Had it not been a desire to have a look at my Dad's office or an unnecessary temptation of undergoing a small term training at the country's largest public sector unit, I would never have landed up in an environment which I now dislike the most. Kudos to Dad for spending a long (>22 years .... man!!) glorious period of his professional life here... Bravo... I'm proud of you Dad!
What hits me the most is the contrasting difference between the two workplaces... the one where I interned last summer & the one where I am getting trained this summer. The only similarity is that both of them are the ace ones in their respective fields. But they are so very different from head to foot, from body to soul, that I can't help but disgruntle at the situation.
Now most of my frenz would simply nod and sigh out their acceptance by saying "Yeah! I know What you did last summer!", but buddies believe me when I say this certainly is not like what I did last summer :(. Every, single drop of air here shouts loud bout the laziness & careless attitude of work.
Time is something which they seem to have in abundance. In compensation to the flexible timings people enjoyed at MS, the office here is supposed to open at 8 AM, though the security walas (not the good natured men of G4S but old uncles of CISF) keep you waiting till 8:45 AM to furnish you with a Gate Pass (the Sarkari bhai of Access Card). Why in the whole world do I need it... just in order to get into the grounds of BHEL, to cross the huge iron gates guarding the ADM building which is not a spec when compared to the MS campus (though small in size, it still had a sense of grandness and a prevalent homely feeling). Moreover, the G4S guys never used to let you enter without your access cards whereas here no one even cares more than a needle to check your gate pass thouroughly.
Entering further into the realms, there is no heed given to the employees' enjoyment. In IDC, our Team Admins used to remain on their toes for every small little favors we used to ask from them. Here the so called Personnel department doesn't even care for it! As an intern too I had enjoyed a hell lot at IDC, whereas here I am god-dammit paying for getting trained :(, so why should I be given any good natured, well behaved conversations!
All this and much more ( I know it more or less seems like a cribbing session... but couldn't help it), it just gives a thought to what the hell will the goverment do or how much great deeds can a governemnt do with this kindda attitude prevalent in all government and public sectors. These offices and firms are there to help countrymen grow and let the country grow... but the biggest question is how will the seed even survive without even a beam of the sunshine of enthusiasm!
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Hehe... I can so very well understand what u r goin thru. I too work in a psuedo governmental setup. It is the bureaucracy which bogs u, leading people to have an infinite time at their disposal, and when u approach anyone, they would end up telling you that they are "very busy" and they have "no time"... coz all they are busy with is moving papers around and waiting for others to take decisions.
Another prominent feature in such organisations is: "Who will bell the cat?". At times I feel that for every small decision, the divisional chief has to intervene. :P And ofcourse the lack of "employee centrism" is always there.
I can write a complete blog on it. But I will stop here... with the hope that these orgs understand what it needs to retain people than crib about attrition.
PS: You are lucky in experiencing both conditions before u start working. You can make an informed choice :)
@Mayank: Yeah... buddy... thats what I was thinking all along... rest lets see what happens... after all it will take more than you and me to change this not at all beautiful world!
actually pallav, everybody doesn't think like u...thr r ppl(n i wud say many in r gr8 country) who go 4 a govt job only coz of this reason. we r iitians, we feel its awkward, but it is very convenient for those who dont hv 2 work at all except 4 signing attendance daily n then on sal buk monthly.
@Aman: Well, its an irony... but doesn't it sound like wat we're doin these days! :P
u r rite, but v ll never plan our entire life dat way!!!
I guess you were lucky to have your intern in MS where you were treated so well... i agree the public sector is a bit screwed up but then how many of us "smart" engineers join these industries..so they end up having "not so smart" engineers and thus a downward spiral continues...So stop cribbing sweetie change it or forget about it
You are Interning at BHEL!!! Wat made u give up the bliss that is doing "nothing" all day at home for this? And you didn't tell me about it through that almost hour long chat!
And Dear, this ain't your first encounter with our govt, what made you feel things can be different at BHEL, a PSU to the core? And this is exactly why we need more global competition for the PSUs so that they are forced to reform their ways lest they perish
hehe..to be fare..you are comparing BHEL & MS..come on yaar..in the first firm nt even one iitian would go,the second has toppers from evrywhere..
my dad also works in a PSU,so i know what you are saying.though I never dared to intern there :D
@Uatu: Well the dare was all to gain a 15 days net access...which was not available at home!
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