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.

Working on Saturdays is Really an Herculean Task

Majority of the companies have weekend holidays on all Saturdays and Sundays. Actually working in the office from Monday to Friday makes one really tired. So the weekend offs comes as a great blessing so that they can shed off their tiredness, forget their job tension and have a comfortable time with family or friends. Those who have enjoyed the weekend holidays for a long time cannot even think of working on Saturdays.

Unfortunately I am not having Saturdays and Sundays off on all the weeks. I have to work on alternate Saturdays and as a results I have to work on Saturdays when employees of other firms enjoy their weekends. This is really a miserable situation, but needs to go ahead. The moment we get into our office premises on Saturdays, it reminds me of an holiday as there would not be the regular gathering of employees in the premises and everything seems to be too calm and quiet.

The only off day we get in such instance is the Sunday, which is packed with a load of works and other things. I get too much engaged on Sundays and in the morning I go to the Church and would be back by around 11 AM. After that I would be having a light breakfast, then reads the newspapers, then have lunch, sit infront of the computed, takes a small nap and the day is over.

Again the thought of going to the office next day comes into my mind and feels that the single day off was not sufficient to get myself refreshed and recharged from the hectic work schedule. In my previous companies I didn't face such situation as we had office closed for all the Saturday and Sundays.