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thanks for the heads up, duly correcte with thanks

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ilkubur shein

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I saw the same as far as a friend’s cousin’s sister being hired – or whomever – and they had no experience whatsoever… but it didn’t matter. Every day resumes were coming in w/ very qualified individuals.. but because you get friends being hired and relatives… there’s no chance in the more qualified candidate being hired.

And I’ll add this… just because someone has a college degree doesn’t mean they know anything. i can not tell you how many times I had to do school work for ppl at my office. Every day I’d get something. it got to the point that I was expected to read the book and answer all their questions, write their reports… you name it, I was expected to do it. Until… I finally said no. then they didn’t like me any more. I guess that’s prob why my contract wasn’t renewed….. or some such.

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Mckenzie Report

stop asking about it. It’s a money laundering operation. sheesh

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Or the summary of its findings ?

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I hope Mcenzie goes through.

Does anyone know when this may happen or has it been scrapped already?

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It’s as if there is absolutely no confidence in the local workforce.

From my own perspective which is probably reflected in other business owners as well, the biggest things is the inability to terminate the dead wood’s employment, the mandatory employment of Bahrainis regardless of qualifications and the bad work ethic in the low end jobs only. When you add the really antagonistic labour laws and how the courts are biased almost always toward the employee rather than the employer all add to the really bad soup created by these laws and situations.

Remove them and I can bet you anything that you want that within 10 years the perception will change completely.

Like others, I’ve had my fair share of unfair verdicts levies against me: I fire a Bahraini employee because he threatened to kill me (I swear to God I’m not joking) and he leaves and takes me to court and wins BD3,000 “in compensation for wrongful termination plus benefits”. Another guy, I fired because I can no longer justify his employment (never reached his targets) who was English takes me to court and gets 3 months’ termination fee although the condition of termination was in his contract, another Bahraini I employed as a salesman who never bothered to sell I fired and, yes, again taken me to court and got money for it. So much so that I have decided now willfully not to bother growing!

I’m happy to stay a small businessman, selling by myself with the minimum staff and concentrate my sales efforts where they are appreciated, Saudi and Kuwait rather than Bahrain and I’m doing well enough since making that decision!

It is unfair to label businessmen and women for this situation; yes, maybe some of us are to blame, I do not deny that, but the majority just want to eek out a living and stay in business.

Don’t let me start on the other part of the story of the iniquitousness and very unfair practices in Government tenders which the majority of businesses here depend on.

All of that needs reformation. Therefore, I am very happy to pay the BD600 a year or whatever it is that they decide on on the provision that I can hire and fire whomever I want whenever I want with justification.

If Bahrainis want to find work, let them compete on the level playing field provided.

One has to wonder why not many complaints (of this sort) are actually being made by middle- and top-placed Bahraini employees.

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