Saturday, May 28, 2011

Working in Private Sector of Pakistan

I am living in Karachi, it has been almost 12 years past that I am working as Accountant in different organizations of the private sector after completion of my B.Com and MBA afterwards (evening program of Preston University). In all these years that I've spend with these medium & large scale organisations I have observed that the behavior of the owners and upper management towards the employee is quite insulting, bosses of these organization are hanged up badly in business affairs that they forget the official manners and etiquettes, even some time I experienced their bad behaviour with the female workers, they do not realize that they are speaking with a lady. My worst experience was the textile industry of Korangi and SITE where a large number of women and girls are working in different units on different posts from a range checker to a senior unit in-charge or manager, the women of textile industry have daily faced many challenges during her working time including malicious staring, unrelated business meetings, hooting and other types of verbal and visual harassments.

It will be not so much remarkable if the man doing all these types of unethical acts are illiterate or unqualified but the bad society impact also affected qualified and sensible man, who could not keep them or isolate them from all these vulgarities.

This issue needs serious attention, I know there are good organizations too where women feel them quite secure and worked independently with confidence, I never include all industrial areas or sector but most of them are affected with this serious problem as because female of this side already involved in other problems in there houses so that they make the decision to leave the home for running there kitchens.

Few problems that I observed and listen from my different female co-workers are as under;

1. I have two brothers, one is engaged with a political party and the other one is a drug addicted and not take interest in home activities.
2. My husband passed away and I have to see the home.
3. We are 2 sisters my father's legs was lost in an accident, I am the elder one my younger sister is a student so I have to choose to see the home for running my kitchen, my mom handle my father whole day.

I you are a working person, man and reading these lines and feel that what are you doing will be so much disturbing for a woman then kindly make some changer in your life and before saying anything to a women think for a while that there are women in your own home too.