One of my friend called me this morning as I was driving to
office. He seemed to be bit upset and narrated an incident that happened in his
organisation.
There is this technical manager who is extremely rude and
arrogant and it seems that the entire organisation experiences it. He insults
people and it’s been a real nuisance. There have been escalations from
employees, candidates who attend interview
with this man, few peers and from all possible angles. This morning too
there has been another escalation and management is tight-lipped and are in
mute condition. There have been many cases to support this typical behaviour
but no action really surfaces out.
As we spoke, we also discussed on many facets of it
Why do some people behave rude?
What makes an individual arrogant? What pushes him to be
insolent?
The probable answers we came out was-Ego, Over-confidence
about oneself, feel so in-secured within and it makes them feel good to treat
others like trash. They might have a problem with themselves or suffering from
some disorder. For some it’s situational, but if it is a persistent habit, then
there is something coarse underlying at a depth. The list grows with no end
when we want to reason it out.
On the contrary, there is this set of people who digest and
absorb this annoying and irksome behavior. In this typical case, management of
the organisation isn’t taking any steps is one part of it. But there is also a
good set of numbers who don’t raise voice against this infuriating behavior of
the person. For instance, this HR Manager of this organisation seems to have no
words. There are people who complain that management does nothing about it. And
it seems that she also just follows the same line and keep mum about it.
Rationally speaking, majority of us just follow the same lines…speak behind,
give reasons not to take a bold step, no stand for what’s right, instead keep
quiet. The complaint dies one day and we stay amidst of dead things. Yet
another day another incident follows and we recall the past and still continue
to complain that management does nothing about it. Aren't we assuming!! Why don’t we think we
are accountable too. What stops us from
approaching as a group to resolve age old grumbles? Why don’t we take responsibility
to get things answered? Have we put our
efforts before we declare it! Have we attempted to voice over the opinion or we
prefer to sit and complain about it until the problem knocks our door and hurts
us as an individual.
Well, I was thinking as I drove to office and key aspects
that
As I entered into my office, I have a table calendar with a
quotation for each day. I came in and as a usual habit, I turned to today’s
date and there was a subtle smile over my lips because the quote read – “All
glory comes from daring to begin, so give it a start and prove yourself.”
Author : Pratima Jagadeesh
She is a HR Professional and works in a MNC at Bangalore.
Her topics of interest are psychology and metaphysics. She is also involved
with Counselling and works for few NGO's.
