Kathni aur karni ( saying and doing)

I am coming across lots of posts across various social media sites by the HR Heads and other senior functionaries of various organisations that talk about various feel good things – up skilling and learning new skills, team spirit, camaraderie, accepting challenges, voluntarily accepting higher/ extra responsibilities, career planning et al. To my mind, this onrush in posting such articles could be to counter the negative employee sentiments arising out of work pressure, toxic work culture and a general apathy of the employees in light of “ none too friendly” HR policies. 

However, whether the employees truly believe what their HR Heads and other senior managers are conveying through these posts and is aligned to the actual work culture obtaining at these organisations is a matter that could be put to doubt.

The above hit my sensibilities strongly when I came across a beautiful short poem by William Shakespeare that reads:

You say you love rain,

But you open umbrella.

You say you love the Sun,

But you find a shadow spot.

You say you love wind,

But you close your windows.

This is why I am afraid,

When you say you love me.

Nothing more needs to be said as the poem conveys everything with unusual subtlety.