Comments on: upGrad and The Reflection of The Universe

By: Anjali Kanitkar

Anjali Kanitkar — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:26:15 +0000

What better way to undermine democracy than to stifle dialogue! Too often do we hear of how the British were good rulers, or how we actually need a ‘benevolent dictatorship’ – people wanting the iron rod rather than the difficult but more civilised and evolved process of dialogue, deliberate and debate.
Whether you and Lulu accept or not, the analogy to things happening today around us, cannot be missed.

By: Vilas Dhavale

Vilas Dhavale — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:20:59 +0000

This indeed is a deep rooted problem of our society as you have rightly concluded. Recently we heard a senior bureaucrat saying that we have ‘too much of a democracy’. While we can dismiss him as a sycophant, which in reality he is, we also hear senior executives in the companies as well as so called well educated people in all walks of life around us often saying that we need dictatorship to solve problems and we have too much of a democracy. So, that indicates our societal attitudes towards dialogues. The tragedy is the affected employees of upGrad might not behave differently if & when they get opportunities to lead. The Saas-Bahu saga continues.

By: Mirza Yawar Baig

Mirza Yawar Baig — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:48:25 +0000

The reality is that all organizations are autocratic. Where have we ever heard of managers being elected instead of being selected and imposed on subordinates? And if things don’t work out between a manager and his subordinate, who must leave? In most organizations, ‘inclusion’, ‘dialogue’, ’employee welfare’ are all buzzwords without any meaning. We have accepted that ‘downsizing’ is a necessary and good initiative. However, since employees don’t enter the organization clandestinely, one must ask, ‘What about those who hired too many people to begin with, which is the reason, most organizations downsize?’ But we know the answer to that also. Lulu knows her stuff.

By: G v joshi

G v joshi — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:00:26 +0000

Disturbing to read such news. The autocratic style of leadership can not succeed in long run. The organisation would be the loser. May be the management was interested in downsizing without any revolt .Thanks for sharing well written blog.Regards

By: Naganath Subramanian Iyer

Naganath Subramanian Iyer — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:15:06 +0000

Nice article. Inclusion and dialogue seem to be missing.

By: vineet kaul

vineet kaul — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 05:48:38 +0000

Thanks Vivek for sharing the excellent thoughts.

I read the sketchy news report too-no details followed. Perhaps the journalist had achieved the target of the ‘Headlines” ??

There are Managements and there are Unions. I believe and have experienced that there is always a payback time . Sometimes it is sooner than later ….

The ‘speak with their feet” rightly sums up how the employable /marketable employees address the issues.
Those who are stuck or do not have job options …resort to various reactions which at times become unsavoury

The concluding line hits the nail on the head . Afterall,I cannot always find Oasis in the Desert