After a hardwork and serious studies of 4 years, my friends and I got our Economics degrees from the University of Karachi. Before jumping into the job market we were all afraid of our future because we had heard stories that in Pakistan, good jobs are only landed by using bribery, influence (sifarish) or other unfair means.
On the contrary, soon enough, most of my University buddies landed themselves good jobs in banking sector which paid them handsomely with attractive perks and all on merit. So it came as a blessing and good surprise that most of us got decent jobs without any unethical means.
At present, most of my friends qualify as part of the burgeoning middle-class, which has been progressing decently by earning good money. They live in comfortable houses, their kids go to good schools, they travel in cars leased from the loans from their banks and they eat fast food. To sum it all up they have the status and the lifestyles that remains a dream of millions of other Pakistanis.
Life is imperfect though. My friends also have their share of problems which is affecting their lives in one way or the other. In most cases, these problem occur due to creeping work hours. In the begining they look harmless and go unnoticed, because they are accepted as a norm of corporate life in Pakistan. But slowly but surely cracks began to appear in the fabric of family life. Earning men and women in Pakistan now find themselves spending more and more time in office and less and less time with thier spouses and children.
Some say it is the norm of corporate culture; Some say it is the way their bosses want them to live their office-lives and some say it is nothing but the way things work in a salaried society. But I want to call it exploitation. Exploitation of making employees sit late in the offices to work like a bullock in fields. The work hours now go well after their scheduled 9-5 timing.
Sitting late in the office is making people perpetually tired and irritated. Wives are getting enormous burden of caring for the whole family without due support from their husbands. It is disturbing the balance at home and can lead to lot more severe repercussions. More and more, wives alone are helping children to do well in studies in stiffer competitions at schools; they do shopping for the whole family including their hubbies alone; they drive cars to pay utility bills and look for plumbers, electricians and what they get at the end of the day? A sleepy and tired husband irked after long and tiring day at job which usually spans around 12-15 hours.
I have come across several people in private companies who work untill midnight just because their companies look to get bulk of work done with the lean work force. In some offices, bosses like to sit late in the offices just to show how efficient and effective they. This puts extra pressure on the staff who also tend to stay late and don’t want to appear as those who dare to leave before the boss.
My brother works in a renowned Pharmaceutical Company where work hours stretch to days. My family has seen him spending nights in the offices sleeping on the office desks because they have to finish a project no matter how and no matter what. Recently, I heard from my brother that one of his colleagues quit the job because his parents, and especially his sick mother couldn’t bear his late sittings after what happened with peace and law in recent months in our country.
Money is important. There is no argument against it. But one should not get so blindedsighted in the greed of it that we fail to understand that money is good only when we can have time to spend and enjoy it.
As increased numbers of heart diseases and heart attacks in Pakistani males has something to do with the kind of culture that prevails at our workplaces. Enormous pressures of getting the most out of our jobs to give better futures to our children are making men and women of Pakistan, money-making machines. Our marriages are also getting disturbed by this trend because wives think of themselves as maids who were brought from their parents houses to tender to husband and his family single-handedly. Children are also getting used to the fact that they have only one person to tell each and everything and that is their mothers because their fathers are always in the office.
We need to understand this and stop this exploitation at the hands of our organizations because we are their employees not their slaves.
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But…..but….unbridled capitalism, maximum profits at minimum cost, and no rights for workers are a GOOD thing!
We know, because the Americans said so!
Corporate growth is the only thing that matters on the whole planet! So long as corporations are getting bigger and amassing more billions everybody will be happy–absolutely everybody! You just haven’t waited long enough. Sleeping on your desk is a small price to pay for living in an Americanized world. So now it sounds like Pakistani middle class wives are living like their sisters in the American suburbs, so cutely parodied in the show “Desperate Housewives”. This, too, is nothing to worry about!
Didn’t you get the memo?
A meeting to discuss this Commie trend of ingratitude towards your company masters will be held at 11:45 p.m. Be there.
*sigh* posts like this are so discouraging. For what do American congressmen and Texan millionaire socialite/businesswomen meddle in Pakistani politics for, if not to make the world safe for… for…well, for their own cash flow?
And then people still gripe. Sheeesh.
This used to be pretty common in the software industry too but I was working for a company who besides being one of the best in Pakistan finally realized that if they dont shoo off their employees at 6pm, they wont get good results.
culturally speaking, we desis like to chit chat our way to work and thus we have to spent overtime. Simply be rude, dont participate in conversations and leave ur desk at 5pm!
