Women add spunk to drab workplace

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Women possess favourable traits like empathy and patience. Picture for illustrative purpose only

Imagine an office without the feminine colours, giggles and banter! Drab indeed. As the women’s day approaches, we ask city guys, how easy or difficult is it to work with women as colleagues or bosses?
“Women add colour and vibrancy to an otherwise mundane office environment. With too many men around, there is at times too much rivalry and backstabbing going on. In such situations, women are a welcome relief. Yes, since they take things to heart, one has to watch their words. But then, the higher emotional quotient is a trait, not a drawback,” says Anurag Austin Abraham, a marketing professional.
And then, there are others who feel, a woman’s commitment and dedication towards her work is impressive.
“A male boss, at times has this chalta hain or a buddy attitude and owing to their inflated egos, are not willing to listen to any kind of suggestions from immediate juniors or colleagues. On the other hand, a woman boss is more sincere towards her work and is open to suggestions. She also has a ‘soft corner’ and is keen to share and understands employees problems beyond the office precincts,” says Neeraj Joshi, an IT executive.
While many offices are dominated by men, others have equal division of gender, it is interesting to peep into sectors that have majority of women, for instance, public and media relations. For instance, Rizwan Shaikh is the only male in his organisation, You, Me & We media services.
He shares, “I feel fortunate to be around beautiful girls most of the time but I do miss men with whom I can share a joke or two. I am the scapegoat for all the late night events, being the only male employee and they have a good excuse to not stay back late at nights.”
The only other male in the office is the organisation’s director, Dipankar Zalpuri. He says, “In the field of PR and media relations, women play a much larger part. Along with the mentioned inclination, they possess favourable traits like empathy and patience.”
But not everybody is very welcoming about female presence at work.
“Although one should not really generalise, but I feel woman workers, especially those at senior positions, have this constant urge to prove that they are as capable as any male. As a result, they adopt a stern and menacing attitude, more so towards male subordinates. In addition, it is a scientifically proven fact that women are more emotional and thus, tend to bring personal problems to work. While men avoid that, as they are more practical,” opines Sunil, a manager with financial firm, who has a female boss.
But he immediately points out, the case might wary in various cases. “I have worked with a MNC earlier, where I again reported to a woman boss. We were on friendly terms and to this date, we catch up with each other, whenever we can.”