RE: [MTC Global] Getting too personal in Job Interviews !

In India, privacy, especially if it is not your own, means nothing. Everyone, especially in banks and certain Govt offices, seem to believe that it is their personal birth right to have a xerox copy of everything you have in your travel bag. Recently, I stopped by at an ICICI bank branch to get some traveler's checks cashed. Not only did they give me Rs 1.80 less than another private currency exchange office nearby (which I came to know of later), they also made copies of my PP, OCI card and US driver's license. Only thing they did not do is take a picture of me with my bag while taking out these documents. The currency exchange person later told me that they would need nothing other than my PP. It is mind-boggling how little value they have for others privacy. 

The biggest racket all these banks have is to deactivate your account if no withdrawal is made (Deposites don't matter) and make you appear personally at the branch where you opened the account. Once you have satisfied them that it is your money, they take another week to send the password to your home. Thus, for banks, sending hard copy home is safer than you sitting and begging personally to allow you to take your money out.

I am sorry to have erupted in a personal fashion like this... but I had had enough of these banks in India... once you put money into your coffers, it is their money then on.

I hear other banks are similar.

Ashok

  

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From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com [join_mtc@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Prof. Bholanath Dutta [bnath.dutta@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 5:48 AM
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Subject: [MTC Global] Getting too personal in Job Interviews !

Even in these politically correct times, Indian employers continue to quiz applicants about age, religion, political preferences and even sexual orientation which are strictly banned in overseas. Seemingly innocuous queries such as ‘When did you graduate from college?’, or ‘ I love that accents, where are you from?’ smack of discrimination. Such questions would invite lawsuits in the EU and US.

 

But India these questions are very common in all sectors including education. I heard many times  for teaching job interview ,  lady faculty is asked about family planning also and if it is immediate the candidate is rejected immediately….there are many such facts.

 

Request members share their views and experiences.

 

Educate, Empower, Elevate

Prof. Bholanath Dutta

Founder, Convener & President

MTC Global & Knowledge Cafe

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