Whining, Cribbing & Complains galore.
I am rather perturbed to hear so much complain from the younger segment of corporate culture. Complaining of late hours at at your age is disconcerting, rather unprofessional and spells nothing short of disasater for the next generation of Corp Exec who will be running the shows at major Banks, Fin Inst, Pharma, Textile, Service industry etc etc across teh country as hopefully provide world class manpower, talent and skills for the global markets.
Married or not, kids or no kids, domestic problems, personal issues etc – just remember they all stop short of your office and should not have any affect on your performance. Do remember that the show must not stop and that we all are dispensable at the end of the day including teh top paying CEOs and Presidents of giant corps.
This is your age to learn, to absorb and to crave for any opportunity that comes your way instead of counting the hours on your watch.
If we need to be anywhere near India (forget rest of the world) we need to do soem serious thinking and work on our lackluster presence in the global comity of corporate culture.
The mad drive for instant riches, better jobs, promotiosn, bonuses without putting in your due share is becoming an acceptable practice and sadly so these louts do not see any issue or shame in it.
Interestinglly enough Pakistanis do well on above counts when they work outside Pakistan as they see and realize that it is a norm and that they are no exception.
Grow Up
Young man – you are complaining of hard work – you ain’t seen nothing!
This is norm for us in the US academia and luckily living away from our babysitters. Our wives have also taken the burden of raising kids, grocery shopping, balancing books and so on without complaining. And for all the traveling and late hours in the labs and offices, kids are doing well and family life is fine because whatever “little” time we have together is a quality time.
Not to mention my medical professional friends – they work even harder and under a lot more pressure.
By the way, heart problems have nothing to do with hard work – it is bad food choices and poor eating habits!
There is a price to be paid for professional satisfaction, or moving forward and upward – call it sacrifice if you want to extrapolate to national level – Jinnah used to work relentlessly and so I hear all great leaders.
looks like you are still nesting – find a niche for yourself and be proud of what you do – earn a good living rather than easy one – as the old saying goes “better wear out than to rust away.” Good luck.
@Anwar, I am not sure where do you work but there is no such exploitation in US. I was in Karachi, last month after 5 years and I saw the same situation every where told by an author of this post. Most of my friends were making 80-130K in corporates but they had pretty long hours. One of my friend who works for Allied Bank Investment services could not come home before 9 pm any day and I was thinking what is the use of such money when you do not have time for your self. I have worked for few top IT companies in US and we do not have to put many long hours , if we work honestly 8 hours a day then it is enough for us to get out tasks done completely. Yeah there are some days or even some week ends where we have to work long but that is not a norm and week ends are always compensated by our managers for extra off days. If I stay beyond 7pm at work any day then I am eligible for free dinner at company expense.I have also seen that these top companies always hire 10 persons where there is a need of 8 persons (if those 8 stretch) because they do not want dependency on any one and if any one from team leaves company then the tasks are not held back due to lack of personnels(think that 2 extra person salaries as an insurance for timely completion) . Most companies in US force their employees to use the vacations, they have a policy of “use it or waste it”. In Pakistan no one generally utilizes his PTO because he has so much work load that he simply can’t take off and there is a peer pressure on every one not to take any days off because no one else is taking. Ah, so much for hard work.
Hi all,
Does any body knows the names of some popular and effective jobs search sites ir recruiters?
I am a US based Paki want to return home after 16 years of educating and living in the west. Even though the conditions in pak are not very favorable but desperately want to come back home. I have a undergrad in engg and earned a couple of masters (in sciences and business) with 10+ yrs corporate america experience and certifications you name it!
Please help.
Thks,
Abdul
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The views of both the author (that there is exploitation going on) and some of the respondents (that this is just the beginning) both have their merits.i have a few comments.
the changing corporate culture will slowly and gradually change pakistani society as we know and celebrate it now – and soon we will have dysfunctional families if we don’t address this growing trend.
Why don’t those who feel they are being exploited do something about it? why not form unions and try to get their rights? remember it is a two-way relationship.if you deliver as an employee,it will be either a very brave company or a very foolish company that lets you go for standing up for your rights.the company needs you too.
and finally,yes it is true that to succeed you sometimes have to work long hours.it happens everywhere in the world.however,it should not be taken for granted,accepted as a normal routine.companies should be able to structure their schedules and train their workforce to perform efficiently-if not,they are doing themselves,their workforce,society at large,and Pakistan as a country a disservice.
there ARE multiplier effects to after-hours work,as the writer has noted.we are seeing the long term effects of the american corporate culture now in the disintegration of their society.i read somewhere that divorce rates are going up in pakistan – could that be linked to this as well?
and finally,9-5 must be 9-5,not 11-7! ’nuff said!
