Corporate is not for me
Rant alert:
Have you felt the same way? How many years of work ex after which you started feeling this way?
Stability and money I’m grateful for. But I hate the constant comparison and competitiveness among peers/colleagues. Makes me want to quit and do a Teach for India fellowship. A little corporate detox.
Wish I had become an athlete instead. I know it’s not an easy life, but It’s the kind of competitiveness I’m inclined towards. Not inclined towards the kind where you compete with people to please a company that will never care for you as a human. But people fail to recognise that, lose perspective, and lose themselves too. People have no class in this shitty world. If I have kids, they’re definitely becoming athletes and not entering this hellhole.
Most ironically, I’m borderline considering an MBA to escape the corporate life for 2 years, but obviously I’m aware I will only get entrenched further in it due to the degree.
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Oh man. Just hoping for the day i can quit it all. Right now on the blue pill, but ek din ayega. I'm convinced only sociopaths and people with no personalities can enjoy being in this rut. Lavda build something - it's just about keeping the hamster wheel rolling.
MBA is not the answer, speaking from the other side. Nothing changes, probably money is more, but it is still the same loop of what-is-the-update-on-this till you leave and join another to start the cycle again
I feel you. I recently got laid off one day after giving in my day and night to the company. It's been a month since then and I'm still not motivated at all to look for another job.
I feel like starting a tuition/coaching class for maths/physics which is something that I've always dreamt of doing. Or even worse, I'm more willing to put up a kirana store than going back into the shit hole.
Ok. Hear me out. The part you hate about corporate is not comparison or competition. What you hate is the way it happens is not under your control. I have found a way to deal with this, the key is to influence decisions. If you sit in the back seat and feel disheartened and frustrated, it's not gonna help you. I think the same goes for other careers paths as well. You gotta find a way to influence how things happen around you. Otherwise you are gonna feel this way everywhere.
I completely agree with your point. However, not everybody can influence decisions because they might be introverted and some colleagues with strong communication can just steal their limelight. Not sure about others but this is what happening to me throughout my entire career. I think if I spoke more with better jargon, I would have been earning 30% more atm.
Sure, being outspoken helps. But there is a silent way to convey your opinions too. You just have to be genuine about it. I'll be happy if I come across a more introverted but sensible guy rather than outspoken and all over the place.
I can see the Type B personality taking over 😉
It's an honest confession that often remains unspoken.
Truer words have never been spoken
With three lakhs in savings, I quit yesterday to pursue my dream. I couldn’t do it anymore, this corporate ray race.
