Why Work Abroad??

Last monday while i was passing through the Gemini Flyover, Chennai, which has the US Consulate right adjacent to it, I happened to see the number of youngsters ie in the late 20's standing under the hot sun in a long queue to get inside the consulate for the interview process. I was sure this group of people arent going for a vacation nor are they going for studies. I had this feeling inside me as to why are they going abroad when there are lots of opportunities here in this vast country, India. It is indeed their loss that the kind of opportunities available here are many for the next few years which no other country see it coming.Yes, I do agree at the Dollar's you can earn when you get there, but you tend to spend majority of the amount there and you end up saving nothing because of the high cost of living, which comes to the conclusion that you have to sacrify staying away from your family and relatives and you get to earn nothing as a premium for that sacrifice.

Two years back when the economic slowdown/meltdown as it was called, India was one of those countries which did not have much impact and this is because of the strong work force here in India and the nominal pay check the employees receive as compared to an average of 10 times remuneration for a person working abroad. India was one of those countries which

helped the other countries in fighting the Global Financial crisis. After the global cut down of jobs worldwide during that period there was a necessity by the International Labour Organisation of around 90 million jobs which was required for the recovery and it was India which contributed around 35 million jobs that very year. This shows how capable India is when it came to giving those extra jobs in such a situation globally. A not so technical example will explain why India was not affected with the Economic Meltdown, One being the exremely thoughtful economic policies and the other one being the pay checks received here in India as compared to the other places.For eg; A software engineer earns on an average of $1000 a month whereas abroad he would get on an average of $ 6000 a month. So, if you fire a person abroad its equal to firing 6 people here, that is something any lame man knows but we tend to just dis-regard it. Interestingly that very person earning $6000 would end

up not saving anything because of the cost of living. (I just heard from a friend of mine about a full Grill Chicken which costs here Rs 300 and costs around Rs 12000 in Japan :P Funny example but this is the truth). I have put my thoughts here and have decided to have the whole of my career here and not end up somewhere else, atleast as a young citizen the country needs me!! :P

Think about it guys, give it a thought!!