Out here in India, maids(ervants) do not work or operate in groups. They seek work as individuals and in individual capacity.
This morning, I witnessed the making of a new way of doing business.
One of the maids who worked at our place a couple of years back, came back. She had left household work (cleaning, washing, etc.) to join a diamond exporting company. But the company shut down and she lost her job. Compulsions have forced her to take up the work she used to do earlier. But she's adopted a different approach. She came with 'working partner'! She said she would take up work only at those places where they both can work together.
How does she or her partner benefit?
- They can complete work in tandem and therefore, faster.
- They need not fear losing their jobs. While one takes leave, the other can work; this also ensures that we (the house-owners) don't have to run helter-skelter to get work done when a maid isn't around.
- Besides, it's always great to work in someone's company than all alone. The energy and enthusiasm one feels when with a partner, could produce work of a different kind, which in turn increases the energy and enthusiasm. The cycle perpetuates to yield benefits, earlier unimagined.
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