Its half past 8 in the office but the lights are still on PCs still

running, coffee machines still buzzing And whos at work? ost of

them ??? !ake a closer look
All or most specimens are ?? "omething male species of the human
race
#ook closer again all or most of them are bachelors
And wh$ are the$ sitting late? %orking hard? &o wa$''' An$
guesses??? #ets ask one of them (eres what he sa$s )%hats
there * do after going home(ere we get to surf, AC, phone, food,
coffee that is wh$ I am working lateImportantl$ no
bossssssss'''''''''''
!his is the scene in most research centers and software companies and
other off+shore offices,
-achelors )Passing+!ime during late hours in the office .ust bcoz the$
sa$ the$/e nothing else to do &ow what r the conse0uences
)%orking 1for the record onl$2 late hours soon becomes part of the
institute or compan$ culture,
%ith bosses more than eager to pro/ide support to those )working
late in the form of ta3i /ouchers, food /ouchers and of course good
feedback, 1oh, hes a hard worker,, goes home onl$ to change,,''2,
!he$ arent helping things too
!o hell with bosses who dont understand the difference between
)sitting late and )working late'''
4er$ soon, the boss start e3pecting all emplo$ees to put in e3tra
working hours,
"o, $ dear -achelors let me tell $ou, life changes when u get
married and start ha/ing a famil$ office is no longer a priorit$,
famil$ is and !hats when the problem starts bcoz u start ha/ing
commitments at home too,
5or $our boss, the earlier )hardworking gu$ suddenl$ seems to
become a )earl$ lea/er e/en if u lea/e an hour after regular time
after doing the same amount of work,
People lea/ing on time after doing their tasks for the da$ are labelled
as work+shirkers
6irls who thankfull$ alwa$s 1its changing nowada$s though2 lea/e
on time are labelled as )not up to it, All the while, the bachelors pat
their own backs and carr$ on )working not realizing that the$ r
spoiling the work culture at their own place and ne/er realize that the$
would ha/e to regret at one point of time,
"o whats the moral of the stor$??
7 4er$ clear, #8A48 9& !I8'''
7 &e/er put in e3tra time ) unless reall$ needed )
7 :ont sta$ back unnecessaril$ and spoil $our compan$ work culture
which will in turn cause incon/enience to $ou and $our colleagues,
!here are hundred other things to do in the e/ening,,
#earn music,,
#earn a foreign language
!r$ a sport !!, cricket,,
Importantl$,get a girl friend or bo$ friend, take him;her around
town
7 And for hea/ens sake, net cafe rates ha/e dropped to an all+time
low 1plus, no fire+walls2 and tr$ cooking for a change,
!ake a tip from the "mirnoff ad< 7#ifes calling, where are $ou??7
Please pass on this message to all those colleagues and please do it
before lea/ing time, dont sta$ back till midnight to forward this'''
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Regards,

NARAYAN MURTHY.

Whatever you do, you are creating your own future.