Originally posted by Honeybunz:
[b]Received this in an email.
This is so damn true, except that my company has never loved me, so
I won't my company.
LOVE YOUR JOB, BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY BCOZ U
NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR COMPANY STOPS LOVING YOU
Extract of Mr. Narayana Murthy's Speech during Mentor
Session:
I know people who work 12 hours a day, six days a week, or more.
Some people do so because of a work emergency where the long hours
are only temporary. Other people I know have put in these hours for
years. I don't know if they are working all these hours, but I do
know they are in the office this long.
Others put in long office hours because they are addicted to the
workplace. Whatever the reason for putting in overtime, working
long hours over the long term is harmful to the person and to the
organization. There are things managers can do to change this for
everyone's benefit. Being in the office long hours, over long
periods of time, makes way for potential errors.
My colleagues who are in the office long hours frequently make
mistakes caused by fatigue. Correcting these mistakes requires
their time as well as the time and energy of others. I have seen
people work Tuesday through Friday to correct mistakes made after 5
PM on Monday.
Another problem is that people who are in the office long hours are
not pleasant company. They often complain about other people (who
aren't working as hard); they are irritable, or cranky, or even
angry.
Other people avoid them. Such behaviour poses problems, where work
goes much better when people work together instead of avoiding one
another. As Managers, there are things we can do to help people
leave the office.
First and foremost is to set the example and go home ourselves. I
work with a manager who chides people for working long hours. His
words quickly lose their meaning when he sends these chiding group
e-mails with a time-stamp of 2 AM, Sunday.
Second is to encourage people to put some balance in their
lives.
For
instance, here is a guideline I find helpful:
1) Wake up, eat a good breakfast, and go to work.
2) Work hard and smart for eight or nine hours.
3) Go home.
4) Read the comics, watch a funny movie, dig in the dirt, play
golf,
etc.(PS2?)
5) Eat well and sleep well.
This is called recreating. Doing steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 enable step
2.
Working regular hours and recreating daily are simple concepts.
They are hard for some of us because that requires personal change.
They are possible since we all have the power to choose to do
them.
In considering the issue of overtime, I am reminded of my oldest
son. When he was a toddler, if people were visiting the apartment,
he would not fall asleep no matter how long the visit, and no
matter what time of day it was.
He would fight off sleep until the visitors left. It was as if he
was afraid that he would miss something.
Once our visitors' left, he would go to sleep. By this time,
however, he was over tired and would scream through half the night
with nightmares. He, my wife, and I, all paid the price for his
fear of missing out.
Perhaps some people put in such long hours because they don't want
to miss anything when they leave the office. The trouble with this
is that events will never stop happening. That is life!!
Things happen 24 hours a day. Allowing for little rest is not
ultimately practical. So, take a nap. Things will happen while
you're asleep, but you will have the energy to catch up when you
wake.
Hence "LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR
COMPANY"
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Too me both... I the only sale person in the company ... you
see... we do everytime ...ever OT... 
