Sunday, February 28, 2010

Why So Serious? ...

As a kid I always believed that job was the perfect redemption for studies...

People with jobs like my parents, were not confined to uniforms, had flexible timings, were not bound by home work or exams, relaxed during evenings & weekends and enjoyed the ultimate perk of getting salary at the end of the month

But by the time I grew up someone changed the rules of the game…

Today earning money has become a stressful, nerve-racking, overwhelming and uncomfortable exercise. There are teams like “Work Life balance” aboard. When work is the application of ones education and experiences assisted by his/her aptitude and attitude, then how can it be any different from life? But it is…

Recruitment is a bond of slavery and Pink slip is the end of the world. Between them you find Work hours which refer to the maximum duration you can work without breaking down and Deadlines which are the unrealistic expectation set by others that must be treated as indisputable laws.

Competency is how much you can make yourself uneasy while easing lives of people around you. Sincerity is your ability to take calls from the hospital where your ailing father is admitted. Promotions refer to an overrated change in your title which gives you a false sense of progress. Pay hikes are the only way to keep you enticed. Caffeine is now a necessity and retirement is the age, most of us may not reach. Job satisfaction is definitely a myth.

What happened to creativity, expression, signature, individuality, empathy, sensitivity and sensibility at work? Why is a wrong sense of competition inculcated to extract more then plausible performance from an individual? Why accept a term called “Human Resources” and dwarf a persona to a profit generation aide? Why your boss can look you in the eye and say “Don’t think about quitting, it’s same everywhere.”? Why this mad rush to burn ourselves from both end for the proverbial “successful career”?

… And why I relive the same feeling of relief as I walk out of my office, that I used to feel at the end of my classes at school…