I don’t know about the divorce rates….but I will say that the Americans, although they talk very big about their “family values”, even making it an issue in elections, the truth is that for most of them the only place their family exists is in the photo album on the shelf.
Work habits are not entirely the cause–part of it is the tremendous and unprecedented mobility of the American workforce, and the unique size of the country.
Nabeel, you should know that Pakistan is a union-free and very union-unfriendly country, like Mexico, and again like Mexico this is state of affairs is kept up to please the Americans and make the country more “investor friendly” for them. Unionization in Pakistan, esp. at white-collar levels will be dealt with very, very harshly.
So, yes, Pakistan’s work environment will continue to change and the traditional family will change too, and there will be good and bad aspects of that to consider.
Well, I agree with [Japanese Name], the work environment is not that bad in the U.S. Anwar is right in some regard; however, the people who do work relentlessly in the U.S. CHOOSE to do so…i.e. they do not do it because they fear losing their jobs. I’m a Ph.D. student and often end up sleeping in the lab, pulling “all-nighters” to crunch numbers and finish manuscripts that were due yesterday, etc….but again, I do it because I enjoy it.
Also, I may have limited experience, but there is one BIG POINT I’d like to mention….I don’t mean to sound cynical, but the vast majority of people in any given workplace, do 1 hour’s work in 10 hours’ time….i.e., most people are not actively working all the time….that is why I like working with people who judge progress in terms of actual work done, as opposed to the number of hours spent.
I used to have co-workers who came in earlier, left later, and were constantly typing…typing God knows what! because their programs always failed, their background knowledge was zero, etc etc.
On the one hand, I do agree that we need to work hard be it 9-to-5 or 9-to-9. It doesnt matter as long as the job is done, and done so at its best. But I am worried about how people (in this modern professional world of ours) are beginning to sacrifice time with their families and even for themselves. Those who talk about the US/Europe, and how people there work very late and very hard, shouldnt forget about the high divorce rate, neglect to children, personal physical (obesity, heart disease) and emotional health (stress, temperamental disorders) problems prevalent there. And its not just there, I have experienced and discussed similar problems with people in the London (City), Hong Kong etc. People in these places may be more affluent compared to say 40 years ago, but are they happier? I think not! My recent visit to Karachi tells me the corporate/professional culture (mostly in the banking/financial sector I have to say) there is falling into the same trap: professional and financial gain (at the cost of personal and family well-being) is what is highly valued.
But then I do realise that to develop and progress, society on the whole does need to put in a lot of effort, thought and hard work. Social and economic development (both at personal and national levels) does not come easy. Our scientists need to solve our problems, our bankers need to sustain our economy, our academics (and students) do need to pursue rigorously, and our parents/spouses do need to helps us out with this.
I am an academic, spent last 10 years of my life working away, getting the publications, doing the evening tutorial runs, and so on. But lately I think, I try to come home a bit early on days when I can. Those extra couple of hours playing with my kid, talking to my dad and just being around my family, I think are worthed. People tell me I smile more these days. I agree.
Life is a delicate balance, between the mutiple roles that we are forced to adopt and our aspirations (be it material/professional). Every day is an attempt at getting it right – who says its easy…
@ ” Shaikhspeare”
this is not “Macbeth” !! its hard-working- over-time
riddnen- obidient- corporate- class- culture of Pakistani
unsecured Romeos still looking for their Jullietes
in vain. What is awaiting for pakistan ?
