Dear all, What I'm about to share with you is going to be a little strange for some of you.
As you all may have observed that Nepotism is usually a bad conduct in most developing countries,but as far as I know,a well-known Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has encouraged its world employees to recommend their families,friends or relatives to join its operation and benefited a great deal from this controversial policy. They are not alone on this policy as the Canadian telecommunications company Nortel has been doing the same,at least until 2006. I myself still have trouble seeing and working with so many relatives of the higher-ups who aren't competent at their jobs... Trust me,even where I work,everybody knows why some are more equal than others...And unless they themselves feel the shame of taking over somebody else's jobs,no one can do anything about it... I suppose NEPOTISM is as old as POLITICS or PROSTITUTION which means this problem will never go away as long as we humans don't see anything wrong with it and allow it to happen!:( As for the 15-minute break,it is the same in Poland! But it isn't necessarily because they don't have the break room to have their dinner,it's because they'd rather finish their 8-hour working day earlier,so they can go straight home and spend their private time doing whatever they enjoy among their families and friends.No one here seems to complain about this policy at all! In Taipei people usually have 1 to 1.5 hours lunch break.They either eat out with their colleagues or have their lunch delivered to their offices.After a casual lunch,they can return to their office and have a short nap at their desks before they start their afternoon's work refreshed!;) It's sad for me to read about how superiors in India treat their subordinates!;( Sadly to say,employees in Poland aren't that well treated,either! How nice it would be if all employers in the world knew that employees are their best assets.Without them,they won't be prosperous or have profitable renenues... Great week ahead of us all. Pln On May 22, 2:23 pm, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anu!, > > Thank you for telling us. > > My best wishes, > > Pablo > > On 22 mayo, 05:45, Anu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Oshiro, > > > Having a 15 minute lunch break is not a part of culture, but as there > > is no place to sit, relax or converse, for employees in most offices, > > they are forced to return to their work-desk immediately after lunch. > > They are not supposed to stand somewhere and talk, peep out of windows > > or or gave a group talk. > > > An office environment demands silence and order. Employees can talk > > casually only while returning home, after office. Due to space > > constraint, some office don't even have a separate eating place. > > Employees eat on their desks and start working. > > > I don't know about other countries much, but in South Asia, with the > > increase in population and literacy levels, educated man-power has > > become cheap and abundant. This has resulted in wide-spread > > exploitation. > > > Hi Pablo, > > > Are we not worse than before ? Although my ancestors had limited > > resources, they lived a peaceful and hassle-free life, tilling their > > land and irrigating trees and plants, serving only the Almighty. > > > Money has made lives of people worse. > > > thanks and regards > > Anu > > > *When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on > > purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived > > into my life, then I was prosperous.* > > -Wayne Dyer > > > *Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just > > enough money not to quit.* > > -George Carlin- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
