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Jobs are essential for one's social standing in a state like Assam. People define you by that. That is why many people voluntarily engage in various primary schools, colleges, offices without pay. Sometimes Governments provincialize them or sometimes not. It all depends on multiple factors local to the governmental level. Often we see people retiring with no pension or a few hundred rupees as pension as they may have been regularized a few years ahead of retirement. Once you are in such a state, no one cares about you. In our college days, we did not understand these things. Now that we have seen things and met people, we know that there is a dark side.
In our colleges, we had many such senior teachers (very competent) on either a contractual basis or a 3PF basis. Their state continued like that. Some got regularized . When they reached retirement age, they were without a pension and had to continue in some other private college. Many think that it is their zeal to teach. It may be, but it is just another day's struggle for many. Many people mask it by the cover of interest. I have seen many retired people (near and dear ones), and a few likes to go out and work unless and until they have a severe financial constraint. Therefore, one should be very careful about one's future. One should not be very optimistic about contractual and 3PF types of jobs. These types are suitable when you have other back up or you are doing it temporarily for the next big thing. One should move on at the first opportunity. Above all, if you are good at something, you should charge for that.
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