I’m quite sure, I’m not the only one on G&W who has been facing this issue. Our root level domain operator Pknic’s site is down since 2 days. I made calls to their office number (thanks to google cache) and have been told by the attendant:
The servers are down since yesterday and we were told its a small error, which will be resolved in 2 hours but it has been almost 2 days now. Lets hope so it gets solved today. Everything is abroad, we can’t do much about it. Sorry!
The company I usually call to book my .pk & .com.pk domains also have the same story.
This brings a very important question! How is our country’s root level domain administered? Who has authority over it? If a 2 hours error is becoming a 3 days-still-not-responding issue, then how can dot com business rely on it?
Info on who controls .pk domain.
Last post spotted on 28th May on G&W! Lets bring the energy back and discuss “What’s Next?” for Paki web world. We have seen an array of start-ups and services ranging from web shops, alternative payment solutions to our very own discussion platform G&W! We have clearly missed many opportunities like Rediff email or a good search engine / directory grounds-up for Pakistan.
What you think are the next big idea’s?
Be open, think outside the box and share anything you feel is the need of the time.
Guess what! Wateen finally sent me their bill. Looks like their billing system is up (not sure though). Whats interesting to know, like its sister concerns Warid & Bank Al-falah, they also have managed to bring hidden charges. I very clearly remember their sales representative (wateen’s, not franchise) hammering it on my head that, I would only be charged Rs. 1350/- Per Month for a 512KB /10GB cap package. And for that I was required to give 11 months post-dated cheques and first month in advance with equipment cost. Now, if you look at exhibit A, they have managed to bring out Rs. 891.50 worth of charges, i’m liable to pay.
Its the 3rd billing month and this is the first bill i’m receiving. What’s interesting to note is the line rent for telephone service, their IVR hold music also very clearly announces “telephony services for ZERO line rent!”
I was not yet satisfied with their falsified claims by Wateen’s support staff about why they are charging me Rs. 1350 and every billboard out their announcing that I should be paying Rs. 799/- for the same. Now, they have sent me unjustified bill.
What you guys think about Wateen’s policies? Do we, consumer have any say in this? What we, as consumers can do about it?
People at Wateen, if you are reading this – Please participate in this discussion and enlighten us about your thought process and how you come up with these beautiful packages?
This is an open discussion I’m asking the community to participate and let us share our knowledge on this very important, need of the time issue!
1:00 PM today, right on dot as ever, the light went away for an hour – load shedding. But I’m quite comfortable today! Fans, some lights, peripherals like router, modem, desktop PCs used by the staff etc. are working on a 3kva refurbished APC UPS powered by 4, 92 amp batteries. This is one investment one had to make for the minimal working conditions.
But this raises a very important question: What other options do we have for Alternative Energy?
I’ve seen a lot of press coverage on mega pipeline, wind, solar, thermal etc. projects – but these are all large scale infrastructure projects and will take some good time to start and providing the electricity to masses like me and you.
As an individual or a small company, what options do we have? Is solar energy we can think of as an alternative? What other options do we have?
I’m writing this entry from Fast NU Lahore Job Fair and lets not even go there about the fair, that’s a completely separate entry.
I have interviewed about 30 or so students, all of them soon to be graduated in their respective fields like IT, HR, Marketing, Telecom engineering etc. When you ask them their expectation about salary, the uniform response is:
Question: What are your salary expectations?
Answer: It should be at least 25k +
Question: Why 25k, how you came about this figure?
Answer: Sir, I have spent X amount on my education and now have a BS / MBA degree in so and so field. And I think this starting salary would only compensate for the cost I have spent on my education.
Question: You understand that initially, any company be it my own or my clients, they would need to spend some time on your training to make you productive. Do you think it would be wise for any company to pay Rs. 25k to an employee who is going to perform 3~6 months after this training period?
Answer: Sir, XYZ bank is paying Rs. X to their MTO’s, then why we should not be benefited of the package?
When you start a dialogue with them about their expectations and the current market situation; they do realize the reality but then 25k rules ☺
How this happened? How the students have defined 25K, 30K or 35K as a benchmark for a starting MTO level position? Let’s discuss and is this a right conclusion from the students?
It’s not a typo; here is what I’m writing this entry about –Appraisals. In every industry, annual / bi-annual appraisals are a very important event in the HR calendar. The employees eagerly await fruits of their labor to see how the companies value their efforts, in terms of salary increments and promotions. This year is no different! Many companies have just completed the appraisals and others are aiming at June for their yearly or bi-annual appraisals respectively. I would like to start a discussion about this very important aspect, which leads to attrition rates / recruitment drives and let everyone share their opinions. The aim is to identify best practices, which have been tested in our industry and have lead to keep a healthy balance.
In my humble opinion the appraisals do play a vital role in shaping the IT industry. End result of appraisals can be one of the following:
- Employees think the company has not done justice with them on not giving them a respectable raise, therefore they should move
- Employees are satisfied with the appraisals and feel motivated to work & stay
- Either satisfied or not, employees use the upcoming appraisal range to jump for a sizeable raise with next prospect employer
I’ve come across some interesting individual comments in my recent interviews with candidates:
- “The appraisal should justify the rate of inflation which we are effected with in our daily lives, experts rate it around 20%”
- “Appraisal is our right, what companies should also start doing is giving bonuses based on revenue from projects which we have successfully completed”
- “I really worked hard to maintain clients and made sure that I give my total dedicated output on the project; and at the end I get just 10% raise – its not fair!”
- “ABC company (top 5 player) is giving X% increments this year to SSE with Y years of experience, my company is only giving 50% of it. That’s why I feel I should move.”
Now from the other side of the fence – the Employer!
- “What should be a decent rate of appraisal, for 25-person team operation – 10%, 15%, —?”“Should we have increment slabs, like for 50K plus 10% etc?
- “Should promotion with its respective package be enough or do we need to give some bonus?”
- “The candidate qualifies promotion but we already have resources on the same level. I think we will let him have the same title but make the salary in range with the others.”
- “Is Bi-annual increment system more applicable for the industry keeping in view the attrition rates?”
I hope this would lead to a healthy discussion. The above comments I have shared are from my own personal experience with both clients and candidates during my recruitment practice at Radical Hire
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