The Workplace
The Workplace If you can stretch your memory to revisit your school days, you’ll recall that language subjects used to have essay-writing. And essays on ‘Railway-station’ or ‘Bus- stand’ would invariably be there every year. On similar lines, it occurred to me that the place where most grown-ups spend a major part of their lives- an office- could make for an interesting topic. And thus my thoughts began flowing… To make it clear, when I mention ‘office’, I would like to refer to typical workplaces of considerably sized companies having large offices or fully occupied campuses. Most IT companies and MNCs would boast of such workplaces, either owned campuses or leased floors in a complex or SEZ. To start with, getting into your work-place is like an adventure video game which, typically, has multiple levels that you need to overcome before reaching your end-goal. The process begins at the entrance where you need to be armed with necessary inventory to proceed further. The entran...