whatever you do, you are creating your own future

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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? 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??? #et’s ask one of them… (ere’s what he sa$s… )%hat’s there * do after going home…(ere we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee that is wh$ I am working late…Importantl$ 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, he’s a hard worker… goes home onl$ to change''2 !he$ aren’t helping things too… !o hell with bosses who don’t 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$,

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8/11/2019 Whatever You Do, You Are Creating Your Own Future

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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? 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??? #et’s ask one of them… (ere’s what he sa$s… )%hat’s

there * do after going home…(ere we get to surf, AC, phone, food,

coffee that is wh$ I am working late…Importantl$ 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, he’s a hard worker… goes home onl$ to change''2

!he$ aren’t helping things too…

!o hell with bosses who don’t 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$… office is no longer a priorit$,

8/11/2019 Whatever You Do, You Are Creating Your Own Future

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famil$ is… and !hat’s when the problem starts… b’coz 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 what’s the moral of the stor$??

7 4er$ clear, #A4 9& !I'''

7 &e/er put in e3tra time ) unless reall$ needed )

7 :on’t 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/en’s 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’#ife’s calling, where are $ou??’7

8/11/2019 Whatever You Do, You Are Creating Your Own Future

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Please pass on this message to all those colleagues and please do it

 before lea/ing time, don’t sta$ back till midnight to forward this'''

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Regards,

NARAYAN MURTHY.  “Whatever you do, you are creating your own future.”