Reference:
For 90,000 employee figure
Pakistan Railways
Unfortunately , number of employees on any company payroll does determine the growth , and profits of a company
A company that is not yeilding profits has no right to have 90,000 employees , they are sitting and getting probably 30,000 USD/year in salary plus benefits.
2.7 Billion dollars going for Salaries
Now companies in West on average have 1,000-4,000 employees , and highly successful corporations like apple have 40,000 employees but only after they have 40 billion USD income coming in.
The main problem is people getting Salaries - on Government's expense
If your company cannot make profits you have no Right to demand any salary - when employees realize this simple basics of employee - employer relation they will work hard and make sure they fix the damn wire , and put oil in engines when its suppose to be put.
For a small Railway as Pakistan Railways with 100 Locomotives per train you need about 10 people to operate the train4
That is 1,000 workers, for train Opertaions
For stations you need crew of 10 people per stations , if Pakistan has 400 stations = that is 4,000 workers for stations
So , total 5,000 workers are needed to run such a small scale railway company which incompetent people in Pakistan can't manage to do
So suppose if , some bank finances 2 billion dollars, what happens then is that , the salaries are paid first , and the employees say
its business as usual
FACT:
People in Pakistan Use railways
People use it to extent that railways are always full and hard to get tickets
People buy tickets in black market
So question if Rails are full !! Maximum profits ? So why is it
a) Our Railway sells , the "Electrical trains and infrastructure for scrap
b) Why our Railway says that its not good to operate electric trains 50% cheaper
c) Why is it that the facilities setup by Musharraf's gov are let to rot to discredit his good work
So, why are the workers "DEMANDING" things , a person who is employee should not be "DEMANDING" instead they should be "REQUESTING" a bail out.
But 85% of Railway workers should be laid off
Best thing for Pakistan Railways is
a) Fire all workers
b) Get 300 new engines
c) Hire 18-19 year old workers from Schools / Universities
d) Train engineers , with Chinese engineers to maintain Locomotives
Keep number of people to
5,000 workers ,
1,000 train operation jobs
With 6,000 workers, Pakistan Railways will make 1000% profit and still function as its function 10 years ago with same efficiency
And SEAL off entry into Railway stations to people with Tickets only
If you do not have Ticket for Train you cannot come in and crowd the stations
With the new profits Railways should Modernize all railway stations
Pakistan produces , marbel and other stones, and time to use these material in Railway stations and modernize them with it.
This is how a station looks like not like the crap we have built 150 years ago by British
Plus put a limit of Bags !!! and carriage that should reduce the need for Qoolis
and chart 100-200 rupees extra for carry on bags
PROBLEM IS WE HAVE 1 BIG ROTI , AND 90,000 PEOPLE QUIETLY EATING it quickly
No one complains because no one wants to loose their share of the rooti
When Pakistan got 300 new locomotives, no one cared for these engines , they played it simple and stayed lazy and did not work hard to make profits now that they have no engines and no money left they are asking like beggars to give money because they have not been paid for 1 month ... well you should have thought about it 2 year ago when reused engine oil was being used to put in brand new engines
Right now , 60-90 engines are just sitting idle because their spare parts have not been ordered
People do not want to fix these engines for 40 million because they want BAIL OUT FOR 3 billion USD from Pakistani Government or some Bank
And worse of all , the Electric Rail lines, infrastructure , is being sold for scrap yard !!! Because then trains will run on Diseal which is 50% more expensive !!!!
Instead of going for Electric Bullet trains we are going backwards !!! Because our old engineers can't operate Electric trains so these material was sold to scrap and is being sold as we speak