CRIMINALISATION OF MANAGERSHIP.
PART – IV.
According to our elders colour bar discriminatory practices in Kuwait were first started by the British Managers working at KOC in Ahmadi. They discriminated against Asians and mainly from the sub-continent employees working under them. Such practices on the basis of nationality and the colour of the skin were inhuman yet poor people working under British management at KOC after the Second World War had to bear this for the sake of their livelihood.
During those days according to our elders highly dignified and sophisticated British did not come to Kuwait, many among those who came were of low calibre professionally, intellectually and characterwise. This trend in some cases is still in existence among many of the present day British Managers who treat their staff working under them as slaves. A high grade and a dignified Manager will always treat his staff with dignity and respect. A true British Manager will never treat his staff rudely and roughly, only the corrupt and a morally bankrupt will treat his staff badly.
In Kuwait at two employment sectors workers are suffering from the persecution of their superiors; one at Domestic sector persecution from their employers and the other at Company sector persecution from their Managers who think their Managerial Chairs means the Chairs of Emperor Nero. I fail to understand why in Kuwait many of the expatriate Managers are become so proud, so arrogant and so morally corrupt!!. I fail to understand why they like to harass poor employees working under them!! I fail to understand why these Managers do not realise that they will have to pay for their sins they commit against their poor staff!!
During my long years of stay in Kuwait I noticed one thing that those Managers who treated their staff badly ultimately in the end were disgracefully kicked out by their employers thus proving the punishment of God is in existence for those who try to harass others. This punishment may not come sprintingly but it may come lamefootedly also but surely it will come, either today or tomorrow. And more closely some of such rude Managers suffered worst punishment from God as prayed by King David against those who persecuted him, in his Psalm No. 109: "become widowers and turned their children fatherless.........". If any persecuted person wants his persecutor to be punished by God, this Psalm is the right prayer.
It was said by our elders working at KOC in Ahmadi that some of the racist British Managers did not want Indians and other non white skin employees of KOC to cross over their shadow even and if by chance anybody did this mistake he was sacked from the job. But those same British preferred to seduce Asian women for their sexual pleasure shamelessly. These are shameless people who can survive only in this part of the world because of the favourable conditions existing for them to play the dirty game of racial discriminatory practices backed by the supportive labour law which empowers the manager to sack his staff without citing any good reason. During those days British personnel all holding upper positions at KOC were openly practicing segregation policy, Whites versus Non-Whites against the Christian doctrine which professes universal brotherhood. Ironically, they were all Christians only, Christianity forbids discriminations.
Kuwait otherwise is a nice place to work and to live. Life security is there for you to enjoy but only thing you must have a decent job to live a decent life. If your job is secured everything is secured for you. Who spoils your job security in Kuwait? Mainly your Manager who thinks he is not only the custodian of your job but also the custodian of your body and soul as well. If your Manager on the job is okay then your whole life is okay. Otherwise you are constantly under tension which affects your work progress, your peronal health and disturbs peace of your mind.
Normally when a person gets a Managerial star on his shoulder he starts acting like a dictator because such Managerial stars are not meant for him. Hence he starts acting arrogant and proud as if he is the owner of his organisation where he is working. Overwhelming majority of the Managers in Kuwait is not fit to be in this position and precisely because of this they treat the staff working under them unfairly. Unfit and misfit Managers are responsible for meting out ill treatment to their staff. Their weakness on the job they release in the form of anger on their poor staff.
Though Kuwait is a good place to work and live yet the good image of this country is spoiled by the corrupt expatriate Managers who with the help of the omnipotent power of their chairs create confusion for all.
During the invasion of Kuwait I noticed that overwhelming majority of the Managers were selfish interested only in accumulating Dinars by exploiting others. When Saddam Hussein gave a call a few weeks after the invasion of Kuwait to resume duties for the Bank employees, most of the expatriate Managers were the first to resume their duties instead of giving non-cooperation in solidarity with Kuwait which gave them so much in life.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
