I object

The day I started understanding different sectors of employment, I got to know or actually i was told that the royal sector is the government one.  What I learnt about this sector from television was that it provides a permanent stability in the life of an employee, It takes care of the employee after retirement and in addition employees have the luxury to take a nap in the afternoon on their chair (It was as projected in the television and as the rumor was spread that you get salary in this sector without doing any work).

Anyway, moving further, this misconception of mine was totally shattered when i was mature enough to understand sadness and tiredness of my father after he used to come back from his office. He is a retired government employee now.  He is happy that he retired, we too are happy because many a times we had seen his eyes drooped with sleepless nights, we had seen his effort to conceal his tears from us to be a perfect father. We knew that he is a hardworking man. We knew that he has enough knowledge of his area. In a nutshell we were confirmed that he could have never compromised with work. I can never forget that afternoon when papa had returned from office drenched with sweat. He missed out of words; he went silently to his room. Later, i got to know that one of the bureaucrats on an inspection had abused papa without any reason, just because that man held a position. Later we also got to know that he abused everyone who didn't belong to his caste. I had actually cursed that person from the core of my heart and i still hate that person. It's been more than 10 years but he is the first person in my life i loathe to the uttermost.

Days passed, years passed. I joined government sector, not as a permanent employee but as a contractual employee. So literally i was not a part of that royal sector but yes it was like half royal, if not true in the real sense at least true for someone looking it from far. I have witnessed the pressure a government employee faces to implement government schemes, i have witnessed  the feeling of the pressure regarding deadlines, i have witnessed  employees working more than office hours to complete the task. These experiences were helping me carve out a better professional from myself. Each day I was learning something. These things were honing my skills and helping me being professionally strong. But with all these experiences, i was having one more experience of seeing bureaucrats insulting officials, abusing them at office. I was evidence of people at power threatening juniors to snatch their job. Sometimes i felt like saying that s/he is not the one who has given the job, it's the skill of person that he has got this job. Many a times I felt that if a deadline is missed or if program is not implemented properly, the first thing people at power should do is to plan a better strategy to implement it, to think alternative solutions, to think innovative ideas. But, unfortunately i was evidence of the first thought of people sitting at power position and that was to fire the juniors. Are the deadlines going to be met if people are fired? Are the programs going to be implemented properly if people are fired? And for god sake, understand that people are here because there are one or other obligations, and that too personal, otherwise if talent is there sky is the limit.

One more unfortunate thing i witnessed was how self-respect of employees were crushed by people at power by using demeaning words, by taking advantage of one's helplessness. Does self-respect only belong to people sitting at powerful position? If an employee lack something and is not able to complete a task, people at power also lacks something...something which is ineffable....communication skill. A skill which should be taught to everyone from top to bottom because that is the skill using which you can win team or lose team. A skill which can cause victory or defeat.... a skill every leader should possess.

When I leave my home at 9, I don't lock it (self-respect) at home. I carry it with pride for my whole day and for my whole life. I have not given right to anybody to even touch my self-respect. I object the use of abusive language at workplace. I object percolation of frustration to the juniors. I object insult of employees. I object hurting one's self-respect. I object these things....I strongly object.