Thoughts Unleashed

'Itni jaldi ghar ja rahe ho?' - this is what you get to hear if you are in the 'IT industry' and leaving for home at 6 pm. Though the official work timings are 9am -6 pm , you are not expected to leave before its late evening or more rightly, before your manager has left. I'm not too sure whether its our indian managers to be blamed or we ourselves to have brought in such a culture where your productivity is measured directly by the time spent at workplace.

Yesterday, when I was chatting with a friend of mine who is working with Amazon, US, I was quite amused to know how his first day at work begun. He was shot at twice, and before he had his heart in mouth, he realized that it was an air gun...The person who was trying his shots was none other than his manager's manager.This is his innovative way of introducing himself to the new joinees...Could there be a better way of breaking the ice with the new joinees? Though I'm sure he must be having better toys for the female joinees :D ..To top it all, can you guess what gift did he get on his birthday by all his juniors? A bow and arrow!!

I guess our problem begins on the day a fresher joins the industry. He is encouraged to stay back late to impress his manager irrespective of the activity he is indulging in, be it surfing, chatting or simply whiling away time. In some cases, when employees have relocated from other cities, they do not have any other activity except for sitting in office. They prefer surfing free internet, having subsidized lunch and avoiding the scorching heat outside.So one who pretends that he is working more by being at work longer, has an upper hand over someone who might be more sincere. Though this kind of impression doesnt last long..

Well, its time for me to leave office and though I'm leaving at 6 pm it seems I have committed a big crime of taking a half day leave!!