Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Young Working Indians

Suneel portrays many of today’s young working Indians, whose lives totally revolve around work. Though many like Suneel are initially excellent performers, and have become equipped to handle challenges at work, but as their career graph progresses, their demands vary. As they further climb up the career ladder, the volume of efforts increase, and they’re prone to experience the burnout syndrome. Burnouts are executives who become emotionally exhausted due to stress at workplace. Employees need to live a balanced life, and close social circles like family and friends act as the best anti-stressors. Intense working habits do lead to physical and mental problems, and therefore, for organisations that value their employees, it is a clear danger signal, as in the long term such employees’ productivity is prone to decline. When an employee realises that there is something wrong, the levels of stress dramatically increase, thereby sabotaging the productivity levels. He then starts pointing at problems outside rather than looking inside. This goes to say that an employee might have the resources & opportunities to get his work done, but when there is a problem on the inside, it just won’t work out. So, what’s the solution then? And who’s to be blamed?

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