re: Safety last? Maruti Chairman Mr. R.C. Bhargava's controversial statements Quote:
Originally Posted by DReddy Exactly my point, if petrolheads start making an effort to enter the industry, at least in support roles such as finance, marketing, etc for now. It would do a great deal in convincing the top management of the importance of safety and how products can be sold by projecting it instead of skimping on it.
We have seen top level executives from the mobile phone industry entering the auto industry, if that is possible then I'm sure that a petrolhead from another industry, who is a middle level finance or marketing professional can easily be taken into a car project. Just the presence of such a person, whose heart is in the right place would make the decision making process in conference rooms much smoother for engineers.
Something like a naukri.com for petrolheads probably, I know people would point me towards the jobs my organization thread, but that's not enough. The companies need to be convinced of the value addition a petrolhead would do even in a non technical role. In a country where a seemingly small thing like choosing a branch of engineering becomes a family decision, this is the only way I can think of to put all this passion into the right place.
If we start now maybe we could see the results at least ten years down the line and avoid spending our hard earned money on something created by a guy who would rather have become a singer but galti se engineer ban gaya. As a petrolhead I would rather prefer another petrolhead on any job which contributes to the creation of the vehicles we love so much.
If you think there is any merit in this line of thought, please keep the discussion going. |
I think what you are saying makes absolute sense, BUT 'India ka chaal chalan hi alag hai bhai'. I am a Diesel head, I have studied in this field, I have an MBA related to this field too, all done from UK but what are they looking for here ? People who can listen to them, not think what they are saying and directly act on it without using any iota of their own head. Dumb donkey's basically.
When I had met the Product Planning head of a very good Automotive company for a job interview in New Product Planning. I had mentioned about so many things things which would have changed their fortune and some of them had the safety aspect covered, some of the other things had new VERY cheap innovative ideas which would put their cars on a different league then the competition since their cars were not particularly doing well. Some of the things which we discussed in the interview, they had never heard of and really loved the ideas.
What did I get ? Functional interview was awesome and you were A + all over, we know where to place you too and you are on at our company and all that jazz. After some weeks, 'Sorry there are no placements, THE HR has your resume though and whenever something opens we'll get back to you'. THE HR's in our country work on a different mentality all together. They read the resume, ah not much experience and directly resume goes in the dustbin. How do they know that someone without much experience but with a lot of passion and education in the field can do wonders too. They don't accept this fact even after an interview goes excellent, their standard reply 'Yeah interviews were good, BUT STILL, experience zyada nahi hai'. These people who have no knowledge in the field they are interviewing for, decide on your future' PATHETIC.
I mean, so many mind games, so much politics and more over they feel threatened that this guy will take over place after some years etc etc is what these heads feel if an interview goes well. India ka sab se bada rog, selfish self interests take priority over the company's progress. Humse aage koi kaise jaa sakta hai ?
Top management ? They are all uncles who know nothing about the youth of today, nor the products they want and nor do they care about innovation. All they care about is 'Hamara salary aana chahiye'.
I can write an essay on this industry, but well the common retort back is 'India main aisa hi hota hai'. I mean aisa hota hai toh 'KYU' hota hai ? |