Work place - From a kid's view

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The Kid was just wondering as to what his Dad would be doing regularly in the office...He visited his Dad's office couple of times and couldn't understand the environment. Each & every friend of his Dad has a small cubicle with several files on the side and a computer. It doesn't look like his classroom, blackboard missing, eventhough the file shelf reminded one of the book shelves in his classroom.

The following were the questions posted by that curious Kid to his Dad - while the Dad was checking about his son's progress in the school. (tit-for-tat!!!)

1) What to you do in office with your friends?
2) Do you play in the Computer and play in the Canteen?
3) Will you talk to your friends during office hours?
4) What will be your Boss teaching?
5) Will you write exams, after those teachings?
6) Are you getting paid, only after passing the exams every month?

My reply to that curious kid, my son, was "Don't ask too many delicate questions. It would be difficult to answer". Somehow, I convinced him with few answers. (As a kid, I used to think the same way few years back, while I was studying hard and my Dad used to watch TV with my Mom.)

But, when we relook into the questions, some pertinent points could be noticed...

In many Private Sector organisations, the work culture has changed in the recent years to meet the demanding situation. People relax in the cafeteria, chat during the office hours (many times, electronically), read & learn many new things. This is somewhat different from the traditional Indian Public sector offices / Nationalised banks, where people at the lower end, go out and play cards (as I had observed in the parks outside the Indian Parliament), read magazines during office hours (my observation in PSU banks / Insurance cos.)

The difference is that the Private sector has relaxed the rules knowingly and the Public sector couldn't control the growth in this category. Private sector may turn the table all of a sudden & become strict, which the Public sector cannot do due to the unionised work force. The reply I had given was just like...'ya.. we do some work, some talk, etc., etc.,'

Another issue is the high staff turnover nowadays, which makes the training rooms always filled with new entrants.. Everday, new learners join. Anyhow, when you happen to see new faces, there used to be a breeze always..... In some organisations, the new entrants mayn't know the head & tail and you can only see their pale faces. :-( :-(

Now the fun part....The replies, which I avoided were

1) Sometimes, we don't know what we are doing, while sitting on the bench....
2) Instead of playing, we people blog...
3) Unfortunately, we are not paid for browsing & spending time on learning, unlike some privileged elite people.
4) Luckily my Boss doesn't ask me to write some exams, before crediting the monthly pay.

BTW..before getting paid, are you getting tested thru exams regularly?? How do you react if that is the case?

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