I've been working for the last 8 years
(wasting my life in a line that doesn't excite me but more on that in another
post) and have seen a lot of strange and funny things (henceforth referred as
SFT)
SFT No 1. The five day week is a myth.
If you work in a place that gives you the weekends off, you must know that the
work week is actually 3.5 days. The remaining 1.5 day(s) is spent in finalizing
the restaurant for Friday lunch with your colleagues, searching for deals on
Groupon/Snapdeal and planning the plan
for the weekend in order to
answer Monday morning queries on weekend happenings. And most importantly, this
is when you get really creative and push back work to the next week (my
favourite- let’s think about the approach)
On the other hand, if your work place
has a 6 day work week, this rule doesn’t apply. You are screwed. Good luck.
SFT No 2. Outings with team are a
complex set of dance steps if you work in a place that has a hierarchy. So you
have managers, directors, business analysts, system analysts etc who got out
for lunch. Observe the complex maneuvering that happens as you reach the car
parking. Glances are exchanged and business analysts, system analysts and
assistant managers will furtively move in a pack until there appears a natural
division- managers, directors etc are packed off in one car and everyone else
in another car. The same is repeated when you are being seated at your table in
restaurant.
SFT No 3. The number of years you've
worked is positively correlated with your dependence on certain catch phrases- dig deeper, divide and conquer, low
hanging fruits, that’s what the data shows, going forward etc. The phrases, while just a couple
of words, contain a whole world of meaning. For instance, if someone tells you
to dig deeper, it means that what you've done so far is total crap. Going
forward means that your boss has screwed up and is positioning the mistakes as
learnings for the future. (another catch phrase since there is no word in the
dictionary such as learnings!)
