Friday, October 1, 2010

We desperately need holidays on Saturdays and Sundays

All of who do some type of job are certain to get tired by the end of the weekend and naturally their body demands rest. I most of the western countries weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) are meant for rest and they really enjoy their weekend. But unfortunately in India not many company follow these practices, except for some IT companies.

Especially people do work hard from Monday to Friday and by Saturday they really fall apart and they would not be in a good mood to go for work. But as the nature of their work and company they are forced to go and work even on the Saturdays. There are certain companies and jobs which requires to work even on Sundays. Some of these works may be done inside a office, while other work would be field works which requires to wander in the open environment, suffering the unpredictable climatic conditions.

My office is located in Kakkanad, Cochin and on Saturdays most of the companies nearby are having an off day, but we have to work on alternate Saturdays. When we go to work on Saturdays, our IT campus would look like a desert with one or two vehicles moving here and there. Upon seeing this sad site, we honestly wish that we also had an off day on Saturday. But that is the nature of our work and a lot depends on the client that you are working with.

The off day on Saturday really gives us an opportunity to rake rest and refresh ourselves to come back stronger and much fresher on Mondays. Fortunately I am having an off on this Saturday and am really looking forward to get mentally recharged and have some fun. I wish that I had off day of all Saturdays.

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