Exploitation!
Recently, a government bank advertised to fill in vacancies seeking applications from under 30 years old graduates, no experience required. They would be put in probationary period for a year after which the proposed scale is monthly Tk 5,200 increasing by Tk 300 every year.
To apply for this position one has to submit the following:
Application in candidate's own hand writing with attested photocopies of all academic certificates and 5 recent passport size photographs along with Pay Order/ Bank Draft of Tk. 150/- only (non-refundable) to be purchased from a scheduled bank.
Looking at the unemployment situation in Bangladesh, I can guess that there would be at least 20,000 applications. This would fetch the bank Tk 30 lakh in application money only, equivalent to approximately 45 years' salary of one recruit!
I think this is exploitive borderline to an unscrupulous practice.
As a guardian of an unemployed youth, I request the unemployed young men of this country not to fall in this trap.
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