“Ask, but remember that thou might not receive all the time” (pramod 3:2:1)
Whining, complaining, nagging and sobbing is a viral infection usually people get once they land at the “Royal International Airport of Reality” after getting hired.
There is a well said quotation by a damn wise man “complainers never reduce the amount of complaints, just change the topics time to time”
Let me remind you how awesome your life has been ever since it started (if it ever started "properly")! Your mum or dad didn't always give the b'day gift YOU wanted; your spouse never understood what really turns you off (or on) in most cases. Your parents do not understand your spouse , spouse doesn't understand your siblings, siblings don't understand why you have to keep quiet without taking anyone's side (at least the correct one's) and your in laws understand nobody under the sun but their puppy dog’s bark when its hungry or wanna poop!
But you expect your boss to read your Einstein mind! And the company to have telepathy to realize when you need a salary increment as your housing loan payment has increased! (or the car loan in your case). And the coworkers to predict & forecast when you’d get stuck with work and need help. and may be your subordinates to be a little more proactive in reading whats running in your supersonic super fast super natural head!
The bitter truth Is that you do not get what you want in most cases. Unless you work in Middle East for Mr Aladdin and his lamp genie (or now that he is rich, you might probably find him in Singapore running solar lamp business,if somebody ever told him about sustainability). Or Santa’s workshop where you have no fear of loosing neither elves nor reindeer! Dammit they have no value In the job market out there! (This time I'm not gonna get anything for Christmas I know, criticizing St Nicholas does no good to nobody)
And companies, after dealing with all these "never reach a climax" set of people who always complain after getting hired,recruitment approach has become worse than “magul kapukama” (marriage brokering)
Now a potential candidate should come from a
- good family (career records),
- respectable relatives (highly recommended by referrals)
- should be well educated (well that’s straight forward)
- shouldn’t have any bad ex affairs (terminations or ASKED to leave situations in the past)
- well planned future on weekends ONLY (MBA or MSc ),
- teetotaler (free of bad habits such as job seeking once hired,avoid Sunday Observer job adverts nor should visit TopJobs website even accidentally )
- If a married female, not planning a baby for the next three years will be equivalent to a PHD possession!!
And on the other hand employers, working their butt off building psychological contracts (You do not get this on a paper, invisible kinda thingy). figuring out How to get everyone to feel like HOME ? (now thats a toughy unless they allow everyone to bring parents, spouses children , In laws & that pooping puppy to work ) and the super sexy Flexi hours where nobody gets to see nobody and most off all deadlines are never met due to "i work in a different shift"
So lets get this damn confusion straight. Work has its own values. And home of its own. That’s why striking a work life balance has become almost THE “promotional tool” . So if you feel as if you accidentally walked in to a lion, don't stand still thinking the lion wouldn't eat you just because you are a vegetarian.
Work is tough all right and constant complaints wont get you anywhere unless you take them as challenges and kick ass!
Take your time and hurry up, Coz you gotta lifetime to untangle the “nool boley”
Cheers!
PramoD
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