a propos :
Your lovely photo probably of the main banking avenue
of Karachi, with splendid full moon reminding me of the
Late His majesty Muhammed Rafi ‘ famous song
” Chaudewin ka chaand ho, ya aftab ho,
jo bhi ho tum Khuda ki qasam, lajawab ho ”
Muhammed Rafii Zindahbaad
My Friends,
After coming to the US in late teen age and spending 17 years in the US in College/Corporate America I believe that you cannot look at hours/environment in isolation. It is great to see so many great Pakistani brains at work on this blog making sensible arguments. However, the nature of the Pakistani culture and family for most part helps share much of the burden of the hard work and stress. That family fabric and structure of helpers at home and work still provides some support in a hard days work. As pointed out earlier by someone, corporate culture is not a sprint, but rather a life long Marathon. I agree though when there are disagreements about how hard you have to work in the U.S. It is based on the industry, field, and perhaps the nature of your management. But one thing that stands out every time I come to Pakistan and visit with my friends who are doing fairly well in their careers is that; people work hard in Pakistan as well, but the ratio of the people with a very strong work ethic is unbalanced in the favor of U.S. Even after achieving everything that the U.S has achieved the system as a whole is working for relentless improvement. To the extent that if you are not part of the system you are very quickly left behind(Out of a job even). Pure and simple laissez-faire capitalism.
As a Pakistanis, we still have to achieve much. As long as one can continue to balance our life priorities to some level, I say keep on pushing as hard as you can. Never be afraid to push yourself harder because you will find creative ways to balance family, life, and a successful career. Failure to push harder always leads to not knowing if you could have accomplished more on all aspects of life.
The maximum exploitation of resources and labor for the maximization of profit is the name of the game for many corporations. Their operational ethics is looking out for their investment and not the problems of their employees
I believe, salaried employees should give their best in the 8 hours they are at job and go home when time is up. BUT when need may arise to meet deadlines, an occasional late sitting or occasional week-end work should be acceptable.
If employees have to put in lots of long hours regulalry then the fault lies either in project planning OR employees are not being efficient in their 8-hour day.
Ahsan, has brought up a great point of toll on families b/c of spouse’s regular long hours. It is a very valid concern.
The comments here have been very educational for me and great to see a meaningful discussion forming up.
Lets separate ‘working at ungodly hours’ from ‘hard work’ in this discussion. I think the Pakistani society needs some serious overhaul in the time management dept. and more sense of hard toil in the citizenry. There is absolutely nothing wrong with more hours if it is getting you somewhere in life, as the writer does admit, but the way the majority of the nation has fallen into the habit of late late nights and late late mornings is really irksome.
First thing that comes to my mind is ‘Time Management’.
How much time do people really spend working?? With so much flow of information through emails, online chatting and all other browsing activities , I think people hardly work for 70% of the time they are paid for.
These things were missing a decade ago so people were more time effective.
I do understand that some managers in Pakistan exploit the people like slaves but this is not always the case.
If one thinks that s/he has to work all the time ( not occasionally ) what one person can do then s/he can ask the boss to hire 3 people instead of two and divide the salary. This way one more person will get the decent job but is one willing to share??? Company always has limited resources and time and they are there to make money. It may sound bitter but this is the fact. You can not have everything in life.
I have worked in Pakistan and few other countries across the globe, corporate and non-corporate environments, and my observation comes to in-effective time management.
When I see many people in Pakistan ( or anywhere else) getting high salaries whining I just wonder if they have ever asked a little girl who is selling flowers at every traffic light, how many hours does she work!…or a guy from lower economic classes who is as good as any other in the country but he never got any opportunity.
Eddie man, you are student and you may enjoy working late, but if you work in corporate culture, that
The author
@Abdul,
You may want to look at the ROZEE.pk website. They seem to have a very decent selection of job listings in Pakistan.
I agree with author’s stance on the situation. Sometimes there is an urgent need for late hour sittings, even in that case ,companies should not take it as granted. It should be taken as favour from employees and must be compensated financially with overtime payments and other perks. However if the late sittings become a normal practice that shows a lack of management and planning.
I think one should try to follow timings right from the day 1 of the job. And if you want to learn more or gain more on job experience , then you have 8-9 hours daily to do that, learn during these time. Employment is bi-directional contract which can prosper by mutual coordination. It should not be the employee sacrificing for the corporation but corporation should also return the favor to the employees.
I’ve spent most of my time at work from 11am to 12am/2am only because I wanted to. But there were times when our managers (faujis) promised something to their bosses that at first we thought was ridiculously impossible, yet we ended up finishing it.
This happened not once but many a times and that’s how we helped our managers realize that no matter how much they throw at us, we will help them realize their objectives. Upon which they grew overconfident in our abilities and started expecting miracles.
There are two aspects to this issue, one is the hierarchical organizational structure and other is lack of communication.
The organizational structure means you cannot, in any circumstances, get ahead of yourselves. i.e approach the manager’s boss and let him know of any issues in case you really do have a bad manager.
