That was
in June 2012 the Kerala government asked its employees to restrict personal
calls during working hours and for that the government had been congratulated
from various corners. State government
has issued this order when its employees were mostly seen glued to their cell
phones. Office computers were used for listening to music, for playing games
and occasionally for searching pornographic sites. This spoiled the public’s
impression of the government and hence the government imposed a ban on personal
calls at work for its employees.
However,
if one wishes to check the situation in public
offices he would be bewildered to see that no change has been taken place . On
the other hand the employees are now equipped with smart phones, the
application of which is far from that in 2012. The employees are busier with
their cell phones at working hours.
It is the practice of the government to issue well-meaning
directives to their employees. But most of these instructions are ignored. Only
a very few employees would take the order of this sort seriously and end their private conversations
during office hours.
It is true
that the extensive use of cell phones at work creates a major distraction for
the employees and causes utmost inconvenience to people visiting government
offices to avail themselves of some service. But no order from the authorities
would be able to solve this unless a follow up action is undertaken by the
government. The staff will not voluntarily switch off their gadgets while on
duty unless a random surprise check is made in offices. Other wise, directives
of the above sort would turn out as meaningless gestures.
K.A.
Solaman
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