Should we feel happy about been hired by a gud company for a gud salary ? Or feel sad about letting someone else own our time, our activities, our creativity, our life (for at least 8 hr/day). We who say- I do watever I like to do, I don't wanna anyone dominating me. I remember the night before civil engg. course end sem. I had read just 1 unit out of 5, still chatted with my brother whole night, just because i didn't wanna to study. Going out for ice cream on dec. night, even when i had cold, just because i wanted to have it at tat time only. We who never wanted someone else making decision for us. I remember arguing my grand parents when they wanted me to travel next day instead of tat day, just because i didn't liked anyone else forcing their decision on me.
And I am the one who accepted the offer of been hired without questioning it once, and the irony is I was happy about it. Just because i hadn't taken it this way. At tat time it seemed so common and usual. But it is ok for that time, i must have this experience also.
So, now i go to office daily, work whole day even when i don't wanna to go or work, just because i am being paid for it. Can we work with full efficiency with such a motivation ? And after 4 months i have realized, i can work with my full efficiency only when I work for myself, when i own my time & activity, when i work only when i like, not under any other pressure. I remember some of my assignments during college days. The deadline was near, so i had to work even when i didn't felt like. So, couldn't work with full enthu & couldn't find solution. I gave up, decided not to submit the assignment and prepared myself for losing grade (even dropping course in worst case). Then started feeling fresh, no tension & pressure. Then tried to solve the problem just for myself and when i felt to work on it. And i got solution much before deadline. Only when we let our self work watever we like and whenever we like, then only throughput can be max. Feeling of someone else making decision on what I should work on, when I should work on, kills my enthu to work. Feeling of working under compulsion reduces motivation.
I don't know why it is only me, who got these feelings ? Is it like i am defending myself ? Or is it due to i belong to a business family, used to the environment where everyone work for their own ? Or due to the environment where I have been brought up, never had any restriction or compulsion ? I am not sure of the reason right now. The best thing for now is to try to prove myself in current environment. I will definitely learn a lot in the process. Then i will be sure tat i am made not to work for anyone else but only for myself :).
And I am the one who accepted the offer of been hired without questioning it once, and the irony is I was happy about it. Just because i hadn't taken it this way. At tat time it seemed so common and usual. But it is ok for that time, i must have this experience also.
So, now i go to office daily, work whole day even when i don't wanna to go or work, just because i am being paid for it. Can we work with full efficiency with such a motivation ? And after 4 months i have realized, i can work with my full efficiency only when I work for myself, when i own my time & activity, when i work only when i like, not under any other pressure. I remember some of my assignments during college days. The deadline was near, so i had to work even when i didn't felt like. So, couldn't work with full enthu & couldn't find solution. I gave up, decided not to submit the assignment and prepared myself for losing grade (even dropping course in worst case). Then started feeling fresh, no tension & pressure. Then tried to solve the problem just for myself and when i felt to work on it. And i got solution much before deadline. Only when we let our self work watever we like and whenever we like, then only throughput can be max. Feeling of someone else making decision on what I should work on, when I should work on, kills my enthu to work. Feeling of working under compulsion reduces motivation.
I don't know why it is only me, who got these feelings ? Is it like i am defending myself ? Or is it due to i belong to a business family, used to the environment where everyone work for their own ? Or due to the environment where I have been brought up, never had any restriction or compulsion ? I am not sure of the reason right now. The best thing for now is to try to prove myself in current environment. I will definitely learn a lot in the process. Then i will be sure tat i am made not to work for anyone else but only for myself :).
Nice thoughts Sapna... Didnt know you blog tooo. Just followed your entire journey from Mumbai to Seattle :)
ReplyDeleteTake care, and keep blogging...
- Shruti
The way I look at it, when you join a company, there are 2 promises to be kept:
ReplyDelete1. The company promises to give you good, interesting work that fits in well with your capabilities, and your previous knowledge and interest.
2. You promise to work hard at whatever is assigned to you, and put in the best of your efforts for a fixed amount of time everyday.
Both promises are broken everyday. Not all work is interesting, but aggregated over a long period of time, it should be.
No employee works very hard everyday, but aggregated over time, sometimes less work, soemtimes overtime, again, the employee should work.
No question of ownership comes beyond the ownership of relationships.
Just like your parents have the right to demand that you do something for them, like study hard or do some chores, a company has the right to demand that you work on boring work for sometime, or long hours for sometime.
Similarly, you also have the rights to tell your parents to do something for you, like buy you nice clothes or cook good food for you, and you also have the rights to demand that the company reduce the load or make work more interesting.
Hey shruti thanks....
ReplyDeleteKriti, thanks for nice explaination, i was a bit confused. But still my point is, it depend on whom u wanna to give right to demand things from you and how much they can demand ?