My current job is great. The facilities here are amazing. The food is good, we have flexible timings, there is enough work on weekdays, there is never any work on weekends, the pay is also quite good. Then why do I feel that twinge of jealousy when I hear about someone getting promoted in my old company. She is a great friend, worked very hard and more than deserved the promotion too. . I know I should not be feeling jealous, especially of a friend’s success.. But I do, and I hate myself for it 😦
It is just that I am not sure about the growth in my company. They don’t believe in job titles. You get the post of a senior after completing 2-3 yrs in the company. But after that, I know of people who have been working for 6-7 yrs at this same post. I know I would not want to be like this. I am not sure how good my boss thinks I am at my job and whether I deserve a promotion.
For a long time after I joined the company, I badly wanted to very well at the job. Somewhere along the line, I got busy with other things, wedding, moving to a new home, adjusting to the lifestyle here.. and sort of forgot about my career…. A chat with my friend suddenly reminded me of all those things. I hope that this incident serves as an inspiration and drives me to work at-least a little bit harder towards my career 🙂
Very hopefully 🙂
Cheers!
Wow! April is witnessing a LOT of blog updates from you! 🙂
I do hope your inspirational incident works for you, and ends up giving you that promotion you are praying for! 🙂
Had a lot of free time yesterday, hence the flurry of posts..
Thanks for visiting the blog so regularly 🙂 and thank you for your wishes.. I hope so too 😀
I used to love my job in Bombay too.. Hate the work culture in Bangalore.. And always, always get super jealous when my ex collagues, some of them very good friends, get promoted or have some “Bombay fun”.. But that said, it’s nice to find a balance. I finally have now. And not being a workaholic anymore feels awesome too. 2 sides of the same coin.. I guess life’s always like that!
The fast life of Bombay somehow just grows on you.. Being away from the city just makes you realise how used to you are to it.. Though I guess you have started to enjoy Bangalore too..
I am sure that if you come back to Bombay you would miss the balanced life of Bangalore.. Grass is always greener on the other side 😉
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