Dear Wazuans,

As a graduate who keeps getting very low salary offers from companies who have indicated specifically the want a graduate, I have decided to create a website to NAME and SHAME all those companies who are paying graduates less than Kes 50,000 gross salary.

I will make an open forum where one sends a scanned payslip, we verify and publish (Withholding the name, of course)

I believe this forum will make Kenyans realise how companies are exploiting both ways, (Charging high prices for their products/ services and paying very low salaries)

Keeping in mind that most of these graduates have to pay rent, transport and HELB loans, you are left wondering how they can even feed themselves leave alone spouses or children.

I need input from you fellow wazuans on how this might work. Thanks for your contribution.

@ new investor,

It is Oligopsony market so you can waste your enegry posting it but at the end of the day, who call the shots?

I recall that several times on this board, and when speaking to people when conducting my own research, that there is a myth that the reason that business process outsourcing will "never work" in Kenya is because "salaries are too high; higher than India", which I always thought to be pure nonsense, because salaries for BPO in India are about a third to a half what they are in the US... and US companies are paying a LOT more than 50,000 KES a month per head. More like 250,000 KES per month.

At these wages, BPO to Kenya will most certainly work. The business case is strong.

Best,

Hill

I think @ new investor has a point. Kenya has great brains and hard working people so I think it is wrong to exploit this resource the way it's being done while we sit back and cry about capital flight and exporting labour. We don't have enough doctor's, nurses, engineers etc. Why do we allow multi-nationals to come and exploit this great resource we possess? I especially applaud the Govt. as the largest employer for increasing wages of qualified civil servants and now they are giving private businesses a run for their money and shaming them at the same time.
Go ahead and start the website although I doubt anyone will send you their pay slip because it's very easy for a co. to trace it back to the owner.

In my small sphere of work, I get better value from technicians out of polytechnics, better accounts staff from CPA graduates. I have been hugely disappointed by the so called graduates seconded to me.