It only happens in India - newspapers start PR agencies
A few years ago, I spent a lot of time analysing the accuracy of news stories and was surprised how easily it was manipulated. At times I wonder why they cannot be neutral.
BPO employee murdered . Another BPO employee murdered and the statement of the Wipro BPO president is typical big company speak. At the end of the day , when you do a ”naukri” , you remain at the mercy of your employer , who usually is not bothered about your personal safety despite whatever their PR agencies/media put out.
When I had a 9-5 job, I once had to go to meeting in a North Indian city to finalise things urgently, it was supposed to end late . When I asked the manager to arrange for accomodation, I was told , ” Go to Karol Bagh, and check into any hotel”. I told the admin department directly to book me the last flight to Mumbai. I have stayed in Mumbai for long and have managed to reach home even after midnight when flights are delayed, as it has a fairly efficient public transport system, but in a new city (especially in North India) it is an unnecessary risk.
A few months later, a junior colleague came to me and said the manager was asking her to go to some project site / customer’s place in North India alone. Many of the sites are in remote locations, for example LPG cylinder refilling projects were about 25 km away from the nearest town/city as an explosion there can cause loss of life. She had refused citing personal safety, the manager told her ” look at N (myself) , she travels to many project sites alone. “ I should have made more noise.
I have personally not faced any problem since I am very conservative, but I have heard enough stories while travelling. To be fair, at some regional offices in smaller cities, people have gone out of their way to check with me if everything is OK, but finally one incident like this puts you off.