The office boy just walked up to me with a tray full of dry fruits. I picked a few and asked whats the occasion? "Sir Jee... Diwali" he said. Didnt actually listen to him and started working on my computer. Suddenly, I realised that in my previous office I used to get a pack of sweets from office and out here just a few pea nuts...sorry pistacchios.
Questioned my neighbour...fortunately she was from HR and she told me the whole story. At CL (Career Launcher...the organisation I work for), all the sweets and eatable recieved by any employee as a Diwali gift are put in a pool and shared with the whole staff. I was impressed...what an idea.
I have worked in numerous offices before this and I am sure many employees must be recieving these sweets...but it was never put in a pool and distributed. Which means all the sweets went to an employees home. May be people never got this idea...its actually an HR idea.
After all the truth is that an employee gets a sweets box from a vendor or client just because of his position in the organisation. So, technically the sweets belong to the organisation and not to the employee.
Wonderful...feels great to be part of this organisation.
The HR friend further told me that all the non-consumable gifts are used by respective teams and cannot be taken home by any employee. Wow!
Let this be the norm everywhere this Diwali.
Considering the anti-corruption movement of Anna...arent the crores spent on Diwali gifts actually veiled corruption...if used for personal cause.
