Working In the Office Area


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Working In the Office Area

Case-5

In the office area:

My aunt, sudha works as a marketing manager. She had asked us to reach her office before 5.30 p.m. we thought we’d get late so we took an auto rickshaw that managed to get us there just in time. Her office was in an area surrounded by tall buildings. There were hundreds of people coming out. Some headed for the car park while others went towards the row of buses.

My aunt is a marketing manager in a company which manufactures biscuits. The factory where the biscuits are made is outside the city. She supervises the work of 50 salespersons who travel to different parts of the city. They get orders from shopkeepers and collect payments from them. She has divided the city into six regions and once a week she meets the salesperson of each region. She checks their progress report and discusses problems they face. She has to plan the sales in the entire city and often has to work late and travel to different places.

She gets a regular salary every month and is a permanent workers with the company. She can expect her job to continue for a long period of time. Being a permanent worker she also gets other benefits such as the following:

Saving for old age:  A part of her salary is kept in a fund with the government. She will earn interest on these savings. When she retires from this job she will get this money and she can then live on that.

Holidays: she gets off on Sundays and national holidays. She also gets some days as annual leave.

Medical facilities for her family: her company pays the medical expenses up to a certain amount for her and her family members. She gets medical leaves if she falls ill and her salary is not cut if she takes this leave.

There are many workers in the city who work in offices, factories, and government departments where they are employed as regular and permanent workers.

They attend the same office or factory regularly. Their work is clearly identified. They get a regular salary. Unlike casual workers will not be asked to leave if the factory does have much work.

At the end of the day we go into my aunt’s car, exhausted. But it had been so much fun! And I thought how interesting that so many people do so many different things in the city. They’ve probably never met each other but it is their work that ties them together and helps to make up city life.

 
 


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