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Ramadan, COVID and Work – Blog Post #479 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #479. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. We are in the second half of Ramadan. This is the time when usually the energy level has somewhat gone down. We feel some weakness and get tired more easily. We relate this to our effort of fasting and give ourselves good marks about how pious we are. We also take credit about our steadfastness of fasting even in hot weather and working at the same time. Ramadan brings some reduction in working hours which the employers grant, some more gingerly and some less so. There is a concealed warning that the quantity and quality of work should not be compromised. The pharma salespeople working in the field alw...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #275. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… In Part 5, we shall continue to look at the possible ways to achieve better work life balance. And conclude the discussion on this topic. Work Life Balance is interpreted differently by people. It is based on personal orientation, ambitions, goal setting and a host of other factors. It is also viewed differently by the people in the same context. For example, work life balance is generally seen differently by spouses. It also varies if both are working or one is working. Parents don’t mind if their children spend long hours at work an...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #272. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… Let us look at the reasons which may cause Work Life Imbalance. 1.      Men at Work: We are a patriarchal society. Men are supreme and have to be in commanding position. We have a work life and a home life, and we prefer to keep the two separated so much that the person at work is quite different from the person at home. Some men who command at work have no say at home; and some men who are tyrants at home have no say at work. Men are actually confused about the work life balance. They spend more time at work...