Sounds like a necessary evil !!

I think nothing in this universe lives without a bond. Bonds like atomic bonds (electrochemical, covalent etc) are the building blocks of everything we see around us. Bond like what our planet has with the Sun enables it to get its nutrition and provide necessary conditions for life. Bonds with one’s own family, relatives, society and country have always been well known, written and advertised. Even bonds like government bonds are an essential cog in the wheel for an economy. Now, in this myriad of bonding around us, can anybody let me know how could an important relation like that of an employer with its employee remain unsecured?

Actually, it is very unwise of those people who say that there should be no bond and employees should have free mobility. I would like to ask them how they would feel if their girlfriend (or a friend) leaves them tomorrow saying that he/she has found a better one on whom they have done a considerable investment in terms of time, money, emotional content and what not. Here I’m not saying that the employment relationship is as personal like someone’s love life or friendship, but definitely some respect has to be provided to such kind of a relation. When an employer spends lakhs of rupees to train its employees to achieve market qualifications, then it definitely keeps a plan behind to make use of that investment. In this selfish world, nobody would care to provide water to even a person who is dying by the roadside. So where does the question of charity arise? Companies do have the concept of ROI in their minds while providing training to an employee, an ROI which is determined by the competition in the industry and the market as a whole.

Now with all this in mind, it can be conjectured that bonds are necessary for a company’s survival in the competitive environment. But how does it sound when somebody says that bonds are a kind of necessary evil. Well not a bad thought I guess. Nobody likes to be tied down to a relation for long. It is in the human nature and comes in package with the behaviour too. Actually this feeling has been bolstered by the concept of democracy and freedom which is becoming the standard for societies across the globe now. Same is true with the employees who get fed up with their organizations due to a plethora of reasons starting with pay structure and perhaps ending with unclean toilets and start saying “This Company sucks”. So the simplest way out is to leave the firm and join another. Again, clarifying the view here, bonds are necessary taking in consideration the firms’ benefits and investments; evil because they tie down people to serve somebody who they don’t feel worthy and put restriction on their freedom.

Therefore, in this game of opposing forces, laws need to be laid down to properly understand and legalize employment relations in this field. Conflicting laws across lands and the ensuing decisions only make the matter complex and do not serve the purpose for either of the sides. This needs to be sorted out to make the situation better and comprehensible. But the debate would continue for ages to come. Some will accept while some will refute.