Monday, December 19, 2011

Job Opportunities in Pakistan


Life in Pakistan is pretty laid back. I am sure the situation various from person to person and profession to profession. But overall, I think once the things get to normal, life is put on ‘cruise’. For a working individual in the Pakistan, things start early in the morning. This includes but not limited to before work rituals. Also getting to work and how to avoid the rush traffic is kept in mind.
Once at work, the usual skimming the newspaper, emails, checking any ‘Urgent’ write-ups etc. before any ‘real’ work is done. So basically, if someone ever wondered if working in Pakistan would be any different than working in any other country; I think things don’t change much. However, I do think the work environment changes from floor to floor. The work pressure also varies.
For the most part, people take pride in what they do here. Considering the job situation and general environment, all the employees feel privileged and honored to be working for the government. The best part is government job is ‘permanent’. At least, that’s what it is termed as. There are also ‘temps’ or ‘contractual’ employees. The ‘permanent’ employees are entitled for all the benefits of the department like promotion, medical, pension etc. The contractual employees are only offered relatively higher salaries without any benefits.
The private sector is also thriving in Pakistan. They offer much better salary packages and benefits. But as mentioned earlier, the work pressure is exponential. The competition is cut-throat and it is result oriented. If the defined goals are not met in the given time, this could mean disaster for an individual. Also, in case the company does not meet its financial goals, this could also result in few lay-offs. On the contrary in the government or the public sector, no matter how the department performs, meets its financial goals or not, meets its objectives or not, the employees are not laid off. The department gets government’s help in one way or another.  We have a few very good examples of performing and non-performing departments in our country.
These government departments do have annual performance evaluation. One has to meet the requirements of these evaluations for promotions.
My responsibilities are quite similar to what I was doing in the U.S. I think there are many learning opportunities here. There is enormous amount of work which needs to be completed. Also, there is a quite a bit of government and private sector interactions with our department on regular basis. This also shows the importance of work that we perform here. That is why we all take great pride in what we do for the people of Pakistan. I think there are many learning opportunities here. There is enormous amount of work which needs to be finished. We get to see all kinds of varieties of work in my field. Also, we have a quite a bit of interaction with people from both government and private sectors. This also shows the importance of work that we perform in this department for the people of Pakistan. That is why we all take great pride in what we do.
I think there are many learning opportunities here. There is enormous amount of work which needs to be finished. We get to see all kinds of varieties of work in my field. Also, we have a quite a bit of interaction with people from both government and private sectors. This also shows the importance of work that we perform in this department for the people of Pakistan. That is why we all take great pride in what we do.