This hierarchical structure also results in a reduction of time needed for a project by a certain factor down every rung of the ladder. The managers are playing it safe but then they don’t know how long a task will really take to finish.
Which brings me to communication. You are the person who is going to complete the task and you have been hired because you are good at what you do. So technically you are the expert in that matter for your company. Know how long it takes to finish a certain task assuming a good 8-hour work day and let you manager know if there is not enough time. It is their job to figure out how to get you more time. If they cannot… well you have a tough time ahead.
As for those older than us and admonishing us for complaining of hard work… sirs respectfully… we’re not afraid of working hard. We’re willing to spend more time if you wish on our work, but there is a reason why there is an 8 hour workday. A happy work force is a good work force. You cannot expect to make this country a better place with 12 hour work timings. We need to work efficiently and it would be a great help if you guys can plan a little better.
Being a director of an IT company, I’ve experienced similar kind of situation. At beginning of company operations in Pakistan we were working 12 – 15 hours a day but results were crappy. I shifted it to 8 hours with 15 minutes brake after every 2 hours. Results are awesome. Production is a little less but sure our quality has certainly improved more then 100%.
In capitalistic society quality is more important then quantity. Pakistani companies should think about it.
Any way a very good post.
So, in the end it’s all about individual choice, right? No one is being forced to work long hours (in the sense that you’re fired, not killed for not doing it). Rationality would suggest that people choose to work long rather than getting fired, because life after losing that particular job that makes you work long is unacceptable. So why is the blame shifting to corporate greed, the Americans, and the other usual suspects? Seems like a case of having my cake and eating it too! If nobody like’s to work long, then everybody would choose to not work long hours, which means no corporation would be able to hire any people if it requires them to work long. Seems like the problem is all those party poopers who happliy put in the hours.
All,
I’ve been in U.S. for 20 years and work for a major corporation. I’ve very seldom worked more than 8 hrs/day or 40 hrs/week…so I don’t think it’s fair to say this is the “americanization” of Pakistani society nor it’s fair for some people to say that Pakistan youngs should get used to it…just because only “hard work” will get them there. I fully support the author that there should be a good work-life balance and working for more than 50 hours/week must be very strongly discoraged and fought against.
I think one must have his own choice and right to decide how many hours he wants to work (besides the 40 hours requirements)… and not forced by his managers or peer pressure.
The people who work too hard and stay late at office need not worry about their personal life.
I worked late at night and thought to reduce my hours. Then I found out that my wife is not happy for me being home early. My driver was even more upset than my wife. Give some privacy to your wife and servants. These are perks of the job!!!
Welcome to the corporate world my friend……… this is how capitalism works and this is how you can make something out of yourself……….
If you want 9-5 hours, then you can always go for the government…. but then you need the “sifarish”, connections and bribe, which you yourself pointed out that you did not require to get jobs in private sector.
This is pretty common all across the world…. pakistan, india, UK , US, Canada, Europe….. its just how capitalism works!!! The hard-workers get their due, while the lazy ones get left behind!!
Hummm….
I have worked in five countries (including Pakistan) over the last 14 years and will disappoint you by saying that there is no such thing as a 9-5 job. It’s a myth – even in the public sector.
I do recall that the hours were long when I started working but as one gets more settled, adjustments can – and should be – made for a better work-life balance. Most good employers are aware of this and encourage it. But in the early days, its a slog, a real slog.
Late working hours are the norm in corporate culture in UK, USA and obviously PK.
This is just a reality.
But many well managed businesss do allow for work/life balance but in corporate world you really have to seek out firms that offer such.
Well, for Jobs in Pakistan you can try for sure http://www.pakjoblist.com
Janab, Aap kyon araaz hiaa kaam say, sochiyee kee ek gareeb mazdoor dhoop mein khada hokay kaam karta hiaa din bhar.
You are lucky that you have have studied well and found a good job, look at people in Afghanistan, Africa no means of living.
I think we should learn to live happy and try to help others in whatever capacity we have, that will give you enormous happiness which money or a corporate career can give you. If you follow capitalism, it will teach you that as long as u can sell their stuff u will be happy, and selling starts from toilet paper to missiles. We need to change the life of other who are not as lucky as we are.
Shabbakher :)
Young man you are lucky. You were able to get jobs with Economics degree. Think of people in late sixtees and seventees who were cream of the crop with engineering and medical degrees who roamed the streets for months without any job. They eventually ended up in US and Europe.
