Are
you living to work or working to live? Definitely I belong to the later group. It
has become a trend now to sit late in office. People believe that late working
people are hard working also. Sometimes it becomes inevitable to sit late and
finish some urgent work. But such types of work will be bare minimum. We should
learn to manage and prioritize our work. The need of the hour is not
hardworking people but smart working people.
The
working condition has become worse in Public Sector Banks, especially in
branches of PSBs. Almost all branches are working with less than required staff,
quite a few branches does not have required infrastructure, officers travel to
nearby branches to complete their day to day work, officers are forced to
stretch their working hours sacrificing their family life. After doing all
these, they struggle for a decent hike in their salary. We cannot even compare
the salary of a Central Govt. Class I employee with a Scale I PSB employee. The
difference may be huge. Govt. has constituted the 7th Pay Commission
to revise central govt. employee’s salary which is due in Jan 2016 while we
struggle to finalize our revision which was already due in Nov 2012.
A
change is inevitable. Each one of us should initiate that change. Reach office
on time, do your work sincerely and try to leave office on time so that you get
enough time to spend with your family and friends. Ignore the people who sit
and kill their time at office. Why we require a six day week while the Banking
regulator works only for 5 days? This is the age of technology. Technology has
grown to such an extent that it can almost replace human intervention. Five day
week should be implemented in banking sector also.
Banking
sector is a major contributor in development of any country. But Bankers are not
getting that recognition.
