Working beyond office time
We have started to adopt a new culture in the corporate world in most organisations and institutions. A common practice is often seen that we have a tendency to stay late in the office, only to display sincerity, loyalty and commitment “that spells out work within 9 to 5 is not adequate, I need more time for my workload.” I once had an occasion to work with a British consultant who mentioned that office timings have been fixed within adequate space and time to complete a day's work, if you are unable to complete your work, it proves you are inefficient. If I want to apply this principle commonly, that would incriminate that most of our mid level and senior executives are inefficient.
Whether this is a habit or an exhibit needs to be looked into. The impact of this simple action could be manifold; a person depriving his presence in the family which seems selfish and utilizing office resources after office hours is an additional expense. Once a while such practice is affordable but if this becomes a continuous process, then the issue becomes doubtful. As a matter of fact, there is a growing tendency mostly with corporate institutions that male folk spend their early hours of the day doing their personal sundries and start their day's work after lunch, then to catch up, stay after 5:00pm. This high drama is a good exhibit to influence the boss. A sharp comparison emerges between a male and female worker. If a woman staff after a whole day's uninterrupted work gets ready to go home at 5:00pm, the boss will inevitably form a judgment, “There she goes just at 5:00.” It does seem unfair to the women workers who have to do their office work, household chores, attend children and also work late in the office.
Though womenfolk are in the forefront in Bangladesh politics, economy and socio-cultural environment, these are some inconsistent facts of life that are often overlooked.
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