"This is the best time to do whatever you want... Come late and leave early... go on vacation without applying for leave... No one is monitoring us.. they all busy in tackling Customer and Regulating agencies... so enjoy maddi...." One of my colleague said to me and I was surprised. Either this guy is the deadliest optimistic or has no respect for his job or profession.
Well I work for an IT company which is making news from last one month with all the wrong reasons, and courtesy to latest turn of events, things has become worse. Everyone is translating situations as per his/her conditions and intellect level. But what my colleague has just told me was disturbing. My primary reaction was to give him a cold look and then leave from cafeteria. But his point stuck me.
What he said was true. No one is monitoring us. As Customer making noise on every possible excuse and, SEBI and other regulating agencies are on our neck, no one has time for employees. Though senior managers are interacting with us regularly through con-calls or mails and providing us updates and possible-future-scenario, but still their first preferences are customers who are ready to go to some other vendors and our competitors who don't want to touch a tinted company but love to hug tinted company's clients.
But does that mean we take advantage of it!!! Personally I never had any affection with my organisation (reasons are many, mostly personal), but when anyone is in problem, its our tendency to help him/her. If I feel that I can't help, I may leave the board and go some where else. But to take advantage of an entity which is in problem, is not a gentleman act. I receive approximately 10 mails daily talking about their support to organisation. Some of them mention recent (favorable) happenings from client side and other mention how we can make our organisation a better place. The message is very clear from those mails.. Help self and Help others...
Well, after i get back to the seat and this guy came to me again, smiling and said "Dude.. You took that to your heart. You will anyway leave this company as soon as things come out black and white. And I was just suggesting the best way to utilize the time which you have while in the company"
I was now furious. Keeping control on myself, I asked him "Do you smoke".
He took it as an invitation, replied " No thanks!"
"Then you should start it soon buddy"
"why..??"
"Someday you will bury (burn) your Friend/relative/colleague and that time you will surely want to utilize the fire of the funeral. Take my advice, start smoking, otherwise you will regret for not utilize that light for your lifetime"
And obviously that guy didn't speak to me again...!!!
