Top ten frustrations with human resources (experiences) in my 9 years experience in kathmandu, nepal.
so here goes a politically incorrect list for the frustrations with dealing with “un-professionals”, while running Digital Max Solutions 
and other organizations in the last 9 or 10 years.
1) People take the job as a training first – execution of their responsibilities second(they are less inclined to feel responsible for their jobs.)
2) ‘Grass is greener on the other side’. is killing us. Competent manpower hard to retain for more than a year.
3) Some people work hard to impress you during the early months of their career with you, and then once they win your trust, start slacking off noticeably (intentionally /unintentionally). Am i missing something here?
4) YOu would have to invest most of your resources on infrastructure management, insurance and backup/security of the infrastructure, leaving not much resources for human resources trainings and career development.
5) Work ethics is rudimentary for most people with less than 5 years of experience. “Diligence” is in short supply amongst a wide array of young professionals in Kathmandu. Again, the current brain drain is accelerating, with it, the thinking that, “life is easy out in foreign countries” is solidifying in the young generation.
6) Constant Distractions in Kathmandu seem to affect an employee’s morale more negatively than on work. Young people are more disturbed by not being able to comprehend or able to find solutions to the complex reality of Nepal.
7) Not many people are interested in questioning themselves and their bosses about the career direction/chart. (blindly following whatever is given to them or wherever they are led). Very few are inspired enough to make a career path.
8 ) Common sense (highly undervalued and extremely deficient amongst upcoming IT professionals in Nepal).
9) “The grass is greener on the other side” thought is ingrained, plastered, super-glued !
10) “Because of My family” is the primary excuse for all deal breaking, ties-breaking decisions, some of the employees make. I have rarely seen one own up to their responsibilities cleanly. Those that have owned up, i have only abundant respect for them.
Again, this applies to most professionals i have met while running DMS and talking with other entrepreneurs in Nepal running companies in Kathmandu.
I will try to write how i have tried to counter these issues in a later post (hopefully soon).
Shalu Gupta, and 
Chandradev are discussing.
Amit 10:08 pm on February 5, 2009 Permalink
Great! this article completely relates the 100% true experiences in digital max human resources management. I realize it as a project manager now!
Amit 10:12 pm on February 5, 2009 Permalink
Arguing these points, I went just back, when I was in digital max solutions. We called ourselves as a professional without knowing, What a “Professional” means?
Chandradev 4:49 pm on February 6, 2009 Permalink
Yup but i am not agree with the first argument because every one looking for growth, if employer feel this thing i think they should not hire fresher employee, because if you work with a organaisation & you are giving your youth time whichever not come again in the life & you are also work without living of your family. if company give the proper appraisal to any one & then people leave the organisation i think it should be against the ethics… but every one need gud experience as well as gud money in the life…..
Shalu Gupta 5:23 pm on February 6, 2009 Permalink
Well good article as always
I would like to make note on some of the points . Please do not take it personally whoever is the writer of this article
ii> Competent manpower hard to retain for more than a year.
Competent manpower like competent work that makes their profile better and the job that engage their mind not only limited to the office hours but off hours too.
If they do not get such work they lose interest in the work and start wandering for better job.
iii> Some people work hard to impress you during the early months of their career with you, and then once they win your trust, start slacking off noticeably (intentionally /unintentionally). Am i missing something here?
That is true that new employee try to impress their boss in early months. They work 110% to make sure they fit the position. It is not that they start slacking off noticeably it is that they start comfortably.
iv> Okay
v>
a> “Diligence” is in short supply amongst a wide array of young professionals in Kathmandu.
It depends again on the company the job they are assigned and the work environment . You can not blame young professionals in kathmandu.
b> Again, the current brain drain is accelerating, with it, the thinking that, “life is easy out in foreign countries” is solidifying in the young generation.
I agree with you in this point. Also I have noticed in recent days this is not among youngsters. They want to be here itself.
8 ) Common sense (highly undervalued and extremely deficient amongst upcoming IT professionals in Nepal).
I strongly disagree you. You got no right to blame a group of people ( IT professionals in Nepal ) It depends upon individual.
10 ) Companies should have proper rule than going on the explanation. If my company goes with the explanations employee give I would like say ‘ i do not like to work here because i do not like the boss and i do not want to see the human resource manager’s face ‘
Well these were my views for this article.
I have some good experiences with DMS too. I learnt lots of things there which was very useful for me when i left it and moved to other company . I was respected for whatever quality I developed in DMS . I must thank DMS for that.
Some of the points i did not like here are
no good attitude towards employees. ( I am not sure if DMS has discharged respectfully to only 20% of the employees )
Very eager to give termination letter to the employee whom DMS can not supply work.
Hire for DMS and send to other company and release from the other company name if they do not have any reason to terminate the staff
.. Only this for now. I will be there to comment as continuation of this article will be coming
Amit 7:09 pm on February 7, 2009 Permalink
This is rocking, I thought that, people forget after they left DMS, but still they respect and go through its blog. This is the proof, most of DMS ex-employees love the company, working environment and still remember. Is it everyone like to join them again and work for them, but what’s the barrier? This must be good moral to DMS.
Many came there as a simple trainee and grew senior professional (this is 100% true in front of my eyes). Now, They all are top professional in IT industry. As they became senior, they left the company. So I want to just make realize DMS, why HR manager failed?