Monday, September 29, 2008

My Wifee asked me to blog this...

Now, We shall discuss a bit of some serious stuff in this blog... the day before yesterday, I was casually reading a newspaper.. till my eyes spotted this column titled :

"Techie hangs self, blames her colleagues"

Shall definitely not post the entire article... hence the link http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIBG&login=default&Enter=true&Skin=TOI&GZ=T&AW=1222682462031

Courtesy: TOI, Bangalore dated 28th September, 2008

Now, for a glimpse in a nutshell... This Techie alias Software Engineer was working with Nokia and has claimed that her colleagues (Managers) are responsible for her decision of committing suicide...

I was shocked to see this news and wondered as to how many people be undergoing similar situations...
YES !! I agree that people might have grown up in various customized environments and yet be difficult to adjust to the situations / scenarios immediately...

Let us take a situation similar to the above incident - Manager / Head humiliating his/her sub-ordinates, juniors, colleagues,....
Juniors (for eg. SONI)
Soni (courtesy: TOI) who was 25 years working in an environment which is nowhere spoken about captivation... One shall be frustrated by the decisions, humiliations, sarcasms from her managers... and what runs in her mind is nothing but to avoid the blame by her Manager(s)! This is absolutely not a dead-lock situation.. and wonder why people take such harsh decisions against the nature...

From the Manger(s) point of view:
As told earlier, the environment where they are raised strongly replicates their character they build... Say for Eg. We'll consider Soni... who had taken all humiliations and grown up to a PM standing years of frustration... would tend to vent out (where??) While, she gets her juniors under her(scapegoat developers)... at some point of time... the domination continues...

This might not be the fact... However, We can summarize all these people into "Ignorant" Category... where they lose almost everything !!

It is a bare truth that the Managers are always in pressure... We guess how human tendencies would be ?? Right !! We can either sit with them and discuss everything as matured human beings or probably... take up the second model [Call-it-Quit Model...]

My Point of View:
It is okhay to get humiliated a couple of times.. to discover if there is any learning that needs to be done and when you can't stand it anymore... one will definitely run out of options.. here are some of the options below:

>> Voice-Out Model:
Voice out your opinions in such a way that everybody will understand your concerns... and one or two might approach you to address the same... (on a optimistic side)

Secondly, On a pessimistic side... Noone will understand you and will come to your rescue... Vent out all the frustration you have on your Manager / Sub-ordinates to make sure that you have conveyed everything... a stinker or vocal, either one should be good enough...
[And all this... you need to do after you are relieved from the organization's services... for your safety only- to continue your career growth]

>> Call-it-quit Model: This is a famous model infamous to discuss.. Most of Indians will do this trick and it works !! Move all your papers, Get all the KT done... Look for a better opportunity, Ride on the career curve... without leaving a mark that you were frustrated !!
[Benefits: Appraisal with new working environment] ;)


I think that's the way one needs to take the life... and design it appropriately according to our needs... Mostly called as Customizing !!

Now, for the viewers (if any)... Plz write your views and add all possible key-words like the ones i have added... in anticipation to serve those depressed souls, who are in need of an ear to listen to all their concerns, worries, etc...
Key-words: Depression, Harassment at work, Rude Managers, fed-up in life, suicide, suicide note [anticipating the other viewers to fill the space for a cause...]

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