Possibly, people have not gauged the talent that is available in the East simply because they haven't been there. They believe everything good originates only in the west. There are many from the East or Africa who do not get their fair dues simply because they do not have the right skin colour or the right nationality. I have seen many real cases of racism in real life in the ME. In S Arabia at a plant to which I was attached, a British mechanical engineer tried to fix a cryogenic pump that broke down every couple of months. This went on for several months. Finally, a mechanical supervisor who was from an eastern country and who was not even a qualified engineer advised the management he could fix the pump and gave a guarantee it would work without fail. The management gave him the go-ahead. He made some minor modifications to the pump and the machine never broke down for several years. The Arab management raised their hands in appreciation. Yes, the mechanical engineer was drawing a hefty salary. That was just one case I have highlighted. While I worked for a major Japanese sub-contractor, there was a civil engineer from India working at the project in S Arabia. The Japanese took this engineer along with them wherever in the world they got a project. He was that good. At this same project I came across a Safety Supervisor from the Philippines. He was exceptionally good at his job. He never got promoted to the position of Safety Manager simply because the white S Africans running the show had set up an unwritten law of not allowing dark-skinned people at that post. My company had hired a General Manager from the UK at QR 50000. He was required to bring about improvements. He could not survive 3 months! Want to hear more? I am not being racist. I am not jealous. I speak on ground realities.
Possibly, people have not gauged the talent that is available in the East simply because they haven't been there. They believe everything good originates only in the west. There are many from the East or Africa who do not get their fair dues simply because they do not have the right skin colour or the right nationality. I have seen many real cases of racism in real life in the ME. In S Arabia at a plant to which I was attached, a British mechanical engineer tried to fix a cryogenic pump that broke down every couple of months. This went on for several months. Finally, a mechanical supervisor who was from an eastern country and who was not even a qualified engineer advised the management he could fix the pump and gave a guarantee it would work without fail. The management gave him the go-ahead. He made some minor modifications to the pump and the machine never broke down for several years. The Arab management raised their hands in appreciation. Yes, the mechanical engineer was drawing a hefty salary. That was just one case I have highlighted. While I worked for a major Japanese sub-contractor, there was a civil engineer from India working at the project in S Arabia. The Japanese took this engineer along with them wherever in the world they got a project. He was that good. At this same project I came across a Safety Supervisor from the Philippines. He was exceptionally good at his job. He never got promoted to the position of Safety Manager simply because the white S Africans running the show had set up an unwritten law of not allowing dark-skinned people at that post. My company had hired a General Manager from the UK at QR 50000. He was required to bring about improvements. He could not survive 3 months! Want to hear more? I am not being racist. I am not jealous. I speak on ground realities.