Is Qatarization a good idea?
Here is my 2pence on the issue.
I come from India which is a country where society is cleft on the basis of caste religion and many other criteria.
There is the really creamy layer(irrespective of their caste) whose children are not so desperate for a job. Next comes the huge middle class working people who are divided into many castes. And what is shocking is the government has a "age old" caste based reservation system in place to give opportunity to the weaker section of the society. And how is it judged "if they fall in the weaker strata or not?" It is not done according to their present affluence or present social status. But their caste is determined by a "caste certificate" issued by a local government body which states their surname and their caste based on the proffession of their forefathers.
The result: Many incompetent people belonging to the low/backward caste, often not so poor gets positions in high government offices.
The third category of people the really down trodden people belonging to The SC/ST ie "scheduled castes/scheduled tribes", mainly comprising of first generation literates or their offsprings obviously gets the advantage of the quota system. But you can't really complain about that. The reservation system was originally devised for the upliftment of the backward sections of the society, and blending them into the mainstream. But after 50 years many people who once belonged to these underprivileged section have already come to the mainstream society, and some have grown to be affluent. But their children still use the quota system instead of merit to get a job. The result is degeneration of the standard of government workforce.
But I believe the reservation system can never be good for a society.
A deserving Qatari does not need any Qatarization program to get a job. He can get a job on the basis of merit. The Qatarization program means giving incompetent people important offices only for the sake of increasing the number of Qatari workforce.
How would the scenario be like after 100% Qatarization is achieved. Then may be all positions in a office is held by an incompetant staff.No more Expats required in Qatar.You may see that they may outsource their job to call centers in India and China. So a HR rep in Qatar will have a remote desktop somewhere in India or Phillipines making a spread sheet or drafting a letter and sending it via mail.
Is Qatarization a good idea?
Here is my 2pence on the issue.
I come from India which is a country where society is cleft on the basis of caste religion and many other criteria.
There is the really creamy layer(irrespective of their caste) whose children are not so desperate for a job. Next comes the huge middle class working people who are divided into many castes. And what is shocking is the government has a "age old" caste based reservation system in place to give opportunity to the weaker section of the society. And how is it judged "if they fall in the weaker strata or not?" It is not done according to their present affluence or present social status. But their caste is determined by a "caste certificate" issued by a local government body which states their surname and their caste based on the proffession of their forefathers.
The result: Many incompetent people belonging to the low/backward caste, often not so poor gets positions in high government offices.
The third category of people the really down trodden people belonging to The SC/ST ie "scheduled castes/scheduled tribes", mainly comprising of first generation literates or their offsprings obviously gets the advantage of the quota system. But you can't really complain about that. The reservation system was originally devised for the upliftment of the backward sections of the society, and blending them into the mainstream. But after 50 years many people who once belonged to these underprivileged section have already come to the mainstream society, and some have grown to be affluent. But their children still use the quota system instead of merit to get a job. The result is degeneration of the standard of government workforce.
But I believe the reservation system can never be good for a society.
A deserving Qatari does not need any Qatarization program to get a job. He can get a job on the basis of merit. The Qatarization program means giving incompetent people important offices only for the sake of increasing the number of Qatari workforce.
How would the scenario be like after 100% Qatarization is achieved. Then may be all positions in a office is held by an incompetant staff.No more Expats required in Qatar.You may see that they may outsource their job to call centers in India and China. So a HR rep in Qatar will have a remote desktop somewhere in India or Phillipines making a spread sheet or drafting a letter and sending it via mail.