Monday, February 13, 2006
Job woes....
I'm tired of my job. And I think it has recently hit rock bottom. Real rock bottom. Today was yet, one of those days, which I skived from work. And best part? I don't feel ashamed about it. I blatently just "keng" MC (didn't even bother to go to the doctor to get one too!)... oh well...
I guess you can say I am jaded, or perhaps I am already in a "holiday" mood (I have already planned to throw in my resignation mid March). After working for close to 2 years, I have realized:
1) There is no way I can get a promotion, so there is no way that I can climb the corporate ladder and hence no new challenges (how do you get promoted when it's just 2 of you in the company and the company has no intention of hiring more?)
2) I realized that I have been working, on average 10 hour work days every day. I agree that when a job has to be done, it has to be done. Things have improved from the past, considering that I don't need to work Sundays (in those days, it was 70 hour work weeks). But quite frankly, I'm really tired... I really wonder how my manager does it though?
3) Job scope is really really ... mundane now. I don't want to see myself carving a career just doing posters all the time. Compared to my peers, I am focusing on below-the-line marketing more than above-the-line marketing. And during one of the interviews, the interviewer just shot that fact blatently in my face. And becos of that, I was deemed unsuitable for the job.
Looking at the papers today for jobs didn't help the situation. It made me wonder, was it a bad choice to just jump at the first job that was offered to me? Sure, the pay was good (But after you look at the amount of work you had to do, it doesn't look so good). Would it have been a better choice to have waited? To have been jobless for a year before settling for a job you really wanted and climbing your way up? Is my 2 years experience now really worthless???
And the more major concern is for my next job. Should I really look for the kind of job I want now? And am I ready to settle for less pay? Cos I know that if I want to get more pay, means I have to remain in the same industry. And frankly, I don't wish to remain in the current industry. I see no future in it.
So many questions and no answers... time to go to the mountains and be a hermit for a while. Maybe the op is actually a good opportunity for some serious soul searching.
I guess you can say I am jaded, or perhaps I am already in a "holiday" mood (I have already planned to throw in my resignation mid March). After working for close to 2 years, I have realized:
1) There is no way I can get a promotion, so there is no way that I can climb the corporate ladder and hence no new challenges (how do you get promoted when it's just 2 of you in the company and the company has no intention of hiring more?)
2) I realized that I have been working, on average 10 hour work days every day. I agree that when a job has to be done, it has to be done. Things have improved from the past, considering that I don't need to work Sundays (in those days, it was 70 hour work weeks). But quite frankly, I'm really tired... I really wonder how my manager does it though?
3) Job scope is really really ... mundane now. I don't want to see myself carving a career just doing posters all the time. Compared to my peers, I am focusing on below-the-line marketing more than above-the-line marketing. And during one of the interviews, the interviewer just shot that fact blatently in my face. And becos of that, I was deemed unsuitable for the job.
Looking at the papers today for jobs didn't help the situation. It made me wonder, was it a bad choice to just jump at the first job that was offered to me? Sure, the pay was good (But after you look at the amount of work you had to do, it doesn't look so good). Would it have been a better choice to have waited? To have been jobless for a year before settling for a job you really wanted and climbing your way up? Is my 2 years experience now really worthless???
And the more major concern is for my next job. Should I really look for the kind of job I want now? And am I ready to settle for less pay? Cos I know that if I want to get more pay, means I have to remain in the same industry. And frankly, I don't wish to remain in the current industry. I see no future in it.
So many questions and no answers... time to go to the mountains and be a hermit for a while. Maybe the op is actually a good opportunity for some serious soul searching.
# posted by Xallista @ 5:14 PM 
