This is the most talked about thing among the best IT companies.Many firms are gearing up to make their organization “best place to work”.
What exactly they mean by that..?
What they are doing is placing some or the other kinds of event’s every odd week. Like some quiz competition, celebrating festivals etc.Well to be saying frankly, I like such things happening around me...The employees also get bored with their same monotonous job. Like coding, support, bug fixing...And they too need such events for refreshment.
Having said that, the modern firms in India are thinking about their employees too, but according to me there are other factors which an employee would think will materialize in deciding the ideal work culture of an organization.
1) Being Punctual.
This is the most ignored part of the so called “Business etiquette”. Everyone likes to come at their own suitable timing.
Employee’s main arguments
“As good as the work is getting completed on time. Why the hell should I’ll be coming at 9 sharp”.
“My seniors too come late ...why I should come early ...if no one notices.”
“M on bench and not assigned to any project... is there any need for me to be around 6 hrs in company doing nothing”
“I achieve my deadlines…u got problem?”
“I come late and stay late”
The question here is how far the employees think they are right in what they think...And how far is it important for a firm to be strict about being punctual…
Forgive for my partial knowledge, but western nations do comply with this rule and they are very successful in following it also. The people there have a different mindset. They come at 9 sharp and leave sharp at 6 pm. Also they don’t waste time chatting...Smoking...On tea m/c or coffee shops during office hrs...
But we are Indians and we have a different mindset... The “chalta hai attitude” is always in place.. Or are we TOO practical!!!!
Questions are...How far it’s important and what employees have a say on this…?
2) Business Attire.
As people know software is knowledge driven business. Again employee says
“I don’t like wearing formals..We are developer not managers…or marketing executive...”
“Bill gates and team never used to wear formals”
“The culture of Google is like home (I saw in an fwd mail)”
Think again…a developer doesn’t need to be in suit and tie to do coding, unlike a marketing guy or managers who come in direct contact with clients ..
Can we hope for an organization which is only knowledge driven and no” business etiquettes are compulsory”?
Would we be really enjoying it or we would feel like we are too shabby…on work place...
The very funda that we hear is the clients should be impressed with our way...Our work culture...
Should we be winning clients by showing how well we dress or by showing how bug free our code is????
“Presentation or model “which is most important..???
I want you to answer for this...
3) Canteen Foods.
This is the most important and the most ignored aspect currently it seems...Some firms do have good caters but some really don’t care...
I mean an employee won’t leave his job for the sake of canteen food and marginal varieties offered to him during lunch hrs...But still it becomes a key point in deciding “best place to work” tag. We should ask the firm how seriously you take this issue in becoming one of the “best places to work”...
Finally
Can we challenge the very “some of these business etiquettes”...Saying it won’t work in the software industry of India...
We have a different style of working...
We don’t like formals, tie…being punctual...I don’t know …Is this something western we are following? Or are we too lazy, unprofessional that we don’t follow them…orrrrrr we are too practical as I said before….
(I am not making any point for/against …appreciate if u would elaborate and speak your heart out)
