Friday, July 31, 2009
Are you on half-day today?
I called for a meeting the other day. It was about 5.30 pm. A number of my officers turned-up. One or two had to attend meetings outside. One of them went home early because times-up to go home at 4.30pm, as this person’s official working hours is from 7.30 am to 4.30pm. Well, in government office there is a flexi-system known as WP1, WP2 and WP3. Under WP1, you can clock in at 7.30am and go home at 4.30pm or WP2 you clock in at 8.00am and go home at 5.00pm or under WP3 you can come in at 8.30 am and go home at 5.30pm. So I told the officers who turned-up for the meeting a story that my friend from a private sector company told me. My friend said that one day he was about to go home at 6pm, a colleague of him passing by asked him “are you on half-day today”. It seems that in his company everybody normally leaves after 9pm. So anybody who goes home earlier than that they make sarcasm joke that he or she is on half-day leave. Similarly, I asked my officers whether the person who had gone home at 4.30 pm is on half-day leave. From then on, this becomes a sarcasm joke in my office too.
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Doesnt mean that if everyone leave the office late its consider as normal. at the same time if someone very particular about his timing he is "half-day". everyone have their own life after working hours and you should not take for granted by asking them stay back until late night or "your normal timing". they have thier own family, friends and community to look after.
shouldn't you write think back why everybody need to work untul night if they were proactive & efficient?
again you should ask yourself if other department can finish their work in working hour and still being excelent meaning that something went wrong somewhere. it can either the management or the officers.
"Similarly, I asked my officers whether the person who had gone home at 4.30 pm is on half-day leave. From then on, this becomes a sarcasm joke in my office too."
im very intrested with this part as it show your respect to others. im not sure you are the big boss or an ordinary oficer. whatever it is i believe everyone have their own self respect. shouldnt you respect them? think dear writer.
doesnt matter how big one if that person fail to respect others...thats it you fail in your life!
"Are you on half-day today?" will not be a half day for those who are not efficient and proactive!
if government has this flexi working hours and if no body folling it than why ther should be a rules and regulation? again is it government's FAILURE policy?
expecting people come in on time but finishing time shouldn't follow it?
its call "hypocrism"!
saying is not the same when doing it.
hahahhaha....
this shows how shallow the thinking level of my officers.
i know that u r one of my officer and can even tell who u r. People who have shallow mind like u thats why the nation is not progressing. By all means u can leave this organization and dont even think of coming back. We dont need u. You can go to those organization where u can sleep or pick up your wife during office hours. You can hang around with your frens in the canteen until 9.00 am nobody bother to ask u.
Goodluck in your PTD carrer
salam sir,
i just want to express my humble opinion..i do agree and disagree with some of the points here..im a mother of two working in private sector who always come home late.and yes, going back home on time is like you are going back before the time...as for me if you are able to settle all your tasks, there is nothing wrong to go home right on time especially when u have growing kids and family to take care of..unless there are still lot of pending jobs. and till now, i do want to join the public service since i'd rather give my full commitment towards the nations rather than to a company that seldom appreciate their worker.
To Anonymous, maybe some of them are proactive and efficient, but i do believe that type of employee falls under small number of people. And are they able to produce a quality job? Lots of officers unable to complete their tasks on time. and i do know that some of them spending most of their time surfing on internet rather than doing their job. And as a results, other officers have to finish up their delayed job.
For people who are working in public sector..they are actually carrying a tremendous burden + taking care of the nations = managing the country..For example those working in treasury, in my opinion(from the view of ordinary people) must be very busy since you r managing n controlling the Country's money and economy!An officer cant simply complete his/her report without study and doing research on previous reports or publications. Unless, they are taking it for granted.Lots of work to do..
But i do believe this isnt gonna last throughout the year..there is peak period where during this time most of them have to stayback especialy in the middle of economic crisis n before the budget presentation..this is when the extra working hours applicable... after that..maybe most of them have less job and able to come home on time..there must be balance..family need their time too.
My husband used to work in audit firm and currently has join the public service..Al-Hamdulillah, he worked even harder and trying to serve his best..plus he always come back late n come to the office on weekend..(n i do hope we can have a normal life after this peak period..haha :-))- so thats mean there are still good people that really wants to contribute by joining the public service.
Salam..
Hmmm...only and only if all people come in to join public service TO SERVE, then the "result" of public service would be better. But if one only join to earn salary, then contribute nothing, that would be a burden to public service. But think again, why would someone live and yet dont want to contribute anything? Maybe they should just die instead of living :-)
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