People taking exceptions should perform exceptionally well otherwise

In a professional context we get to see many colleagues around us taking undue exceptions and excuses for taking leave, availing the work-from-home option, being late to the office, leaving the office early, and not performing the task stating the reason of not comprehending what was conveyed; they are full of excuses.

But the question is, are the same professionals finding excuses like these in their personal life, when it's about their personal life schedules such as likes, leisure, and travel? That is the irony of it.

The individual professional is looking at all these from his/her perspective, comfort, and convenience and treats all these as normal, and the reporting manager finds it hard to accommodate all these silly exceptions asked for.

On the other hand, the reporting managers have to have a holistic perspective, get every team member together, and get the acts together, meeting the organizational objectives and goals. Thus, the manager can't be in the good books of his team members.

The individual professional thinks from his/her perspective, not bothering about the overall organizational objectives. There should be an office discipline that everyone in the office should adhere to. Managing the team is extremely difficult, as each professional is from a different background, having distinct motives, as well as being of different genders and ages.

As there is a generation gap between the professionals and the manager, the context in which the manager speaks about office discipline, punctuality, adherence to office decorum, and being in the right spirit in line with organizational goals is never taken seriously.

There is a comparison among the peer colleagues that he/she is given an exception; why not the other colleagues? It is based on the personal life context, the geographical area he/she lives in and commutes from, weather conditions, and mode of commute. There is a difference between a professional, who is coming from far off, being late to office and a professional staying close to the office coming late, that too habitually.

The ideal situation is walking at the same pace with the manager. If the manager is aggressive, expeditious, a go-getter, meticulous, punctual, and disciplined, so must be his/her team in order to avoid professional conflicts.

If people are finding too many excuses and taking exceptions in the professional context, take responsibility, perform exceptionally well at all other times, so that the exceptions taken are nullified, and the managers would not have any disinclination allowing them exceptions.

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