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I’m British. I live in Egypt and I work hard earning peanuts in a region that generally doesn’t care much for good talent.
A lot of you would perhaps ask why I stay and why do I slave for a company (wont name names as it gets people in trouble). Ultimately its because I believe there is a lot to learn and, more importantly, there is a lot I can give to help companies here. Especially since I grew up in the UK.
The main problem (other than the weak currency) is the fact that people fail to understand the ‘true’ potential of the internet and how its is being used in the ‘West’ as a tool to further its need to ‘gloablise’ and dominate the World. This stereotype had me laughing too!
The main issue here is trust. How do I trust a US website to provide me with the book I have just ordered that will be delivered from the UK to Egypt using a French courier service that I have just paid for through my Swiss bank account?!
The same can be said when an employer comes along and decides to hire someone. There are plenty of people (like myself) who would honestly be willing to make 200 sterling a week (thats 800 a month) doing a ‘9-5′ routine job such as data entry or even assuming a ‘non management’ role but equally important.
Someone needs to hire me, us and everyone else who would genuinely like to make a living but in the country of their choice. Is this perhaps the future of working? Home terminals that allow an organisation to give set deadlines and tasks for the day / week / month and ‘workers’ (at home of course) are paid according to performance?
Back to Taylorism but with a twist. I would gladly finish my deadlines and work from the comfort of my home in Cairo. With my enthusiasm I am sure to find an employee who is equally willing to cut the cost of employing someone else to do the same task who would perhaps take 50% more than me in terms of salary and 80% more in terms of company resources.
The internet is a world of opportunity, but unfortunately it does lack the human sentiment bit. Web 2.0 has in some way created a more ‘personal’ and ’social’ experience. But we have yet to go the full way to trust shopping and employment in the new global village.
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With the advent and popularity of the internet, cheaper PC components and faster performing machines I think the Work place would be very different in 10 years time!
We would be taught how to handle the ’office’ in our homes and our education would revolve around the PC and its relation to the development of the World.
Scary thoughts but if it pays me, why not!
But I guess Egypt is not the only nation missing the point about Internet. Many other countries need to be taught about the value of how the Internet world works in modern-day experiences.
Also, yes, I do believe in years to come almost 25-35% of workers will be working within their homes instead of offices which is a major leap for the WWW. I, for one, will be one of those people because I live in a secluded enough spot to know that spending $100+ on gas every week is just not worth it in the end.
A bit of a working discipline, cheaper worker force and the comfort of an home environment will add to productivity for any organization intending to outsource expensive manpower in high human cost economies.
Working on the internet, does lack human sentiment and thats a price one will have to bear with.