Thought of going to work on Monday is one of the worst feeling for pretty much all the people. Then there are some people who always are working be it weekends or nights. I wonder what pleasure they get in spending long hours at work.
Most of us working in the corporate world would have seen the 'ant' ! . The one who just keeps on working day in and day out.
For the past few months, I have been thinking about these ants and why they work so much. Surely if you are working days and nights, then either there is something wrong with you or your organization.
Then i thought, what a wonderful idea to classify these ants. !
The Idiot - This ant would spent all his time doing something else and then start working only till late in the day. He would never forget to send that 'important' email late in the night marking his boss a copy of it.
The Workaholic -These ants are genuinely crazy. They would always finish their work as soon as possible and then want to take up others work.They would hound like hyenas and would be the first to pounce on any meat sent via common team emails.Their only objective is to screw other peoples happiness.
The Fast Tracker - These ants are the most shrewd. They know how to pull the right strings. They want to learn more about everything and would spend long hours even learning about their neighbourhood teams projects. That way they can ask 'some' questions to 'some' managers and show off how much they know about etc etc....They have only one objective to grow as soon as possible.
The Dumb Ant - These are the poor ants who are slow learners and usually take time to finish their work. Alas they have no other option.
The Loner - The ant with no social life. Usually you find these ants in the libraries or in some corner doing something completely alone. They have no social life so to speak of and the only comfort they seek is in their work.
I have seen all these type of people in my career and always pity them for the state of life ! I wonder if work is everything for us. The idiot, workaholic & the fast tracker are just driven by their ambition and ego to succeed. Working late hours is their way of proving to their boss that they are an asset to the organization.
Most of us working in the corporate world would have seen the 'ant' ! . The one who just keeps on working day in and day out.
For the past few months, I have been thinking about these ants and why they work so much. Surely if you are working days and nights, then either there is something wrong with you or your organization.
Then i thought, what a wonderful idea to classify these ants. !
The Idiot - This ant would spent all his time doing something else and then start working only till late in the day. He would never forget to send that 'important' email late in the night marking his boss a copy of it.
The Workaholic -These ants are genuinely crazy. They would always finish their work as soon as possible and then want to take up others work.They would hound like hyenas and would be the first to pounce on any meat sent via common team emails.Their only objective is to screw other peoples happiness.
The Fast Tracker - These ants are the most shrewd. They know how to pull the right strings. They want to learn more about everything and would spend long hours even learning about their neighbourhood teams projects. That way they can ask 'some' questions to 'some' managers and show off how much they know about etc etc....They have only one objective to grow as soon as possible.
The Dumb Ant - These are the poor ants who are slow learners and usually take time to finish their work. Alas they have no other option.
The Loner - The ant with no social life. Usually you find these ants in the libraries or in some corner doing something completely alone. They have no social life so to speak of and the only comfort they seek is in their work.
I have seen all these type of people in my career and always pity them for the state of life ! I wonder if work is everything for us. The idiot, workaholic & the fast tracker are just driven by their ambition and ego to succeed. Working late hours is their way of proving to their boss that they are an asset to the organization.
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