My experience with public sector- IT IN PUBLIC SECTOR-1

Yes I agree that L1 is pending but something happened and it provoked me to deal with PSU - IT first. Hey this IT is same the hyped software IT not the boring income tax IT.

"Oh cmon we too have intranet facilities, we can send mails, we can receive mails, that means we have Ids........so we also need an IT dept. Obviously we have an IT dept. to make email Ids, send salary emails to each employee, and to fill IT returns online(Now this was income tax), to make a database of all this information about an employee, to make links for different depts on the intranet(as if a new dept mushrooms up every week), you would be astonished to know, they now have made the filling of tour advance application, claims and even leave application online, (how much of it is updated is different matter), and also to provide IT related hardware, services related to that, it is a mammoth task dear you wont understand.

Oh so it seems a joke to you......it itself is a big task...and then there is a corporate IT that also deals with how to maintain internet communication at sites, I mean power plant. A lot of internet connectivity is required between plants and their substations, their communnication architecture, communication protocol etc. "

And after this it became difficult to explain the work of IT dept. in PSU for me to an IT based friend of mine, further being an ex-IT person now working in PSU it felt like I was fooling myself about, giving all these explanations. Thankfully the friend didnt ask me how does the IT dept. manage the misuse of internet during working hours....how embarassing it would have been to tell that we could only access intranet and irctc.co.in, sbi, airline sites. The hardworking IT dept has banned internet access upto E6 level that is DGM level so that there is no need to monitor the sites being used etc.

At times I wonder how and when they came to this figure of E6, let it be for the ED only, or why even for him or her also, why do they need?? As far as I know people at higher level are more hooked to share trading and such activities not the entry level engineers, but then who has got time to monitor all this. OHK......cricket is an all generation passion, irrespective of caste and creed, age and designation, then why only E0 to E5 are prohibited from it, hmmmm.....may be the E6 ones deserve that after such long years of hardwork and contributions to the organisation......When will I reach E6???? Some 20 years, till then without net!!!!! Cmon its public sector I knew it isnt it?(to be continued)

When a No says it all (continued)

........in these 27 years of my life, the most artful thing and the most difficult thing that I have experienced is to how to say No in a way to solve my problem comfortably wihout creating nuisance of hurting feelings, ego, etc. Saying no involves a lot of manners, attitude, proper toning, timing and so much that at times I wondered why isnt there any guide on how to say No. I have had a small stint with software firm, where they are very particular about communication skills, how to say what and when and to whom, but they never touched the issue of how to say an effective No. I wonder whether anyone had ever thought so much about saying No but I have many times seen people around me troubled about how to say no to any uncomfortable situation they are stuck in. I have seen people panicking about the consequences of saying no and then feeling relaxed once they have done the excercise of saying no successfully and even regretting their decision of saying no if they have failed in the exercise.At times I even feel that there could be psychological studies on the human nature based on their comfort level in saying no to different situations. In my view a person who is comfortable saying no, is decisive and clear about himself. But if pretty detailed study is done a person always saying No  can also be negative responsing, introvert, strongly insecure about future, and reluctant to changes and challenges. It all depends to what a person say no, how often a person say no, how easily a person say no. I can say this because I have in my knowledge both type of people. One of them is my own mother, a very decisive woman, she never had worries saying no to things she didnt like but she isnt negative, and another one is a neighbour and colleague, who always has a no in answer to any plan, any new thing to be tried, any excursion trip ever planned, any gathering ever thought about, any activity ever thought since I know her. It may sound funny but if I'll ever have a time I would love to conduct a study on how people say no,what all they go through while saying no, how often they say no, and then analyse their behavior and would relate them to derive a conclusion. I strongly believe there must be some link in a person's nature and his ability to say no to different situations. After all a no says it all. It makes a decision, it implies negative attitude, it is firm, it ends the for and against debate going on in mind and it has a lastin effect on person addressed. A yes is seldom remembered remembered but a NO is engraved on heart and reaches deep inside through ear. A person may always be happy about his job, but he never forgets the job where he was rejected even if what he is doing is better than the one where he was told a no, he may be having the best woman in his life but he would never forget the proposal that was simply told a big no. No wonder a No says it all.

My experience with Public Sector- L1 PHENOMENA

TO BE POSTED SOON.................