Is this all there is?
6PM- Door Bell rang.
“Don’t even ask!” Priya warned entering into the house.
She went straight to the rest room while for us - the remaining souls in the house, curiosity levels went high. ”Bad day at work?” guessed Sri in his best hushed tone. “Or worst 101 traffic?” I added and suddenly it became one of those 'Guess in 60 Seconds' game.
While we all secretly bet on the reasons, Priya walked into the living room and settled in the recliner. Silence spread in the room until Nats and I bought the mugs of chai for everyone. “Thanks!” Priya took her mug from Nats and continued staring at the TV. Few more silent minutes and then she turned to face all her confused friends…Though we tried hard to stay normal, our pulses rose to see who won the Guess game and of course the 20 bucks!
“So, what are the bets?” Priya hit the bulls eye and we the Broadway experts gave her ‘what?-Where-did-you-get-that-from?’ look. “Well, whoever guessed it a bad day at work…” before Priya finished her sentence, Sri could not control his ‘World Champion of Guesser’ shriek which was shot down immediately by a ‘Dude-you-are-so-dead’ look from the experts minus one. Nats was the first to ask Priya what actually happened.
“I just don’t think I am going any where in this job…and to top that as ye all know my boss sucks!”, once she laid it all out on the table, it was not something we did not know, or haven’t experienced ourselves. We all have been there, done that and few of us are still hanging in there for some weird yet personal reasons.
“…So I quit!”
Priya’s announcement did not just silent us all but made us think when it is that one decides this is it? Our silence did freak Priya a bit and having noticed that, I immediately broke the silence saying, “Kudos to one who got balls”
“…to actually kick some!” Nats added sportily.
Though the rest of the evening raised a toast to Priya’s guts recalling scenes from Office Space, we all - including Priya, knew it’s a bold (translation: SHIT! Oh SHIT! ...SHIT!) move.
11pm – group dispersed and I sat wondering when can/should one call it QUITS! Google quickly rescued my thoughts and here are some top reasons I found to identify when one is in a dead-end job:
1. Overload: When people left your companies, instead of being replaced, are the remaining employees expected to pick up the slack and work two jobs for the price of one?
2. Unsung hero: Are your extra hours and "go the extra mile for the client" attitude unrecognized or unrewarded?
3. Out of the loop: Has a change in management left you out in the cold?
4. Looming dread: Do you dread getting out of bed in the morning because it means you have to face another day at work?
5. Is this all there is? Do you find your productivity slipping and that you lack a general interest in your job?
6. Temper, temper: Do you find minor challenges either at work or at home touch you off more often?
7. Alienation: Do you no longer feel like investing emotionally in your co-workers?
Read the complete article on CNN and figure out yourself and whatever situation you are in, Good Luck ye’ all swimming through the week! :-)
“Don’t even ask!” Priya warned entering into the house.
She went straight to the rest room while for us - the remaining souls in the house, curiosity levels went high. ”Bad day at work?” guessed Sri in his best hushed tone. “Or worst 101 traffic?” I added and suddenly it became one of those 'Guess in 60 Seconds' game.
While we all secretly bet on the reasons, Priya walked into the living room and settled in the recliner. Silence spread in the room until Nats and I bought the mugs of chai for everyone. “Thanks!” Priya took her mug from Nats and continued staring at the TV. Few more silent minutes and then she turned to face all her confused friends…Though we tried hard to stay normal, our pulses rose to see who won the Guess game and of course the 20 bucks!
“So, what are the bets?” Priya hit the bulls eye and we the Broadway experts gave her ‘what?-Where-did-you-get-that-from?’ look. “Well, whoever guessed it a bad day at work…” before Priya finished her sentence, Sri could not control his ‘World Champion of Guesser’ shriek which was shot down immediately by a ‘Dude-you-are-so-dead’ look from the experts minus one. Nats was the first to ask Priya what actually happened.
“I just don’t think I am going any where in this job…and to top that as ye all know my boss sucks!”, once she laid it all out on the table, it was not something we did not know, or haven’t experienced ourselves. We all have been there, done that and few of us are still hanging in there for some weird yet personal reasons.
“…So I quit!”
Priya’s announcement did not just silent us all but made us think when it is that one decides this is it? Our silence did freak Priya a bit and having noticed that, I immediately broke the silence saying, “Kudos to one who got balls”
“…to actually kick some!” Nats added sportily.
Though the rest of the evening raised a toast to Priya’s guts recalling scenes from Office Space, we all - including Priya, knew it’s a bold (translation: SHIT! Oh SHIT! ...SHIT!) move.
11pm – group dispersed and I sat wondering when can/should one call it QUITS! Google quickly rescued my thoughts and here are some top reasons I found to identify when one is in a dead-end job:
1. Overload: When people left your companies, instead of being replaced, are the remaining employees expected to pick up the slack and work two jobs for the price of one?
2. Unsung hero: Are your extra hours and "go the extra mile for the client" attitude unrecognized or unrewarded?
3. Out of the loop: Has a change in management left you out in the cold?
4. Looming dread: Do you dread getting out of bed in the morning because it means you have to face another day at work?
5. Is this all there is? Do you find your productivity slipping and that you lack a general interest in your job?
6. Temper, temper: Do you find minor challenges either at work or at home touch you off more often?
7. Alienation: Do you no longer feel like investing emotionally in your co-workers?
Read the complete article on CNN and figure out yourself and whatever situation you are in, Good Luck ye’ all swimming through the week! :-)
posted by Vamsee at Monday, December 12, 2005
4 Comments:
Nice Post. Your style of narrating is pretty kool..I have read this article on CNN earlier but your story knitting made it worthwhile to read it again :-) Keep it up.
-SSSSHH
Good flow of story telling :)Also, You have distinct selection of topics on this blog..Keep up the diversity! :)
Another point to note is research(I think Harvard came up with this) proved that evaluating oneself in the market/ changing jobs after 2-3 yrs at earlier stages of one's career might be quite helpful, especially if you dont want to get too sucked in...
SSSSHH : Thanks!Best compliment on the blog,so far:)
Sarah: I am glad you liked it :) I recall reading that Harvard article too and I did implement it recently ;)
nice post. That is also a nice CNN article
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