Dear Readers,
Many of my friends, especially American friends have lost their jobs. Yes, people in Bangalore have also been Bangalored.
After a fairly long spell of time, I had lunch with a friend at an ertwhile popular restaurant, the restaurant seemed quite empty. No noisy office parties, whereas once this restaurant used to be crammed with office goers. Shops are trying to attract customers by offering heavy discounts. Why, just today, Jet airways, said that by paying a mere Rs. 2000 I could upgrade to business class! Times are bad.
In this backdrop, a snippet in a newspaper caught my eye. It was interesting to read a snippet in
Corporate Dossier on the ten most common bad excuses for staying in a bad job.
Here goes:
1 Things might get better
2 My boss is such a jerk but if I quit now, he wins
3 I’m not a quitter
4 I’ll never get another job
5 If I quit I’ll lose my salary, status, company car, the recognition of my peers, etc
6 Everywhere else is just as bad
7 I’ve invested so much in this job already
8 I’ll lose my health insurance
9 My job pays very well
10 Quitting will look bad on my CV
As
Alex author of "Happy Hour is 9 to 5" says: It takes guts to quit. More so to quit using crayons.
Alex has another interesting post, called:
Find your quitting point. I have landed in Bombay, my favourite city. Even this has not brought a smile to my face. Tomorrow is budget day and I will have to fulfill many committments tomorrow and the entire week.
Hopefully then I shall be away on leave and will come back more cheerful.
Perhaps I should read Alex's book, which is available free for reading online:
Happy Hour is 9 to 5. Ultimately we have to find out our own path to happiness both during and post office hours.
Have a nice Sunday
Lubna
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