I recently set the question paper for a university. The process of setting the question paper took me 3 days. After all this, I was given a form to fill for the purpose of payment. It took me almost an hour to fill in the details. Last month, when I judged a moot court competition also, they made me fill in a form which took quite some time to fill. The amount received from these two works is not something…

Many companies and organisations these days have something like "staff welfare department". This is created for the purpose of satisfying some norms of the institution to show off that they care for their workers. Sometimes, it is created as a mandate to satisfy some labour law or government norms. What these staff welfare departments do: Celebrating staff birthdays Taking on one day or two day picnics and travels during the holidays! Conduct sports and games beyond the working hours Meditation…

Let's go back. Modi comes to power in 2014. Things are going fine in 2016, although Modi govt has already started their attack on democracy. Out of nowhere, Modi appears on TV on an evening of November 2016 and announces demonetization! What followed his announcement on state television is serious chaos, never ending queues outside banks and ATMs, people struggling to get money out of their banks, poor bank staff overworking. The entire country's bank staff had to overwork to…

My friend recalled one incident at his company where the boss asked for ideas to show gratitude to the housekeeping staff. Housekeeping staff is the one that cleans up the office and premises. So the HR came up with a brilliant idea. The idea was that the office staff will do the cleaning for one day, so that the housekeeping staff need not clean for a day. On the day, the staff members were juggling between their work and cleaning…

A friend who works in a corporate job narrated this incident which happened in his company. This incident helps us understand how promotions and recognitions work in the corporate sector. In his own words: "we had a meeting of all the employees in our department. The meeting starts and the boss starts shouting at  some employees with allegations of inefficiency and not running certain events properly. In a few minutes, some 3-4 employees who are smart and self aware clearly…

You are playing a game on your phone or your computer. You are given certain tasks, when you complete them as per the set rules, you get rewarded with points. As you complete several tasks, you are sent to the next stage. Things get better. You are finally declared a winner and you feel happy. Now think of your work. When tasks are given and you carry them out as per the set rules. But midway through the task, the…

We often hear people saying, "get out of your comfort zone". These are the same people who believe that nothing good happens if you are doing your life happily without any tensions. Yes, once in a while, it is important to come out of our comfort zones and upgrade ourselves when there is a real need for it. For example, I do not know how to use a new software that is crucial for my profession for the next 5…