Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Job Satisfaction 2

Today i got a new complain from couple of our team mates. From morning to now as if i have no other work to do , i was thinking about this. I see the problem in many angles but still i couldn't solve it. When it comes to small things like this , my head starts rotating. Thought of going to answers.com. But never mind. I will put it in a blog. Our people will understand the gravity of this problem better and i will get some idea.

Now this is their problem. When people enter to our office, everyone is checked by the security. One reason is the security situation of the country. Second reason is the company security policy. There are certain things you cannot bring in side the company and there are certain things you cannot take out from the company. So forever there are conflicts between security guards and employees. Today these group of employees complained that every morning , securing lady digs in to their bags , takes out all personal belongings and checks. Not even that , she is giving explanations to them for her strict checking saying they must be taking bombs and unnecessary things, therefore she has to check them properly. This explanation has make them more upset. Because these are the loyal employees of the company who works for the company half of their life. Now suddenly there are new rules and new security guards who pays no respect for them at all.

I can understand how they feel. But if you take the underline facts, security guards are also doing their duty. We can't say anything to them. If we are to say not to check the employees , from next day company will have to take the responsibility for what ever the things happens. On the other hand , when people are treated like this in the early morning , it definitely effects their morals and in turn effect their work. We don't want to loose any of these people. Can we ask the security company to change their rigid security policy? All our employees are professionals. Considering that can we trust them and stay without checking? Some of the employees were scared to comment on it. Even though they suffer , they think its not a big deal. So as they always did , they bear things until it comes to the limit and then get very frustrated on life. Some people think that they them selves can handle it with the security guards. They have different ways to tackle them too. I guess no need to mention it here. But definitely there is a group which believes company should take some action? In companies point of view what can a company do to balance a strike between employees' satisfaction and security?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Same thing happns at our office. We complained to the security manager and change the guards. Its mostly the matter of how the guards treat people. Otherwise no one would resist to show their bags. Best thing is to ask for a trained experienced guard who knows how to searve people with respect.