I find it laughable that they are sending health and saftey to India. They have a great track record with places like Union Carbide. Also they are definitely great at emissions control that's being sent over there. What an embarrassment MW and MN are!
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Individuals who think the US is “newly diverse and occupied” have not only drunk the Kool-Aid, they’ve chugged it and gone back to the store to empty the shelves and chugged that too. Someone with such a glaring lack of critical thinking skills ought to be a prime candidate for the next round of layoffs.
What do all these ancient plant safety incidents and digs about Indian culture out in their ghettos have to do with anything? Do you think newly diverse and illegally occupied US is safer and much better?
That's not changing the fact that there's someone better than you, smarter than you, and more hard-working than you who will be taking your job. You mad bro?
Any more comments regarding that or all you have is cultural mud-slinging?
I am neither and American nor an Indian but I worked with both
If you get the right talent from India and there is plenty specially the ones who are coming out of Reliance or returning from the Gulf. They are technically far and I mean far by lightning years more competent than their American counterparts from Chevron who have done too little by hand.
There are exceptions in with cases but the majority of Indians are far superior if they are managed properly and much more cost effective.
If a typical usless HR or security employee in the US costs the company close to 400K in total compensation and benefits while an experienced GeoTech would cost 50 to 100K in India then the business cade is a no brainer.
Additionally, the Americans are so untitled and hard to manage effectively. Again, I am European who worked with both.
Now where the Indians fail is their inability to communicate effectively the bad news. So if they are late, they will keep it to the last minute because they are afraid to disappoint the boss or the client. This is where local management can make the big difference and overcome this massive cultural barriers.
When I worked for Shell before Chevron. They started the same and everyone was skeptical. She'll could not even retain the Indian talent as they came from IIT that tops Harvard, Berkeley and Stanford and it is much more competitive to get into due to the shewr number of clever Indian student. These guys quit Shell after 2 to 5 years and moved to Tech, consulting and I personally know few of them who became VP's and CEO's in big companies super young. They were so good technically and personally.
So the move is the right move if they get the right people selected and have the right local management.
It’s not the US is the safest place - g-n violence much? There are twice the number of professional, educated folks there willing to work 10x as hard. Don’t be racists jerks and go find another job if you’re so insecure.
In 1976, two local trade unions complained of pollution within the plant.[16][17] In 1981, a worker was accidentally splashed with phosgene as he was carrying out a maintenance job of the plant's pipes. In a panic, he removed his gas mask and inhaled a large amount of toxic phosgene gas, leading to his death 72 hours later.[16][17] Following these events, journalist Rajkumar Keswani began investigating and published his findings in Bhopal's local paper Rapat, in which he urged "Wake up, people of Bhopal, you are on the edge of a volcano."[18][19]
In January 1982, a phosgene leak exposed 24 workers, all of whom were admitted to a hospital. None of the workers had been ordered to wear protective equipment. One month later in February 1982, an MIC leak affected 18 workers. In August 1982, a chemical engineer came into contact with liquid MIC, resulting in burns over 30% of his body. In October 1982, there was another MIC leak. In attempting to stop the leak, the MIC supervisor suffered severe chemical burns and two other workers were severely exposed to the gases.[16] During 1983 and 1984, there were leaks of MIC, chlorine, monomethylamine, phosgene, and carbon tetrachloride, sometimes in combination
In June 2010, seven Indian nationals who were Union Carbide India Ltd employees in 1984, including the former UCIL chairman Keshub Mahindra, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 each, the maximum punishment allowed by Indian law.
Americans only see Bhopal as a disaster in terms of dollars lost. If a few of the 10000 dead had been american then that would have changed everything. Imagine the movie?
MW and especially MN don't care what goes on in India because they aren't going there except to stop for a couple of hours for a photo op. As long as the dividend is paid on time and the stock price remains steady, they can do what they want with the company.
Yes, Union Carbide running the Bhopal plant with no money from the US corporate honchos was an Indian fault. Geeze.