Comments on: Trust the Temps: On Maruti Suzuki Again

By: amitkarandikar

amitkarandikar — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:27:28 +0000

I think so called "Professionally qualified" HR colleagues are generating these "innovative ideas". We as part of Management system must highlight these issues at appropriate levels in the hierarchy. Sometimes, even putting our own jobs at Risk. My personal experience says that when we do this with conviction (for ethical Or unethical practices), Management also reciprocates accordingly.

By: amitkarandikar

amitkarandikar — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:26:30 +0000

I think so called "Professionally qualified" HR colleagues are giving these "innovative" ideas to Management. My personal experience says when we present our ideas to management with our own conviction on any proposal (ethical or unethical), management reciprocates. Hence, we must draw line between "Employee friendly" and "Employer friendly" practices. Sometimes, even at the cost of our own job.

By: Vivek Patwardhan

Vivek Patwardhan — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:29:43 +0000

Thanks Rohan, Vilas, Ramkumar, Amit and Aruna.

Vivek

By: annon archer

annon archer — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:05:28 +0000

Companies seem to be utilizing more of the loopholes than the law itself nowadays!
– Aruna Gopi

By: Vilas Dhavale

Vilas Dhavale — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:51:45 +0000

You have demolished Suzuki's claims though a simple and effective language. Far from being a change of heart or an honest learning from the past experience it is a blatant camouflaging of an unethical practice through stupid smartness of management jargons. Going by what is happening over last one year, a sobering thought comes to mind: Are we witnessing a beginning of decline of Suzuki?

By: K.Ramkumar

K.Ramkumar — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:08:42 +0000

Excellent article Mr. Patwardhan. We all reap what we sow. I completely agree with you that we cannot use contract labour or temping for arbitrage in labour cost. The contract labour act's intent is not this. All our arguments that our labour laws are unfriendly is the biggest mis-information. In no country anyone can flout labour laws as in India. in no country there is the absolute right for firing without a fair compensation. In no country the labour can be used or should I say abused through contract labour or temping system as ours. In our system the intermediaries breed the corruption. Even the delivery of wages as contracted in full rarely happens. Add to this the level of denial of the social security measures it all makes the argument that our labour laws are constraining laughable. Thanks for a brutally frank piece.

By: Vilas Dhavale

Vilas Dhavale — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:46:05 +0000

You have demolished Suzuki's claims in very simple and effective language. There is not a change of heart or honest learning from the past experience but an exercise of blatantly camouflaging unethical practice through stupid smartness of management jargons. On background of what has been happening in last one year, a sobering thought comes to mind: Are we seeing a beginning of the decline of Suzuki in India?

By: Rohan Athalye

Rohan Athalye — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:59:13 +0000

This article makes one reflect whether companies really 'care' about their employees be it workers or managerial cadre…Under the guise an evolved organization, are we running a more advanced albeit subtler version of Scientific Management? Good article, Sir.