Read politics-politics! As if life at home wasn't difficult enough for a woman! So often, many working-moms (& thats as redundant as it gets anyway) say the same thing I feel "almost" everyday - that work is actually a 'break' from home! More or less! But somethings never change on the office front... whichever office that is! Why is Dilbert so popular after all?!
I'm someone who wears my emotions on my sleeve. You can take me at face-value 90% of the time. So obviously politics is something I can never understand ... forget try or master. I hate the sight & smell of it but it shows its ugly face every now & then, just about when I'm almost nearing the completion of the healing & forgetting cycle from the earlier infliction. This last week, I got a chance to see its ugly face again.. & even though it was not roaring in my face & it was targetted at someone else (who happens to be my best friend at office - bru... & thats how I know the whole story...), I was so restless at being absolutely helpless. The typically energetic & fun-loving person that bru is, needless to say was the exact opposite this last week. How much fun they must be having at her expense I wonder. A team award is given to every person in her team & a related team except for bru ... & the explanation given is that she has to scale up! I dont think it can get any more ridiculous... especially knowing how hard she's been working & how much more than the others she has contributed. The total apathy of top level management concerned is unbelievable! Way-o-the-world Im told by some & yet some others say 'go complain to HR'. Go figure! Easier said than done. How easy is it for whistleblowers. Snowden may be a hero but who wants to live his life!
WayoTheWorld...<sigh!> Politics is so ingrained in our society, we're now used to it! To reach the top you now need to know how to play politics, not just how to deal with it. How much more pathetic can it get!
But there's a good side too! The one that makes me want to go back to office ... inspite of all the stress & heartburn. The salary, the independence, the adults (try staying at home with 2 children under 10 for atleast 24 hours. I know I longed for non-baby-talk!!!But yes, a better way to put that would be to say 'friends'), the gossip...! :) You win some, you lose some. Hopefully, the politics will never get bad enough to end my career... & I can only hope.
I'm someone who wears my emotions on my sleeve. You can take me at face-value 90% of the time. So obviously politics is something I can never understand ... forget try or master. I hate the sight & smell of it but it shows its ugly face every now & then, just about when I'm almost nearing the completion of the healing & forgetting cycle from the earlier infliction. This last week, I got a chance to see its ugly face again.. & even though it was not roaring in my face & it was targetted at someone else (who happens to be my best friend at office - bru... & thats how I know the whole story...), I was so restless at being absolutely helpless. The typically energetic & fun-loving person that bru is, needless to say was the exact opposite this last week. How much fun they must be having at her expense I wonder. A team award is given to every person in her team & a related team except for bru ... & the explanation given is that she has to scale up! I dont think it can get any more ridiculous... especially knowing how hard she's been working & how much more than the others she has contributed. The total apathy of top level management concerned is unbelievable! Way-o-the-world Im told by some & yet some others say 'go complain to HR'. Go figure! Easier said than done. How easy is it for whistleblowers. Snowden may be a hero but who wants to live his life!
WayoTheWorld...<sigh!> Politics is so ingrained in our society, we're now used to it! To reach the top you now need to know how to play politics, not just how to deal with it. How much more pathetic can it get!
But there's a good side too! The one that makes me want to go back to office ... inspite of all the stress & heartburn. The salary, the independence, the adults (try staying at home with 2 children under 10 for atleast 24 hours. I know I longed for non-baby-talk!!!But yes, a better way to put that would be to say 'friends'), the gossip...! :) You win some, you lose some. Hopefully, the politics will never get bad enough to end my career... & I can only hope.
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