Just the other day, i was asked by one of my associates about the standard basic salary of a national, and i quickly replied him, between 150 - 200 OMR if lucky by the way. Ever wondered how people survive on such a salary and this is not even a part time, it is their actual full time salary. The people who plan these rules and regulations of the standard national basic salary to me is just simply pathetic and stupid. How can you work for 30+ days and receive such a salary for all the effort and hard work you have put in. I mean do all the employers think alike to give such a salary even though the company is a strong business within the walls of the country? How can the boss eat, sleep well, while his/her employers suffer to get paid a lousy salary at the end of a month!
I have seen employers who are willing to give their employees a balanced salary according to their needs, and there those huge companies who pay employees like they have money to throw. I have witnessed it with my own two eyes and i am not shocked to say but its very disturbing in some manner.
Look at it this way, most young Arabs would love to get married young and grow old happy with their family, and how do they do it with such a salary? Loans, i presume. So how can you live with credit all your life. Aren't you liable to enjoy the money you work for at the end of the day?
I once came across a decent person who was working for a undisclosed company, and he was in the transport department, driving the company truck for 28 days a month, and i politely asked him how much he was paid, and he told me 140omrs Monthly, then he broke his silence and told me that he has a wife and the his first born was already on the way! It's kind of a touching and saddening moment when stories like this come across you. If you evaluate the way this young man spends his monthly salary, then you do realize that he actually works for no damn reason at all.
Monthly Salary - 140/-
basic expense - 50/-
transportation - 30/-
2nd expenses - 50/-
That's already 130/- spent for small expenses. There is no rent or clothing or for the child. Questions arise yet no answer can be found to such a solution. How did he end up in such a position? He has the right to quit that job and look for another occupation that will pay him better, but he decides to work there for a reason!
Now let's evaluate the company he works for. A well known company that makes more than quarter of a million every month and the number of employees does not exceed 35. Tell me, how much is the owner making on a monthly basis after all expenses are deducted and salaries are paid, with the highest paid employee is being paid 800/-?
If this company was to take 50,000/- to pay their employees, would that be bad, and this simple hardworking driver would get a proper salary and have the benefit of living his life in a proper way without struggling at all.
My final question is "Why be so greedy and watch others suffer?" Your the DAMN employer, give your employees a break and pay them a proper salary. Why should you eat and sleep well, drive fancy cars and dress well, while the ones you employee get the job done for you and get treated like the dirt on your sandal?
There are some employers out there who have the heart to understand their employees problems, but for the ones who can't and are ignorant, well remember that all people started with nothing and build something...
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