ica we would have people waving free movie tickets in the cafeteria, since the University of Southern California has an excellent film school and there would be few takers. For the average student who calculated that an hour was worth $6.25 working on campus, this was a waste of his time.There is a lot to admire about this. The western attitude to time is much more organized and much more linear compared to our own very flexible attitude toward punctuality which tends to undervalue both our own time and the time of others. No doubt when foreign companies come to India they grapple with how to enforce their culture and indigenous respect for time. I also could do with adopting a bit more California in my schedule – as a CEO I need to delegate more so that I can spend more of my time on strategy and things that matter and which I am paid to decide on.Yet it is hard – I’d say impossible – to impose such a foreign concept on what has grown up as our own very unique system of time-keeping and time-managing. And, while we could definitely stop the routine 30 minutes lateness for an appointment, because that is just rude, our approach to time has its advantages,toms outlet.In India, I would wager more than any other country in the world, people are willing to work extra hours to help the company during busy season or to accommodate a colleague who needs help catching up. We might be late, but we also stay late. We believe in accommodating rather than getting up and leaving just because the clock strikes 6 p.m.For a growing company, it is a boon to have employees who are willing put in time doing the work needed, even fill in for extra spots if a vacant spot has not yet been filled. For someone like me who has retail stores, I don’t need to worry that my team will not work extra hard with long hours during the crucial Diwali purchase season.I also secretly enjoy sitting in on endless meetings and long discussions,tomsoutletsalecheap.com. I find it hard to practice the abstinence that mandates, as it would in the U.S., that I make myself unavailable for trivial discussions. It is deep-rooted in our culture, especially in North India, to make small talk before the actual work discussion begins. All across India, it is mandatory to offer a guest in your office tea and coffee even if it’s the last meeting of the day. Agendas are rarely set in a meeting because the actual work is done between the lines in a conversation. How much would we miss if we all stuck by the clock?We take an hour to eat our lunch. We are used to our family calling us if we haven’t reached home on time,tomsoutletsalecheap.com. We wear watches only because they are in fashion. We can even sit through a movie that is 3.5 hours long. But so what? Think of the upside: If you arrive for your plane or train late, we’ll wait for you. Our flights don’t leave on time anyway! Devita Saraf is CEO of Vu Technologies and Executive Director of Zenith Computers in Mumbai Add a Comment Error message Name We welcome thoughtful comments from readers. Please comply with our guidelines. Our blogs do not require the u Related articles:

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