Late sitting in office

it is not healthy but if you don't late sit in your office you continue working at home and that is worse than late sitting in office...
 
Dear All,

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sony2007 said:
Do late sitting in office is healthy for co-workers?
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this shud nt b a habit.With proper planning you can avoid working late hrs.If you sit late hrs you are spoiling ur health.Ur family costs here.ultimately stress increases. productivity decreases.
 
occassional late sitting in office is 5n....bt it shdnt become an habit...

late sitting in office need nt necessarily show ur sincerity towards ur wrk bt it cn also b taken as ur inefficiency in completing ur wrk on tym

n besides this it also indicate dat u consider ur tym less important than d company's tym...

so beware...late sitting in ur office can leave a wrong impression of u rather dan a good 1 ^_~

gone r d tyms wn d longer u wrk d better response u gt....now only quality is considered dat too only wn its completed in d gvn tym limit ^_^
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late sitting in office is not a big issue nowadays...the times of 9 to 5 job have gonne long back...its time for work done till morning sharp 8..for this if your work demands you should stay back.
 
Mail sent by Narayan Murthy to all Infosys staff:

It's half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on...
PCs still running, coffee machines still buzzing...
And who's at work? Most of them ??? Take a closer look...

All or most specimens are ??
Something male species of the human race...

Look closer... again all or most of them are bachelors...

And why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!!
Any guesses???
Let's ask one of them...
Here's what he says... 'What's there 2 do after going home...Here we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee that is why I am working late...Importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!'

This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices.

Bachelors 'Time-passing' during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they've nothing else to do...
Now what r the consequences...

'Working' (for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture.

With bosses more than eager to provide support to those 'working' late in the form of taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback, (oh, he's a hard worker... goes home only to change..!!).
They aren't helping things too...

To hell with bosses who don't understand the difference between 'sitting' late and 'working' late!!!

Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.

So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a family... office is no longer a priority, family is... and
That's when the problem starts... b'coz u start having commitments at home too.

For your boss, the earlier 'hardworking' guy suddenly seems to become a 'early leaver' even if u leave an hour after regular time... after doing the same amount of work.

People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labelled as work-shirkers...

Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays... though) leave on time are labelled as 'not up to it'. All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on 'working' not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they would have to regret at one point of time.

So what's the moral of the story??
* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
* Never put in extra time ' unless really needed '
* Don't stay back unnecessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues.

There are hundred other things to do in the evening..

Learn music...

Learn a foreign language...

Try a sport... TT, cricket.........

Importantly,get a girl friend or boy friend, take him/her around town...

* And for heaven's sake, net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low (plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.

Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *'Life's calling, where are you??'*

Please pass on this message to all those colleagues and please do it before leaving time, don't stay back till midnight to forward this!!!

IT'S A TYPICAL INDIAN MENTALITY THAT WORKING FOR LONG HOURS MEANS VERY HARD WORKING & 100% COMMITMENT ETC.

PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SIT LATE IN THE OFFICE DON'T KNOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME. SIMPLE !

Regards,
NARAYAN MURTHY.
 
^^ excellent post, dina. that makes one wonder. See, India is a strange country and everyone should agree with that. people dont have much ethics.. and this is related to staying late too
 
Its really OK... As long as you are busy in your work, but when that becomes a regular affair a lot of frustration starts creeping in which is not good personally or professionally.
 
Sitting late in office shows that one is not competent enough to run or do the assigned work same as given to others, as others can finish their work by 6 and go home and the person who is sitting in office till 9 or 10 shows that he/she is not efficient.

Before marriage people sit late in offices cos they can speak to thr dear ones, but later after marriage if they leave early even after finishing ALL thr work BOSS thinks that he is not working hard these days..

but the fact is he/she is working HARD these days before he/ she was HARDLY working which is not noticed by the company.. so follow the company standards and stay when it is really needed which is good for u and also for the company.
 
Its not like that sitting in the office for late hours is healthy or not......... its all about achieving target within allotted time period or deadline. Time Management is the best solution for this
 
Sitting late becomes habit in some time if it is frequent and results in sluggishness in work coz one accepts that he has to sit late in office and keeps on pending work.

The most important thing is to realize work is just a part of life and we work to live and not live to work.
 
its not a matter of healthy or unhealthy, if one has to complete an assignment, he will have to do it, if he will not sit late in the office, the assignment will go to other day and other day same thing will happen, so, one has to finish the assignment if he finishes it early, he will not have to sit late, so it all depends on the person himself..
 
yeah late sitting in office should be avoided. Most of us spend lots of time in Food courts for breakfast,lunch and snacks. If we can reduce that time to some extent. we dont have to sit late even if the work demands
 
Sitting late in the office is healthy it shows your good intentions to the company that getting the job done is your priority
 
According to me, late sitting in office is fair enuf wen there is actual need for it. Otherwise it just makes a habit bcomes a habit of bosses, n den causes unnecessary troubles.
 
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