Hi guys. im very new here and just need some friendly advice.
I am an expat, and im a specialist who has been employed by a team of investors to manage and run their factory here in India.(manufacturing plant, huge staff numbers and i run it all from top to bottom, from finances to factory floor and every single detail in-between)
I made the move here 6 years ago. And it was all done (possibly a bit naively by me) on a verbal agreement.
All has been ok so far. There are Long hours, high stress, lonely 3rd world living conditions, massive expectation by clients and investors etc. But i have risen to (and above) it all.
The company has provided me with humble (but livable) house to live in. And takes care of my work permits and immigration status etc.
The only minor complaint is that the salary i have been given since day one is really very low.
It was verbally promised to be increased soon after i moved here to hit par with what it should really be. And in fact it i did get one very minor little pay rise around 3 yrs ago. (but still very low, i wont give details here)
I have so far bitten my tongue and gone with it, as i am very financially literate otherwise, and have taken the opportunity over theses 6 yrs to rent my house back home, to become non tax resident there, and to save almost my entire (meg-re) salary as i have next to no living costs here in India.
But suddenly after all these yrs, i have been asked to sign a formal employment contract. However this document really contains zero incentive for me to sign.
It promises the same house as i already have, the same salary that i already have...zero rise, zero perks.... yet it asks me to sign to accepting these existing terms for another 2 yrs.. It even has a bunch of non compete items in there, and what appears to be them owning a lot more of my IP than i would be happy for.
It seems to me as they now realize my value here, and wish to infer some legal hurdles should i ever leave and wish to take employment elsewhere.
as its already been 3 yrs without a rise, and this 2 yr contract would spin it out to a 5 yr total block that i would work without any review or rise!!
Im not really asking for help on the legalities of the contract itself. im more asking how i can politely decline such a useless and insulting contract. And for confirmation that im under no obligation to sign it. Esp when it amounts to nothing more than being locked to 2 more yrs of the same ol' thing ive had from them...with no hope of any review, the only difference being a few legal technicalities that suit their own cause thrown in.
This is all in light of massive massive production rises i have given them, 6 yrs of building this up, implementing all the systems, staff. And exceeding all requests that have been made of me in my job.
To be completely honest i expected at least some tiny gesture from them. I dont believe i could be replaced in a hurry, as its highly specialized engineering/ metal fabrication work we do, i am the only non-Indian here and am 100% billingual also.
feeling a bit insulted and kicked in the teeth to be honest. Does anyone have any advice ? (find new job...yes i know!, but we all know the realities are a bit diff, and i have put so much into this job and this whole relocation and life change)
thanks kindly
I am an expat, and im a specialist who has been employed by a team of investors to manage and run their factory here in India.(manufacturing plant, huge staff numbers and i run it all from top to bottom, from finances to factory floor and every single detail in-between)
I made the move here 6 years ago. And it was all done (possibly a bit naively by me) on a verbal agreement.
All has been ok so far. There are Long hours, high stress, lonely 3rd world living conditions, massive expectation by clients and investors etc. But i have risen to (and above) it all.
The company has provided me with humble (but livable) house to live in. And takes care of my work permits and immigration status etc.
The only minor complaint is that the salary i have been given since day one is really very low.
It was verbally promised to be increased soon after i moved here to hit par with what it should really be. And in fact it i did get one very minor little pay rise around 3 yrs ago. (but still very low, i wont give details here)
I have so far bitten my tongue and gone with it, as i am very financially literate otherwise, and have taken the opportunity over theses 6 yrs to rent my house back home, to become non tax resident there, and to save almost my entire (meg-re) salary as i have next to no living costs here in India.
But suddenly after all these yrs, i have been asked to sign a formal employment contract. However this document really contains zero incentive for me to sign.
It promises the same house as i already have, the same salary that i already have...zero rise, zero perks.... yet it asks me to sign to accepting these existing terms for another 2 yrs.. It even has a bunch of non compete items in there, and what appears to be them owning a lot more of my IP than i would be happy for.
It seems to me as they now realize my value here, and wish to infer some legal hurdles should i ever leave and wish to take employment elsewhere.
as its already been 3 yrs without a rise, and this 2 yr contract would spin it out to a 5 yr total block that i would work without any review or rise!!
Im not really asking for help on the legalities of the contract itself. im more asking how i can politely decline such a useless and insulting contract. And for confirmation that im under no obligation to sign it. Esp when it amounts to nothing more than being locked to 2 more yrs of the same ol' thing ive had from them...with no hope of any review, the only difference being a few legal technicalities that suit their own cause thrown in.
This is all in light of massive massive production rises i have given them, 6 yrs of building this up, implementing all the systems, staff. And exceeding all requests that have been made of me in my job.
To be completely honest i expected at least some tiny gesture from them. I dont believe i could be replaced in a hurry, as its highly specialized engineering/ metal fabrication work we do, i am the only non-Indian here and am 100% billingual also.
feeling a bit insulted and kicked in the teeth to be honest. Does anyone have any advice ? (find new job...yes i know!, but we all know the realities are a bit diff, and i have put so much into this job and this whole relocation and life change)
thanks kindly
Collective Bargaining After 6 Yrs, Finally an Employment Contract is Given to Me. but
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