On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 4:40 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Logan,
> At 06:20 AM 8/8/2015, Loganaden Velvindron wrote:
>>
>> Folks, we have to interpret what is being suggested here:
>>
>> TO hire a skilled foreigner: an employer needs to pay around Rs 30k
>> for his monthly salary. That's the minimum amount.
>>
>> Now, what OTAM is suggesting is the following: remove the 30k minimum
>> salary, and let employers do as they please. In other words, if they
>> can get a Linux system administrator who will come to work for 6k, or
>> a web designer who will work for 4k/month, they want to make it
>> legally possible !
>
>
> The view of Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius
> (OTAM) and the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community (MSCC) is that "We
> lack manpower to push forward the ICT/BPO sector". OTAM suggested that
> "Eliminating barriers and attracting foreign workers is certainly the way
> forward for the ICT/BPO sector. Take, for example, the textile sector".
>
> Will software developers and system administrators in Mauritius be offered a
> decent monthly salary when it will be possible to pay a foreign worker Rs
> 6,000 a month?
>
> I read http://logan.hackers.mu/2015/08/danger-mauritius I know several
> cases of persons outside Mauritius who have left well-known companies after
> a year or so for another company where they are offered a better salary. I
> would not call that disloyalty. That ability is, as you mentioned, known as
> negotiation.
>
Now, think about all of those parents who are working hard to save
money to pay for 3/4 Computer Engineering/ Information Systems/
Computer Applications degrees for their children, or those paying for
CCNA/CCNP ? Will they be happy when their children have to compete for
Rs 6,000 sysadmin/netadmin/web developer jobs ?
And what about those who want their children to be software engineers
? Those who are planning the future of their children right now ?
And what those 14,000 IT workers who are directly concerned by this
"suggestion" (myself included) ?
Will we need to reduce our salary expectations ?
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
Received on Sat Aug 08 2015 - 18:36:04 PST