the only solution to these losing jobs is create worth and let everybody belives that u are more valubale than ur counterpart may ur skills r way u work .its really Important to shelve spare time and work for a while than partying for some good oders in your kitty all the while ya boss is more imp to be update than ignoring him to be updated
GOVT JOBS NOW MORE OR LESS CLOSE. ALL STATE & CENTRAL GOVT ARE INCREASING SALARY TO HIS EMPLOYEE AT HIGHER RATE IN THIS SITUATION WHEN MOST OF PVT EMPLOYEE LOSSING THIER JOB. SO IN PVT- EMPLOYEE POUR OIL TO BOSS FOR HIS JOB CONFIRMATION OR PROMOTION. IN GOVT-GOVT POUR OIL TO HIS EMPLOYEE TO INCREASE HIS SALARY FOR GETTING VOTE.
These bogus formula doesn't workin Lala Chap comapny not even in Indian & Overseas big company...manay times onely face to face interview can't find the right people,, how could you measure the practical matters...
It is good to be hardworking but..clock punchers i.e. pple who leave office at normal times are smart workers than hardworkers. and leaving office later than boss could ruin somebody's personal life if boss himself is leaving office..at 9 PM. This is a pressure situations which employers are taking advantage off.
Re: clock punchers
by Sukhmeet Singh on Apr 20, 2009 12:42 PM
Yes you are very correct. Work pressure and office politics have resulted in the disapperance of hard-working genre.
Today u have to do "jee hazuree" in order to excel in work.
Re: clock punchers
by Paattal Utkado on Apr 20, 2009 01:41 PM
What you say obviously makes sense... but the author probably envisaged as this in a very competetive scenario assuming you work smart. A smart worker and a 'hard working' smart worker. The latter puts in that 'extra' effort to gain an edge.
This is what I would call bullshitting. May be the guy who wrote this article is an american -and as americans go, this guy has got nothing except dried-up cowdung for a brain. The key to success is, and always was, not hardwork: It is Smartwork. It is not how many hours you spend in the office that counts, but what is your value addition to the orginaization that counts. If your boss finds yourself indispensable, then you have won the game. If your bosses boss get the same feeling, then you're the smart worker. Talking of "hard work" I know personally of many managers (many of them my ex-bosses and taking home a far lesser salary than myself at present) who cover up their inefficiency by putting long hours and being part of office furniture. But the strategy never works in the long term. I know that intelligence cannot be taught, but try to emulate efficient people : At last, one day, you will become the cherished "critical resource" who never has to worry about losing his job. But the key is, perform several times above than your designation demands, and keep a deiberate rapport with your boss. You just win.
Re: No Bullshit Please...
by Anup Halarnkar on Apr 20, 2009 12:44 PM
working smart is absolutely right. but there are some Bosses who dont like the idea of seeing their employees leave before them....I have experienced it.
Re: No Bullshit Please...
by aficionado on Apr 20, 2009 12:43 PM
I think no generalisations are apt.
From my personal experience, I have found that for a professional guy (I don't mean someone with a professional qualification like in accountancy or medicine, I mean any guy in any field who has a professional approach to his work) often it requires a combo of hard work and smart work.
To illustrate, I was handling a particular department at the regional office of an institution and had to deal with about 80 branches reporting to our office. For various reasons, our department was understaffed (both in numbers and quality!). I had to slog but I never complained, since I enjoyed work and working.
At the same time, my approach to the work was to see that it is complete, sensible and result oriented in the first stage itself, avoiding further chain of correspondence and action and remedial action.
Also, very often you are not the sole person deciding and acting in large institutions and your efficiency, output and ability to be result oriented is impacted by the attitude and contribution of your colleagues as well!
Re: No Bullshit Please...
by Dinesh on Apr 20, 2009 12:29 PM
Couldn't agree more, the author seems to be in some bygone era where it mattered the number of hours you spent in the office and not the result achieved.
Re: No Bullshit Please...
by kinshuk gupta on Apr 20, 2009 12:25 PM
being indespensable does not helps everytimes, u can lose ur promotion some times, learn to delegate while being working train others otherwise if no1 is there to fill ur seat, how come u get the other seat..
Re: Re: No Bullshit Please...
by Balachandran N on Apr 20, 2009 12:40 PM
You're correct Kinshuk - But smartwork includes delegation and imbibing leadership qualities in your subordinates. Many fools think delegation robs them of their importance. You become a master, not by learning, but by teaching - this is one of the important lessons that I learnt as a leader. I freely gave whatever I know to people and ultimately, I ended up with more knowledge. I used to handle a team of 17 in my earlier organization and many of them were pesonally trained by me on the virtues of "working right". All of them were handling their own teams right now...
Re: Re: Re: No Bullshit Please...
by abc_xyz abc_xyz on Apr 20, 2009 02:33 PM
Excellent point Mr Balachandran. This is what I have always tried to acheive in my limited 4 yrs of IT exp. Its not about you alone learning and dumping others, but help others take off from where you left, if you get to leave is always the trick to promotions and success.
I opnely ask help others and ask for their help, as ultimately it helps me gain more knowledge and helps the organization as well in terms of more productivity.
