"COST CUTTING MEASURES"

Don't utter that word in front of me !!! I absolutely detest that word...not because I have got something against English language but because of the current mess which I am facing at my office. It appears that in its "quest" to become a billion dollar enterprise, my company has resorted to cheap (pun intended) tactics...Where else on earth would you find a scenario like this:

Mr. X is facing a crunch in his project. He needs an urgent Hard Copy of a very important document. He runs to the printer (which incidentally is the only printer in his wing !!) after pressing the print button on his computer only to find that there is not even a single sheet of blank A4 paper inside the printer tray!!! Mr. X is totally nonplussed. He rings up Administration hoping to hear an explanation but he gets the most astounding reply from the other end of the phone. The operator, who is rude as usual tells him that he needs to get the sheets from his Project lead or Manager and that he ll be getting them only after their approval of their document !!! As if these guys have nothing else to do other than compute weird statistics regarding the average number of reams of paper consumed per project per employee. Absolutely ridiculous !! Seriously are these folks trying to save money and get into the Billion dollar company club ??? There is no company which charges its employees for its club facilities except the one in which I am working. And pray may I know what events do you have as a part of your club activities?? A week long bogus art festival which no one except the Location head and a few other geriatric head honchos attend?? or an annual day in which even the menu is decided according to the whims and fancies of some old CEO who is not even bothered whether his employees are happy working in his organization. I think the food served was vegetarian because a vegetarian cuisine is cheaper.

Some other cost cutting measures to be implemented are

Charging employees money for Photocopies
Charging for Bus transportation.
Charging employees for stationery???

In one particular office they have even banned the use of lifts (downward rides only FYI) and the office is very conveniently located on the 4th floor of building which is falling to pieces.


Believe me this is not the way to success. You need excellent deals and excellent people who can execute them into reality. You need to differentiate between the gems and the pebbles. Hoarding up gems gives you a treasure, while you are well aware that hoarding up ordinary pebbles is going to give you nothing except a very heavily loaded box. You cannot expect to be world class , when you recruit people who don't even know how to lock a computer even after tall claims of four years of work ex. Or when you recruit guys who cant utter two straight lines of plain English. One needs to generate a thoroughly competitive and professional atmosphere, where the employees feel the need to contribute their best towards realizing the aims of the organization. This cannot be achieved by generating fake reports of being the 9the best place to work in India. One needs fresh, enthusiastic and super efficient managers to make this rusty machine get back on track again. Otherwise, there is an easier route, but this only leads to a dead end. This route is that of "cost cutting measures".