Pros and Cons of Returning to India

The west has always portrayed itself as a symbol of prosperity and free will; where your work is respected no matter what it is that you are doing. Things like good pay and job value have drawn people consistently to the US and Europe. Indians have been at the forefront of this immigration from India to the western countries. It is not very hard to empathize with them because India and its citizens have always sought higher education and better employment opportunities any which way they come.

Indians are prepared to face any kind of challenge that is posed to them as long as they get rewarded handsomely for their efforts. With the recent economic downturn; India has become more resistant to recession than any other country and has therefore put itself in a position that the Americas and Europe enjoyed a few decades ago. Indians abroad now want to return home sighting the job opportunities at hand.

This process of returning to India and looking for a job does have its ups and downs. Now on the brighter side, the economic condition of the Indian subcontinent being more stable than those in the west means that there are potentially more jobs on offer. This also means that the competition for these jobs is good thereby drawing a rich horde of potential employees from within the country as well as abroad. This eventually leads to an improvement in the quality of work that is performed as well as the efficiency of operations. Non Resident citizens of India returning from abroad have to adapt to a few things however before they can jump immediately to working in the home atmosphere in India. The advantages of not working immediately upon return to India range from getting adapted to the local conditions to knowing what sort of jobs are on demand.

The main advantage however rests with the fact that the Non-Resident citizen is used to certain standards of living in the west and he/she may not find anything and everything that is happening with the employment scene in India completely acceptable. Taking some time off upon return to India will give one a chance to observe the local job scene and how things work in an office. NRI's will be used to more job value in the west but such things are a little less pronounced in India, but then you do get relatively more respect compared to your juniors. Spending time can also give one an opportunity to learn more about the work ethics in India and the moral values of the people.

The main disadvantages of taking a break though remains in finding the right kind of job. The more time you spend being idle the more are the opportunities you waste. Also some immigration policies would prefer its NRIs working than idle and feeding off the Indian economy. As the economic scene changes globally, even the smallest details have to be taken into account, which will help us take a decision on whether to work immediately upon returning to India or not.

HS is the webmaster of IMRTI. He has years of work experience in the IT sector both in India and the USA. He has started a revolution of sorts by taking the return to India wave to another level through his innovative website.

His themed outlook towards the relocation idea is reflected in his writing about these ideas. He knows the Indian job industry in and out and writes about it just as well.