The Weekend Workers

We all work from Monday to Friday mostly(Some unfortunate people work on Saturdays) and enjoy the Weekend. After 40 hours of scheduled working hours we look forward to the 2 most joyful days of the week. Mondays & Fridays are the 2 days of the week with extremely opposite work environment. After enjoying the weekend, coming to work on a Monday most of us feel lazy and cherish the memories of the good times spent & at the same time start counting the days left for Friday in anticipation. We are more interested in planning the next weekend instead of the actual week before that. Monday blues often lead to low productivity at least in the beginning hours for some. However, its a matter of perspective as some people are energized & fresh that the level of productivity at least for those individuals is above par. I always wonder the definition of a Weekend. Being from a BPO background working in flexible shifts is not something new to me. That's exactly the topic of my post today. A lot of industries like Retail for example do not provide the Traditional Weekends or some of them even give split offs(2 holidays a week but not at a stretch). As much as people hate to do this some advantages of Working on a Saturday/Sunday are also there. Working on a Weekend implies that you are free during two days in the week which is very useful when it comes to any kind of administrative or financial work. You don't have to take extra leaves for carrying out any government work or simple things like visiting your bank. The obvious disadvantages and the one that hurts the most is that while you're toiling hard at your workplace others are enjoying their weekend and all you can do is like there posts on Social networking sites. Work is something people seldom negotiate and after all it's their bread n butter. All I wanna say is that it's best that you make the most of it. Everyone doesn't get a chance to work and also complete your other important miscellaneous chores during official business days. If you concentrate on the positive aspect it will overshadow the negative effects of working on weekends. Most importantly you'll be at peace and that's all that practically matters. Long live, God Bless n Prosper!!!!