court system is bureaucratic and takes long to conclude simple cases. In the mean time their work will be going on. In actual fact contractors know workers are not patient and therefore most cases brought to court will end up with the employee losing out over a long time. It can take up to 5 years to conclude a simple labor dispute.

7.        Contracting companies have a spy network. As a rule of the thumb, never trust anyone at work. Keep all your information and intentions to yourself and pretend to be happy all the time. People are busy spying on you so be very sensitive to information and the comments you pass especially about the management and directors of the company. Not everyone likes you anyway and you have to accept it deep down your heart.

8.       Contracting companies operate in a cowboy style. You never know when a gun can be pulled and to who it will be pointed. In a cowboy style, the one who pulls the gun first controls the situation. When you decide to leave employment make it so secretive and if possible announce it suddenly.

9.       Contracting Companies Invest in projects not employees. Never fool yourself thinking the company needs you so much, there are a bunch of desperate jobseekers that will take your job at half the salary you are getting today. Contracting companies do not care about their employees, what they need are more contracts and making super profits and they see employees as a great expense.

10.   Your Service Period is not very important to the contacting company. Never fool yourself thinking that you have been employed by the same contractor for a long time there they will keep you. The more you serve a contracting company the less it requires your service. This may sound absurd but it’s the sad truth. When you serve a contracting company for a long time it means you now know the system and you become a problem in that you now know too much. To make your life easier always leave before you stay longer than necessary.

 11. In any organization there is always a Yes Man and you have to identify this person as soon as you can. The Yes Man is a dangerous person at any work place and has to be handled with care to avoid damage to your reputation and career. This person would usually appear friendly and advocate for change when you talk to him. Usually a Yes Man has served and survived in a hostile environment for a long time and his survival is based on other people’s downfall. You plan things together and he changes his mind on the last minute and you are left exposed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is how American Politics works. From one President to another no major differences. The war in Iraq still continues, foreign policy remains the same.

Welcome to America.

My views are bound to meet critisism from many circles but I believe it does not matter to conceal the truth when the fact will hurt youn in the immediate future.

The Zimbabwean opposition has lost the battle to Zanu PF and the message is clear on the wall that Mugabe is in charge. Mugabe trashed the power sharing agreement on day one by appointing more ministers than the two opposition parties combined despite the fact that Zanu Pf and Robert himself lost the general elections.

Thanks to SACD for failure to call a spade a spade, Mugabe is a tyrant and very few leaders in Africa can tell him that in his face.

To Tsvangirai I say you have betrayed the trust that people had in you because you are not patient and can not wait any longer to take the high office. But the sad thing is that Tsvangirai settles for number two when he won the race. This reminds me of the bullies at school when i had to limit my potential in sport to avoid conflict with the big boys who could not stand being beaten by a young boy.

We now need a new struggle in Zimbabwe, may be the NCA should transform into a new opposition because MDC is dead.