02-07-2015, 10:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-07-2015, 10:22 PM by themt10@gmail.com.)
Statutory obligations? Realistic? Buddy, consider this.
You talk of overheads and salaries something which is understood to be part of a business. You cannot become a PM without learning how to make tea. Now let us consider this scenario.
You are employing x number of staff who are either paid lowly salaries or paid for line counts which is rock bottom. Now consider the per day generation of line counts by each MT/editor/QA, multiply that with x number of employees you have with the miserable Indian rupee rates you pathetically offer by way of salaries/line count after taking care of the office, rent, water for the miserable sweating transcriptionist, air conditioners (some offices turn it off after precisely 15 minutes 41 seconds to save on the electricity cost), tea for the staff etc. etc. May be throw in some free meals (a luxury). So in Indian rupees you are paying y amount out of your pocket as an advance against the $$$$$ you will be thrilled to get.
Again, I stress the fact that you are paying in Indian rupees for running your show. But now what do you get in return? Good old George Washington in bucketfuls. All of the employers whine the business is down, things are no longer as good as it was before, wackawaka, but aaaah.. who does not like George Washington even if he is green in color and gives rupees in multitudes on exchange?
If things were down, why are you in this business of misery where you are purportedly not doing well? In 1990, the dollar rate was Rs. 31 to the dollar and now today it is....? No matter what the justification, you are laughing your way to the bank. So don't give me crap that you are bound by " government rules." It is not as if the MTs do not know this. It is an open secret.
Do you take into consideration the fact that with what the MTs are being paid they are not able to make ends meet? Consider what they are paid and the real world cost of living. You, I think, need to be more realistic and understand where I am coming from.
All it needs is for you to change your mindset and ease the purse strings a lot more. I did exaggerate the line count just to prod you into some reaction and you pretty much walked into it.
Nothing personal. Just remember there are two sides to a coin.
You talk of overheads and salaries something which is understood to be part of a business. You cannot become a PM without learning how to make tea. Now let us consider this scenario.
You are employing x number of staff who are either paid lowly salaries or paid for line counts which is rock bottom. Now consider the per day generation of line counts by each MT/editor/QA, multiply that with x number of employees you have with the miserable Indian rupee rates you pathetically offer by way of salaries/line count after taking care of the office, rent, water for the miserable sweating transcriptionist, air conditioners (some offices turn it off after precisely 15 minutes 41 seconds to save on the electricity cost), tea for the staff etc. etc. May be throw in some free meals (a luxury). So in Indian rupees you are paying y amount out of your pocket as an advance against the $$$$$ you will be thrilled to get.
Again, I stress the fact that you are paying in Indian rupees for running your show. But now what do you get in return? Good old George Washington in bucketfuls. All of the employers whine the business is down, things are no longer as good as it was before, wackawaka, but aaaah.. who does not like George Washington even if he is green in color and gives rupees in multitudes on exchange?
If things were down, why are you in this business of misery where you are purportedly not doing well? In 1990, the dollar rate was Rs. 31 to the dollar and now today it is....? No matter what the justification, you are laughing your way to the bank. So don't give me crap that you are bound by " government rules." It is not as if the MTs do not know this. It is an open secret.
Do you take into consideration the fact that with what the MTs are being paid they are not able to make ends meet? Consider what they are paid and the real world cost of living. You, I think, need to be more realistic and understand where I am coming from.
All it needs is for you to change your mindset and ease the purse strings a lot more. I did exaggerate the line count just to prod you into some reaction and you pretty much walked into it.
Nothing personal. Just remember there are two sides to a coin.
