Dignifiedme Story

Dignifiedme is an outcome of ongoing layoffs and increasing unemployment rates caused by COVID-19 pandemic economic slowdown. A colleague of mine, quite experienced & talented, was laid off owing to the pandemic economic crisis. Obviously, this was not the first incidence of layoff and I was reading news articles of the unicorn companies laying off employees in big numbers. On Linkedin, there were daily many posts of people who wanted help in getting another opportunity. But when something happens to the one who is closer to you, it makes you start thinking. This laid to many questions which were unanswered.

• Are business models really unsustainable to run through a few months of crisis?
• Or is this crisis going to last for a few upcoming years?
• Are employees a liability for any company?
• Are hiring decisions not made wisely?
• Why should one who is experienced, having subtle skills worry if there's no job? There are several freelancing platforms – why don't people try that out?
• Is permanent employment in any company an only option to earn livelihood?
• Or is there anything fundamentally wrong with the education system that even after 20 + years of investments cannot build confident nationals?
• Why is creating employment such a tough task? If not for others, can't you create an opportunity for yourself?
• Why do people travel to metro cities or other countries – only for a better livelihood and opportunities?
• Why can't opportunities be brought to people and not the other way round?

And the list of questions goes on and on. I had no answers to these questions, but was firm that I need to bring in some solutions. It's a myth that a solution has always to be bound to some XYZ technologies, in fact technology is a catalyst to the solution and not the solution itself.

Digging further, I realized that the fundamental problem is linked to the most fundamental quality of human beings. It is not knowledge, self-confidence or anything else, but it is 'Dignity' of a person as a person. We are born humans and that itself implies that we should be Dignified. Lack of jobs, opportunities, comforts and better livelihood shall not hinder my Dignity. "A Dignified life is a birthright and we shall have it."

This led to the birth of Dignifiedme (Dignified Me) Technologies Private Limited. It's a conscious effort to solve the 3 major problems of society and the corporate world.