Dr. Bruce and Dr. Tony (both Fictional names) were two Junior Residents working in the Department of Surgery in SMS Hospital, Jaipur (Fictional Name).
Dr. Bruce was hard working, always busy in ward work, taking excellent care of the patients admitted in the Unit. Dr. Tony was care-free and his ward work was usually incomplete.
Dr. Bruce noticed that paradoxically the Unit Head use to favour Dr. Tony more than him. Dr. Bruce used to receive sever scolding even over some minor mistake in his work while many blunders and omission of work by Dr. Tony used to be overlooked by the Unit Head. The Unit Head also used to give Dr. Tony more surgeries in the Operation Theater.
Frustrated, Dr. Bruce approached his Senior Resident, Dr. Hansraj Chawla (Fictional Name).
“Sir,” said Dr. Bruce asked Dr. Chawla, “Even though I work very hard in the ward and take good care of the patients, the Unit Head is not pleased by me. He shows definite partiality in his behaviour towards my colleague, Dr. Bruce, even though he is lazy in his ward work.”
“Can you tell me the reason for this?” asked Dr. Bruce.
Dr. Chawla sagely replied, “It is all due to Dr. Tony’s social activities.”
“Social activities?” asked an amazed Dr. Bruce. “I never see Dr. Tony doing any social service work. Does he goes to free medical camps or give time to an orphanage or old-age home?” asked Dr. Bruce.
“You are quite naïve if you think in today’s digital world, social activity means social service work.” Said Dr. Chawla. “I refer to Dr. Tony’s social media activity on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc.”
“Dr. Tony is connected digitally to the Unit Head on all major platforms. He is the first person to post greetings on the Unit Head’s birthday, anniversary, etc on his Facebook and WhatsApp account. He is the first person to like and share all of the Unit Head’s post on Facebook. He remarks in most eulogizing terms even to minor achievements of the Unit Head on the social media. Whenever the Unit Head post some surgical achievement on Facebook or WhatsApp, he is full of praises, such as, ‘Only you could have done such a complex surgery, Sir’. ‘Proud to be a student of such a great surgeon, Sir’, ‘Highly lucky to part of your team, Sir,’ and so on. When the Unit Head post pictures of his vacation, he is first to comment such as, ‘Missing you very much here’, ‘You really deserve some vacation time after the hard work you do here’,” explained Dr. Chawla.
Remember in today’s digital world, Social Media Activity may influence your Boss / Head of Department / Unit Head / Supervisor more than your actual Ward or Office work.
— ND
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