Experience of 4
years in IT Indian industry has made me come across many types of working
professionals here. If I broadly describe , then below are the categories :
1. Workoholic’s
with Non-Productivity : One who is highly career over energized and is
ready to do anything . How long, how much hectic , in his reach?...these things
doesn’t matter to them. They will always accept the work & sit 24*7 to finish
their work slowly and steady. But the work they do takes more than average
time. These people are hardworkers but non-productive. But higly visible in
leads eyes and mostly recognized.
2. Workaholic’c
and Productive : These are the guys who are serious about their work when
they work. These are real talents. They will do more amount of work with
minimum time. They will give the feel of workaholic during their working time
but they will leave office on time. Best candidates for onsite opputunities but
sometime not properly recognized.
3. Casual
doer’s : These guys knows the truth of industry that working or not , they
are not going to get the benefit as expected so better not to work hardly and
enjoy their life. They just go office to get their monthy salary. These guys might
be intelligent but not ready to work.
4. Dumb Professionals
: Seriously doubt on companies selection criteria after seeing them in same office
where you are. These are the ones who needs more hard work of team in providing
transitions to them, than what they give in return to team. Highly inefficient
and waste of company money.
Also there is a
another way to categorize them depending on the orientation to their interest. Depending
on what they (excluding dumbs here) are working for. What’s the thing which
motivates them to work with efficiency. Below are another classification how
professional achieve their work satisfactions:
1. Learners – They want to learn more and
more and more. New technology motivates them and bring their interest in work.
But these are the one who will switch companies very early once getting good opportunities.
2. Money satisfaction – One who works to
get a significant increment in salary. Mind it, these folks are best to trust
on. But they won’t work for free.
3. Passionate to go onsite – From the day
they joined company, their aim is to get onsite. What they need to do doesn’t
matter. Give them onsite and see their outputs. They will out-mind you with
their performance.
4. Unnamed – I can’t give any name to
these guys as no one can say what they want. They don’t work for money, they
don’t want onsite but they work like anything even if there is nothing to learn
much.
Above classifications
obviously open an arena of arguments to decide what should be the correct way
to get self satisfied and make company also satisfied. But someone said
correctly as below:
“There
is a notable distinction between being busy and being productive. Being busy
doesn’t necessarily means that you’re productive.”
A person who
sits in office till late is not a hardworking person, but he/she is a fool who
doesn't know how to finish work in simulated time. Beside he is a loser in life
who doesn't have personal or social life. Many career professionals, raised in
the era of information and communication overload, have the false idea that
staying at work for longer hours will make you more productive.
But here is the
catch “Am I damaging my reputation by arriving and leaving on-time?” .This is
the doubt many have. But sorry guys this is unanswerable query. As your team ,
your lead are the ones who are deciding this. Few may be happy but others may
be worried. But thing is, this has to be rebelled or else you are going to me
made a machine who is working without his will, just to impress his leads.
Leads have to understand and they need to focus on productivity rather than
number of hours spent in office.
I believe life
does not mean coming to office, going home and sleeping, there is more to a
life. You need a time to socialize, entertainment, exercise and relaxation. Don’t
make your life meaningless.
Most of the countries
limit the legal amount of time you are supposed to work. in France it's 35, in
others it's 40, etc. But this is a major cultural problem we have in modern
society here in India. Here we don’t have limit…9,10,11,12… and even more hours
is normal for many Indian software engineers. That’s the reason MNC’s are able
to generate revenues specially in IT here, as outsourcing from India is highly encouraged
by other companies due to cheap and best reason.
Let’s Join hands together for a change. If not
for yourself atleast for
others who believe in my above thoughts !!
