The ‘STAYING BACK’ Culture Still Prevalent in Many Organizations
Are your working hours from 9 am to 6pm yet you are not able to leave at six? And if you go back on time, your boss may not like it. This is a common situation among most local private organizations. There are many organizations that practice this “staying back culture” where employees are indirectly prevented from going back on time. My interviews with employees from various organizations reveal that more than 90% of them stay back due to the demands of their immediate superiors and not because of workload. From my observation, most employees delay their daily work as they have to stay back anyway. Some years ago, I joined the management team of a private education institution and my working hours were from 9 am to 6pm. However, I left at around 6.30pm daily which I already considered it as late. On third day on the job, one of my colleague advised me to stay back until 8pm or 8.30pm. I told my colleague that I had done my work for the day. However, she w...