Office romances a norm rather than exception?
Take a peek into any corporate office in the city, chances are there is much more chemistry happening in there than in the science lab! Work from home
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Take a peek into any corporate office in the city, chances are there is much more chemistry happening in there than in the science lab! Anyway, what do you think will happen if you pick up a bunch of youngsters, with matching skill sets and ambitions, box them in an office for eight hours or more, give them tasks that call for team work, throw in a challenging deadline to add to the excitement and a weekend to chill out? Add to it an overseas assignment with the best of corporate comfort and lo and behold you have a corporate romance in the making.
Facts & figures
"The average age of the workers in my process is around 16-25 years and about 35 to 40 percent of employees in my company have found suitable mates in the office , across processes in the city and the country and across sites as far as Malaysia, Singapore and London." says an HSBC employee.
He goes on to add, "A corporate office is a much better place to find a mate than a matrimonial site. Here people get to know one another, observe one another and make wise choices . The average courting time is around one and a half years and usually ends in matrimony."
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, like the line manager who had to rush through a month and a half of courting to marry his subordinate , so that he could get it all over before the next monthly appraisal and escape possible accusations of favouritism! And once the marriage is over, the company of course would do the needful i.e. transfer one of them to a different department!
Facts & figures
"The average age of the workers in my process is around 16-25 years and about 35 to 40 percent of employees in my company have found suitable mates in the office , across processes in the city and the country and across sites as far as Malaysia, Singapore and London." says an HSBC employee.
He goes on to add, "A corporate office is a much better place to find a mate than a matrimonial site. Here people get to know one another, observe one another and make wise choices . The average courting time is around one and a half years and usually ends in matrimony."
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, like the line manager who had to rush through a month and a half of courting to marry his subordinate , so that he could get it all over before the next monthly appraisal and escape possible accusations of favouritism! And once the marriage is over, the company of course would do the needful i.e. transfer one of them to a different department!
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Corporate magic
What the visionaries of free India could not do, the corporates have managed to do overnight. Cutting across religion and region, you find young Indians finding their soul mates from cultures that are as different as chalk and cheese.
A Maharastrian does the saat phere with a Gujarati, a Tamil boy ties the knot with a Sindhi girl, a Goanese damsel enters into holy matrimony with a Hyderabadi and a Naidu boy finds a British girl while on duty in London! "The combinations and permutations indeed are limitless given the vast diversity of India," says a young manager from GE.
Jashan Manale
As you look at the growing numbers of these couples, it sometimes seems as if companies are encouraging the trend because it suits them. "Some of the big MNCs in the city, including us, celebrated Valentine's Day complete with candle light dinner and gifts for the best couple ," says an employee from Microsoft.
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With the trend still new and the eligible in corporates, young, what the middle age blues hold is yet to be seen, and except for a stray case like the young girl who fell in love with a married colleague and committed suicide, the picture is still rosy. "It's like killing two birds with one stone ��� you get happy workers who are prepared to come early and leave late, and if they marry you have two loyal workers, whom the company knows how to handle!" observes a HR manager.
Courtesy: Hyderabad Times
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