India is a country with a feudal mentality and this shows everywhere, whether they hire people or drive on the road or just walk the road or walk inside a mall or supermarket. They act like they have the ownership to everything and everybody. When an employer traps someone, they don't care about the quality of the job done or the quantum. Exploitation is the only purpose for which they are hired. This mentality is further fuelled by the teeming millions (going billions) who compete for every job that comes up the market. This makes exploitation easier and the ones on the receiving end are left with no choice but to bear it. Unfortunately, there is no way this is going to change. This has been this way forever. Long before the jobs boom, we had zameendars. Their objective was to net every farmer in the 'loan trap', grab his land and exploit him for generations. The same reflects in these modern employers. They have nicely covered the legal loopholes by "designating" such MBAs as executives. If they have not in certain instances, the law enforcement agencies in India can't care less. Starbucks was forced to shell out millions of dollars for not paying OT to supervisors. It was observed that the supervisors had been working as coffee makers and cashiers at the job, and such jobs, by law, have to be paid gratuity and OT. Can this happen in India? Maybe, we'll see the 22nd century befor this is even given a thought.
