Re: OTAM want to replace Mauritians with cheap labour !

From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 20:21:47 +0000

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.

Up to now, we got 116 page view, 7 shares on fb , and 8 comments on
the blog post. What strikes me is that many IT workers came forward,
and they were deeply disturbed by what was being suggested by OTAM.


>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
Received on Sat Aug 08 2015 - 20:22:02 PST

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