Pare slow o AIESEC

Wlasciwie to brak ju¿ na to wszystko slow... Witki opadaja jakby powiedzialaby jedna z moich kole¿anek. Przyjechala dzis kolejna dziewczyna. Z Mauritiusa. Siedzi i ryczy caly dzien. Trudno siê dziwic. Chce wracac jutro. Sama siê sobie dziwie ze mi to wszystko ju¿ tak zwisa. Nawet to ze wlasnie le¿a³am kolo skacz¹cego pajaka (na wsze to by³o za duze). Nikt nam nie powiedzia³ ze nowa osoba przyjezdza. Jak zwykle zreszta. Nie mamy ju¿ materacy. Tyle razy mówiliœmy o tym aiesecowi. ¯eby chocia¿ jeden materac przywiezli jeœli nie mog¹ za³atwiæ mieszkania. Zawsze mowia, ze jutro na pewno przywioza, ze jutro przyjda, ze wszystko bêdzie jutro. Po czynsz tylko nie zapominaja przychodzic. Japrzeszlam z nimi ju¿ chyba wszystko. Zamiast byæ jakakolwiek pomoca to mialam przez nich mase niepotrzebnych problemow. Wystosowalam oficjalny list do Aiesec z zazaleniem który opisal moja historie. Przytocze tu teraz po angielsku niestety, bo nie chce mi siê tlumaczyc :D



A letter of complaint!

My co-operation with AIESEC Kolkata has been strongly disappointing
from the very beginning and I want to place an official complaint.
Other interns from different countries did the same to their local
committees and we hope that together we can change something or at
least warn future EPs about Kolkata and prevent them from coming
here.
It started from the very beginning when I read the TN profile. Back
then, I did not realize that what all the letter contained were lies.
In fact all the TN profiles from AIESEC Kolkata were the same. While
applying, I was sure that I applied for a job at Price Water House
Coopers(PWC). Later, when the company called me for an interview, it
turned out that I had actually applied for a job at a hotel, not PWC
as stated in the TN profile. I was so surprised, because nothing about
working at a hotel was mentioned in the TN. The company itself
explained what their job entailed and as co-operation with them was
really good; I decided to come. AIESEC did not help at all on that
field.
As soon as I was accepted at the beginning of October, I waited for
official documents from the company and AIESEC so that I can apply for
a visa. AIESEC Kolkata assured me that it should not take longer than
a week. In the meantime they asked me to pay 50 dollars for further
procedures. I denied.
Then it was only worse because AIESEC has been lying to me and the
company. Every week I was hearing a different excuse as to why the
documents have not yet arrived which occurred continuously for 2
months. Later, even the company tried to help me and contacted AIESEC
personally (actually Shreyansh Batia who was responsible for
communication with EPs). Shreyansh assured the company that he had
sent the documents on the 4th of November, and that they should arrive
shortly. Weeks passed and I still did not receive them. Thousands of
excuses were made, for example, “fault of courier”. I finally got the
documents on 22nd of November with the date of shipment 19th of
November. So everything that I had been told before was just a lie. I
was writing to AIESEC every day with no response. AIESEC Kolkata
answered on average one out of five emails. They did not even answer
phone calls from the company.
Unfortunately my problems were not over. No one picked me up from the
airport even though I had sent the exact details of my flight. It was
only because I knew another EP (thanks to the company) that I managed
to somehow find the address. Also, no one took me to the job or
offered any other help or support.
The house they’ve placed all the EPs in is another story. It is hard
to even call it a house. There are two apartments – two rooms each and
two bathrooms. Only one bathroom works. Sometimes we don’t have water
and when we have it is cold. We live here with 15 people all together
now, but every day people are coming. We sleep on the floor on very
thin mattresses, two people on one. But we have no more mattresses
with people still coming. No one is informing us about new arrivals
so we cannot prepare for them. There is not a fridge or kitchen at
all. No furniture also and no equipment. We sit on the floor on
newspapers. There is no way to cook so we eat out. Its dirty and
crowded. We don’t have any shelves, so we keep everything in our
luggage. Sometimes we don’t even have electricity. We together and
separately complained about this situation, but AIESEC Kolkata did
nothing. Sometimes they promise something but never keep it. The only
thing they remember is to collect money for rent. Then they will come,
but to take EP to work – never.
There was not a single thing that Aiesec Kolkata did right. They never
said sorry. I hope at least we can change it for future.




