I know a woman with three masters and doctorate in computers serving as professor in a private college taking a job of a teacher in middle school just because she thought government job was much secured, pension and other benefits attached with it. Indians consider a government job is the real job and can pay lots of money for getting the same.

chinmoymukherjee wrote:There are two Ps - Phd ,Peon and I would tragicomically add one more - Pathetic! It is pathetic for the poor guy and the system which produced him. I am aghast at it.Of all things his PhD did not even produce a modicum of self-respect in him!

Addition of " Pathetic" spoke the real Pathetic situation prevailing in education system.

I read today that the government sector today is able to offer only  about 9% of all jobs but perhaps it offers 100% security and pension after retirement two very vital reasons why even Phd's are tempted to apply even for a peons job. Pathetic but true.

Pathetic. True. As I said earlier, I served in a major steel plant in AP and in a  private Advertising agency after my voluntary retirement. Both gave me  job security as well as incentives.

What a lucky person, best of both worlds you could enjoy. I do not know but public sector was your job at time of retirement.

I took a voluntary retirement from Vizag steel plant with an intention of starting my own Ad agency  But luckily a local publisher had seen my works and offered me job of a visualizer. I was rewarded in both my jobs.

vijay wrote:

I read today that the government sector today is able to offer only  about 9% of all jobs but perhaps it offers 100% security and pension after retirement two very vital reasons why even Phd's are tempted to apply even for a peons job. Pathetic but true.

 

Securty can not be only reason for PH.d joining as peon. The qaualified engineers, doctors or even computer specialists will not accept such low job. This just shows the irrelevance of most degrees. Many degrees are not even worth the paper on which printed. What can you expect from a M.A. (English literature) who cannot even draft a simple business letter. 

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

vijay wrote:

I read today that the government sector today is able to offer only  about 9% of all jobs but perhaps it offers 100% security and pension after retirement two very vital reasons why even Phd's are tempted to apply even for a peons job. Pathetic but true.

 

Securty can not be only reason for PH.d joining as peon. The qaualified engineers, doctors or even computer specialists will not accept such low job. This just shows the irrelevance of most degrees. Many degrees are not even worth the paper on which printed. What can you expect from a M.A. (English literature) who cannot even draft a simple business letter. 

Quite true. I had an experience of this kind. A section head having a degree in literature in the P.R Department of a Major Steel plant, used to write, " I does not know. "