Flipkart, Amazon have been disrupting the market. I haven't heard anyone in the recent past who has bought electronics in a retail store. If it's shopping, it's Online! That's been the Mantra Offlate.
All said, they are disrupting something else too...
If you have ever logged on to flipkart/amazon and ordered something, 10 on 10 times, a young lad would have come to your home/office and dropped off your package.
Have you ever wondered who that boy is, how old is he? Is this what he does full time?
There are over one lakh+ delivery boys across India. Carrying a heavy bag in chaotic traffic and hot sun. It does take considerable effort to do this. It's physically demanding to work for nearly 10+ hours. Bottomline, it's grinding, backbreaking work.
I see a dangerous trend in the industry (I feel guilty of) arising these days. Young boys, who have dropped out of their 12th/discountinued their 12th standard are opting for such jobs jobs. They are earning in excess of 20K per month and have gotten into the mindset that they can do this for the rest of their lives and there is no need to continue their education, to add to that, the parents of such boys are encouraging them to do so.
Why is it a dangerous trend?
1.The earnings today are not here to stay, Startups are burning VC money and giving fat salaries to
these boys and when they run out of money and the whole market comes to it's senses, their salaries
are going to drop, much like what's happening to the UBER & OLA drivers. Surely, it's going
to hit their pockets.
2. These boys don't know how to manage cash, manage their income and fall prey to credit cards,
two-wheeleers, EMI's and fancy gadgets. Swipe the credit card, buy the latest iphone, buy a
fancy bike which is kazillion times the monthly income. Their peers who are not in this field see
them loading up gadgets, bikes and what not, are in envy of them. To quench this envy, they are
literally getting their hands bloody.
( Flipkart Delivery Man In Bengaluru Arrived With Phone Throat Was Slit)
3. The Delivery boys handle a lot of Cash and high value goods. Somewhere down the line, if they
don't think straight and flee with these goods, it could be a disaster for them as they will be put
behind bars for their act. Young lads in their 20s don't deserve this!
Closing Thoughts
I respect the work that the delivery boys do, however this job is something that should be viewed as a means to support his/her education and not something that should be viewed as a career. Education is, was and will be the best and the safest way to earn a livelihood and lead a respectable life. Pursuing this job at the cost of education is surely not a wise choice.
It's time the Flipkarts and the Amazons take stock of this and prevent this socio-economic disruption!
All said, they are disrupting something else too...
If you have ever logged on to flipkart/amazon and ordered something, 10 on 10 times, a young lad would have come to your home/office and dropped off your package.
Have you ever wondered who that boy is, how old is he? Is this what he does full time?
There are over one lakh+ delivery boys across India. Carrying a heavy bag in chaotic traffic and hot sun. It does take considerable effort to do this. It's physically demanding to work for nearly 10+ hours. Bottomline, it's grinding, backbreaking work.
I see a dangerous trend in the industry (I feel guilty of) arising these days. Young boys, who have dropped out of their 12th/discountinued their 12th standard are opting for such jobs jobs. They are earning in excess of 20K per month and have gotten into the mindset that they can do this for the rest of their lives and there is no need to continue their education, to add to that, the parents of such boys are encouraging them to do so.
Why is it a dangerous trend?
1.The earnings today are not here to stay, Startups are burning VC money and giving fat salaries to
these boys and when they run out of money and the whole market comes to it's senses, their salaries
are going to drop, much like what's happening to the UBER & OLA drivers. Surely, it's going
to hit their pockets.
2. These boys don't know how to manage cash, manage their income and fall prey to credit cards,
two-wheeleers, EMI's and fancy gadgets. Swipe the credit card, buy the latest iphone, buy a
fancy bike which is kazillion times the monthly income. Their peers who are not in this field see
them loading up gadgets, bikes and what not, are in envy of them. To quench this envy, they are
literally getting their hands bloody.
( Flipkart Delivery Man In Bengaluru Arrived With Phone Throat Was Slit)
3. The Delivery boys handle a lot of Cash and high value goods. Somewhere down the line, if they
don't think straight and flee with these goods, it could be a disaster for them as they will be put
behind bars for their act. Young lads in their 20s don't deserve this!
Closing Thoughts
I respect the work that the delivery boys do, however this job is something that should be viewed as a means to support his/her education and not something that should be viewed as a career. Education is, was and will be the best and the safest way to earn a livelihood and lead a respectable life. Pursuing this job at the cost of education is surely not a wise choice.
It's time the Flipkarts and the Amazons take stock of this and prevent this socio-economic disruption!