Najlepsze jest to ze nie jestem tu wyj¹tkiem. Ka¿dy z nas mia³ wieksze lub mniejsze przejscia z nimi. Np. ktos przyjezdza do naszej chaty, przez tydzieñ ktos z aiesecu mowi ze jutro przyjdzie po niego i zaprowadzi do pracy, oczywisice nie przychodzi. Po jakichs 2 wreszcie siê pojawia i albo praca jest, albo okazuje siê ze np. ju¿ za pozno, i nie ma praktyk. Wiec jedziesz Pol swiata po to ¿eby siê dowiedziec, ze aiesec ma cie w powazaniu a praktyki nie ma. Do tego masz perspektywe zycia w tej ruderze. To ju¿ chyba bezpieczniej z namiotem przyjechac i siê rozbic pod blokiem:) inna historia – 5 osob pracowalo w jednej szkole – szumnie nazwano to praktyka, ale to by³o raptem 1,5 dziennie. Oczywiœcie ze przed przyjazdem mialo byæ inaczej. Pewnego dnia przyszli do szkoly i powiedziano im tam, ze ju¿ ich nie potrzebuja i maja sobie pojsc. Tak po prostu. Tak mi zal tej dziewczyny... Bo ona wlasnie przyjechala na praktyki do tej firmy/szkoly/sama nie wiem co to. zadzwonilam do aiesecu ¿eby ich opierdzielic. Ale oni gadaja takie pierdoly ze az uszy wiedna. Oczywiœcie us³ysza³am ze jutro... to cos tam. ju¿ to widze. Ja ju¿ w nic nie wierze. Szkoda mi tylko tych ludzi co przyje¿d¿aj¹. Bo nie mamy nawet kawalka materaca ju¿. I co ja mam np. powiedziec tej dziewczynie – ze bêdzie lepiej? Ze siê przyzwyczai, ze za 2 tygodnie ju¿ nic jej nie zdziwi? No mog³am,ale i tak by mi nie uwierzyla. Ja tez nie wierzylam na pocz¹tku. List z zazaleniem napisa³am tez do Kalkuty. W odpowiedzi dostalam oczywisice stek bzdur. Jakby siê niby nami przejmowali, i chca byc teraz przyjaciolmi. Ze chca aby moje przezycia w Kalkucie by³y niezapomniane (no to na pewno), i ze zapomnijmy o ty,m co by³o zle ale zyjmy dobrze dla dobra ogolu. AMEN To nic ze prosby i grozby by³y ignorowane, ze telefony nieodbierane. Wazne ze czynsz by³ zbierany. Najlepsze ze jak teraz zadzwonilam to us³ysza³am ze oni chca nam pomoc, ale maja egzaminy. No tak... tak mi przykro... studenci w innych krajach ich nie maja... us³ysza³am tez ze sa wdzieczni za nasza pomoc, i ze przykro im ze przez to musimy przechodzic. Matko... ¿ebym ja ich tylko mogla dostac w swoje rece... Tu zamieszcze co dostalam w odpowiedzi. Ja nic dobrego siê ju¿ od nich nie spodziewam. Nie wierze w ¿adna obietnice i nie licze na ¿adna pomoc. Po 2 tygodniach jestem ju¿ twardzielem!




Hello Jola,

Firstly i am extremely sorry about your situation and for your bad experience so far. I agree that AIESECers have not been the very best in helping you out but we are going to do our best to improve things. I dont care abou the complaints to AI or your MC or anything. We just want you to have a pleasant stay for however long you are here and we wont to try to ensure that you do not have any future difficuilties.

Filling up the form would give us a clear idea as to where the main problem lies. Other trainee's did fill up the form and we did take steps towards helping them out. We made a trainee management team who would frequently organize events for the trainees. Apart from that the house issue i something which has been bothering us as well. Unexpectedly we had some expenses which led our financial condition to be poor as an LC. Due to this we were not able to work on improving the housing conditions. And i guess that is the reason why you were hearing so many excuses from AIESECers. You have to understand that we dont hate you and we want you to have a good time in our city and we will do our best towards it. We just need some cooperation from you end.

See i know there must have been quite a lot of false promises made to you already and i dont want to make any promise to you to diappoint you again. But all i can say is that we are willing to help you out. We hate to see you in such a condition in a foreign country.

Lastly, i would again say the same thing.. We dont hate you, we want to be your friend and help you out. If you feel its pointless talking to an AIESECer then you can talk to us as a friend and we will still be there to help you out. I hate to see you in such a state and i again am deeply sorry for the mess we put you in.

Please feel free to get back to me. I would probably come to see you soon. :)