Having worked in Saudi for a local arab Sheikh, Egypt, England, Pakistan, Canada, USA, and South Korea, I found the hardest place to work is South Korea. Koreans have the longest work week with an average of 56 hours compared to Scandinavians of about 30 hours per week.
Well, I almost read all the comments, I work in a bank (i wont mention name here) recently got my job (5 months back) and there is no late sitting at all, I have left an organization (a software house) who runs 24×7 in my 2 years of job over there my personal and social life was destroyed my all friends were asking to come n enjoy get together but I was always saing i cant b/c of my job, well what i observe in such organization where u have to work in shifts like evening (5 to 1:30am) and night (1:30 to 9:30 am) and morning (9 to 6pm) all the time one can jsut think when i reach home n get sum sleep get up n get ready for office, life sucks….. my family was keep asking me to stay with us for sum hours at home but i cant…. i left that job even they were asking me if the double my salary but i said noooo i dont want to work here….. but now i thank God i reach at home till 6pm have lots of time to sit with my family members… the guys who sit late in offices without any reason r for TC :) n nothing more then that i have noticed that ….. well guy all is about time management n dedication Allah is there to open ways for u. i was shocked after reading that guy post studied in america for 16 years n saying please help me to get job in Pak.. my God v r much better then……..
It is heartening to see young people feeling discomfort with unbridled capitalism … :)
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Our Changing Corporate Culture Creates eXploitation. Remember, Its not a one way traffic. One who enters in the wrong way should bear the consequences either its an Employee or the Employer, Decision matters.
Ahsan feels the Change & point it out for all of us, Employees & The Employers. We should negotiate & understand eachother, We Should negotiate & understand ourselves.
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It is not in foreign countries to work in office late night. I t happens only bin pakistan
People make it habit and form a shape of culture later. When someone leaves office on time at 5.00 pm , bosses start staring like as if he is doing some crime.
Once or twice in a week is OK but dont make it habit otherwise people start expecting everytime that you can stay back for small small work.
Nice review, I will like to change last two lines of your post:-
We need to understand this and “suffer” this exploitation at the hands of our organizations because we are their “slaves”not their “employees”.
Secondly, this is how it goes. Specially (SH)IT software houses are like these. I myself have suffered alot and now doing job on “work-at-home” basis.
I wonder why Musharraf has issued the Web ethics codes law before issuing exploting of the employers!! duh !
Very well written. The work culture is absolutely the same here in India. I don’t think things will ever change.
Late sitting in offices is only because of some stupid bosses, who want to make a lot of progress in the company. Actually, they are mad men who don’t care of their social lives. They think that Allah made them only to work in office and nothing else. All educated new comers should protest againt this system and stop it at all.
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I work in the US. Here a full time job means 40-60 hr weeks ,most weeks of the year.
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Its good to hear about the job which you and your friends got because whatever you heard about bribery , influence and other unfair means its true but some time people got their job with fair means and that could be say the luck which you people got because job can be get easily but proper field and attractive pay can be the problem.
This is true that in our country there are Managers who seem to be inspired by the foreign countries/ multinational environment, when it comes to ‘late sitting’. Its a pity that while doing this they never realize/ consider the human element and the humanitarian approach, political environment, social environment, law & order situation and other such things which the foreign Managers recognize at the very first place. Another important thing worth mentioning is that these Managers do late sitting only because they want to show their efficiency to the top management – althouigh the same work could have easily been completed if they would have been punctual and started doing their jobs in the prescribed official timing. In other words its just ACT BUSY, DOIN NOTHING attitude. These days a new trend is emerging that the Managers force the female employees to sit in the office till late hours (example 08:30 p.m) which is a violation of laws and also it is very indecent and this is happening not just in private companies but also in reputed Government offices. I feel that the Human Resource professionals and Government of Pakistan intervene and bring an end to such a sick attitude and provide an encouraging and better working environment to the ‘weaker sex’.
hi…..this is so true……..it’s the same in India……my husband works in private sector in the field of media and his work extends till 9 or 10 or sometimes 11pm…..which makes me furious a lot as we have just got married…..and i am tired of waiting and waiting for husband at home as i am not working presently…….. ..I wonder where the humanity is heading….ultimately we all want happiness, mental peace and family but in corporate sector there is no concept of family life only office office……..poor wives keep on waiting for their husbands all day long, getting the grocery, vegetables, shopping everything all alone…so where is the bliss of togetherness…..it is more lonely after getting married and doing things all alone……
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