An Ideal WorkPlace: Dream or Reality?

An Ideal Work Place

Recently I have attended a seminar in which one of the topics was “An Ideal Workplace”. I would like to share some sneak peek from the professionals who were both employees and employers. I hope this will help employers to create an Ideal workplace and an employee to find the one. Let's start with an irony.

“A company gifted a cycle to an employee without a carrier. An employee demanded to have the carrier as it would be difficult to use the cycle without it. The management took the cycle back and after a day they gave it back with carrier, but without a stand. The employee started asking to get stand as well because he needs both in his cycle. The management replied, “Dear employee! You are doing a private job so you can either get a carrier or a stand!”

The moral of the anecdote is in majority of private jobs, an employee can either get a good and stable career or could take a stand. So the first characteristic of an idea workplace should be that it provides an employee all the opportunities to develop a bright career. At the same time, a freedom should be granted to him to take a stand.  

Another characteristic of an ideal work place is the stability and security. An employee must feel secure to have a stable job. If he will always feel an insecurity of getting fired or demoted, he wouldn’t be able to perform well. An employee should be treated like a child of the company. If your child is weak and couldn’t perform well, will you abandon him? No, you will try to help him to grow. This should be the case in the company as well. Help your employees to overcome their weaknesses by providing proper guidance, instead of being impatient and firing the people out. 

Last but the most important point is to develop relation of Trust, respect & Understanding. An organization should trust the employee's skills; Fidelity to work more productively in any circumstances and  respect opinion and individuality of each small to major designated employee. An employee has to show the performance to get increment & incentives & promotions. Thus, each employee will always try to give more than 100% as everybody is looking for the growth. At the same time, an employee should understand that if management is trying to point something it is for his betterment. The suggestion for the management to make company an ideal work place is try to resolve issues, weaknesses and provide feedback and suggestion in a way that employee doesn’t feel embraced, insulted or naïve. Try to resolve it by asking the gentle questions and share your view points as suggestions, in spite of being judgmental, martinet or impatient.

An ideal workplace is a DREAM of each employee which can be converted into the REALITY by the organizations for long term and long lasting benefits.

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Don't Search, Be The Right One!

Be the Right Person

As per my routine, I usually read during travelling from office to home & vice verse. Today a girl sat beside me & started a conversation by asking about what book I am reading.She inspired me to write this post. Let me brief you the conversation 1st so you can decide whether it is something of your interest or not. She had completed BA in English literature & pursuing Law part time. Full time doing a job in a call center. She is studying law just to get married to the right guy. The right guy means a rich guy with a bungalow, car, etc. She desires to have lavish life. There may be many boys as well who usually wish to marry a rich or an NRI girl or waiting for some miracle to happen in their life which make them rich.

Nothing wrong to desire to have a lavish life. The thing is why to get dependent on someone? Why to search some well settled & rich life partner to have luxurious life? Why not to work hard & smart. Why not to make your career or earning money focal point in your life? There are so many such whys? :(

She sounds quite innocent as she shared her personal matters with me. She even gave me her number, asked for mine as well, but I rescued myself with healthy excuse. ;) If you also share such personal information to a stranger, I strongly advice don't you risk yourself by sharing such vital information to any stranger. You shouldn't trust anyone because each stranger is not as good as Ash Vyas ;) People might misuse it.

I would also highlight her few comments. She said, "If you won't study well, you can't get a rich guy.", "I am studying just to get married with a well-settled guy.", "In Ahmedabad, there is no value of education. you can't get job with good salary. At max you can earn only 15 K/Month. So I want to be a lawyer then as you know lawyers earn a lot." ;) Don't think I didn't said anything at all. I stopped myself a lot, but couldn't resist a radical woman inside. I said you might earn your own by being a good lawyer, but couldn't change her thinking as accepted. I even asked her will you fight for truth after being a lawyer? She said I will try, but for money has to do something. :( I was like "Aw my India :(" Today itself, I just had a conversation with my colleague that if we are intelligent & capable why not to serve our India? Why not be part of its growth? And the answer she gave me made me feel :'( She extended her destination by 2 more stops even if it costs more to her, just to extend the conversation with me. It means I am a good listener even if I am not interested in having any conversation :P :D

The funny part was when she asked me what my husband is doing? To make her jealous [just for fun] I said, "He is a businessman." She asked, "Means a manager or an owner?" I,  "An Owner" :D She "Wow yar. You are so lucky. We are still searching for the one" :P :D

She really left me in stat to ponder. I mean why don't people desire what is in their own hand? I mean it is difficult to expect something from someone whilst easier to do something on your own as you have control on yourself. Don't try to look out for the right person. Just be the right one. What do you think?

Ash Vyas is working as an internet Marketing manager handling digital marketing activities like SEO, SMO, Linkbuilding & believe to live in the moments.
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Good Bye 2013

It's a last night of 2013. The whole year just flew away. I can say 2013 was one of the year which has left its mark in my life and was not an ordinary one. In fact, 2013 was turning point for me. So many things changed which changed my life as well. Will cherish all good memories forever and will keep those weak moments which made me stronger as lessons of the life. I lost something and I have also achieved it. I did struggled hard for something and achieved the result I desired of. It was balanced and the year of success.

Highlights of 2013:

• Full on Masti[Fun] in wedding of cousin
• Polo Forest Camp
• Dwarika Darshan
• Designation of Internet Marketing Manager
• Achieved Google Analytics Certification
• Passed Google Adwords exam [one more will give me an Adwords certificate]
• My Question Featured in Google Adwords Videos
• Started Writing & Blogging [again and achieved Platinum rank at a site]
• Watched Falling Stars
• Earned some cool friends :)
• Frauds missold me idiotic HDFC LIFE policy :P
• Suffered with disastrous customer care service of HDFC LIFE [Don't take any policy of it]
• Fought for justice [in IRDA, had hearing as well]
• Won the Case against ill HDFC LIFE and frauds [just in evening taken second last action required to finish it up :P]
  

In conclusion, I can say 2013 for me was like a complete masala Bollywood movie :) which was full of lots of drama, emotion, action, music, masti, dance, etc. etc. I will cherish all moments of 2013 through lifetime and I do welcome 2014 with few expectations and aspirations. [I know expectations hurts, but still ;) ]