"Did you follow up with the media houses?" She asked.
"Yes, I did! A follow-up mail has been set and an excel sheet mailed :D " , I replied.
"Oh, So Negative!" She said and walked past me. Now, walking past an intern isn't normally such a big deal for a consultant at a big fat cheque paying corporate. She didn't realise how alongside my foot she also stepped on my dreams of a good feedback from a fellow mentor on my second day.After all,What is an intern?
Now, I honestly haven't interned outside India. But for my country, I have something to say.
They don't believe in hiring interns as such. They demand slaves. Slaves with MBAs/degrees from brilliant colleges with talent only to be used in making excel sheets and word docs. I always thought the sayings of those philosophy kings must be bullshit because there must be no such thing as being your own boss. Now funnily, the mission and the vision of these 'corporates' talk of 'Passion' 'Creativity' 'Innovation' and tons of 'iCAN's', but the reality is quite the opposite.
What corporates really do, is build big offices, of hopes and aspirations, the kind they would show in a Bollywood movie 'the poor hero' dreams of working in. Yes! Now their wall may claim we build people. But they never do that. No Feedback, No responsibility. Just work. Dumb work about google docs. When questioned regarding more opportunities, they bring in their master blaster point of 'you're just an ant' on our never ending corporate ladder politely often put as, 'First do this, for that, there's plenty of time'.
'The concrete is deep but the human is hollow.
He is ignorant to care, his heart is shallow'
That is exactly why 'they're 500 feet of concrete nothings'.
As per the WHO, Every 40 seconds a life is lost through suicide.According to reports 50% employees in India Inc are under stress :30% have problems such as addictions and marital discord.20% suffer from depression.
So if we do the math, nobody working at a corporate is happy. The big boss gets screwed, he screws his junior. His junior screws his junior and this cycle continues.
Now, I can go with my hatred parade of corporates but one needs to look for alternatives and Obviously the bright side!
A newer ,fresher and of course 'younger ' age of companies are quite the saviours! Yes, Startups! They're fast paced. They have the kick. People with mostly single digit teams. Places with people less than your age but potential beyond the fat pay cheque a safe bet corporate pays!
You are given more responsibility, more opportunities. Such an inclusion makes you a member of a family and not just a random corporate slave.I probably don't need to tell you that most startup jobs won't pay as well as some of the bigger corporate and business jobs. You (or your degree) may be worth more than a startup is able to pay. But working at a startup offers a different type of reward: an incentive-based system that isn't based on INR, but rather in skills attained and opportunities seized.
You will do a variety of things with true innovators. You will learn so much you're going to thank your stars for letting go of fat pay cheques ( or well, if money is your real motivator then this won't happen). Your failures and work , everything will be recognised. Yes, the Feedback mechanism with Startups is very high !
That is exactly why most executives today are leaving corporate jobs that suck the life out of them to find something meaningful. They want to move beyond tiers of hierarchies full of sycophants and corporate whores with calculated steps to skip ahead. Again, the corporate ladder does offer the top , but only after
a.time
b.compromising of morals
c.both( since you learn b post a)
What should one do? Whatever makes one happy!
Try and sketch a brain map of yourself. What you like.
Autonomy or Money?
Mastery or Slavery?
Being your own Boss or Having one?
A map for a number V/S People Choice in your life.
What would I pick? Isn't it quite obvious?
Considering how I've lashed out at corporates and how I am so Pro Startups!
Why I think that is because ultimately in business your ability to lead, manage and supervise people is what will make or break your career -- not your ability to do math! And hence I let go of numbers for people! What would you pick?
"Yes, I did! A follow-up mail has been set and an excel sheet mailed :D " , I replied.
"Oh, So Negative!" She said and walked past me. Now, walking past an intern isn't normally such a big deal for a consultant at a big fat cheque paying corporate. She didn't realise how alongside my foot she also stepped on my dreams of a good feedback from a fellow mentor on my second day.After all,What is an intern?
Now, I honestly haven't interned outside India. But for my country, I have something to say.
They don't believe in hiring interns as such. They demand slaves. Slaves with MBAs/degrees from brilliant colleges with talent only to be used in making excel sheets and word docs. I always thought the sayings of those philosophy kings must be bullshit because there must be no such thing as being your own boss. Now funnily, the mission and the vision of these 'corporates' talk of 'Passion' 'Creativity' 'Innovation' and tons of 'iCAN's', but the reality is quite the opposite.
What corporates really do, is build big offices, of hopes and aspirations, the kind they would show in a Bollywood movie 'the poor hero' dreams of working in. Yes! Now their wall may claim we build people. But they never do that. No Feedback, No responsibility. Just work. Dumb work about google docs. When questioned regarding more opportunities, they bring in their master blaster point of 'you're just an ant' on our never ending corporate ladder politely often put as, 'First do this, for that, there's plenty of time'.
'The concrete is deep but the human is hollow.
He is ignorant to care, his heart is shallow'
That is exactly why 'they're 500 feet of concrete nothings'.
As per the WHO, Every 40 seconds a life is lost through suicide.According to reports 50% employees in India Inc are under stress :30% have problems such as addictions and marital discord.20% suffer from depression.
So if we do the math, nobody working at a corporate is happy. The big boss gets screwed, he screws his junior. His junior screws his junior and this cycle continues.
Now, I can go with my hatred parade of corporates but one needs to look for alternatives and Obviously the bright side!
A newer ,fresher and of course 'younger ' age of companies are quite the saviours! Yes, Startups! They're fast paced. They have the kick. People with mostly single digit teams. Places with people less than your age but potential beyond the fat pay cheque a safe bet corporate pays!
You are given more responsibility, more opportunities. Such an inclusion makes you a member of a family and not just a random corporate slave.I probably don't need to tell you that most startup jobs won't pay as well as some of the bigger corporate and business jobs. You (or your degree) may be worth more than a startup is able to pay. But working at a startup offers a different type of reward: an incentive-based system that isn't based on INR, but rather in skills attained and opportunities seized.
You will do a variety of things with true innovators. You will learn so much you're going to thank your stars for letting go of fat pay cheques ( or well, if money is your real motivator then this won't happen). Your failures and work , everything will be recognised. Yes, the Feedback mechanism with Startups is very high !
That is exactly why most executives today are leaving corporate jobs that suck the life out of them to find something meaningful. They want to move beyond tiers of hierarchies full of sycophants and corporate whores with calculated steps to skip ahead. Again, the corporate ladder does offer the top , but only after
a.time
b.compromising of morals
c.both( since you learn b post a)
What should one do? Whatever makes one happy!
Try and sketch a brain map of yourself. What you like.
Autonomy or Money?
Mastery or Slavery?
Being your own Boss or Having one?
A map for a number V/S People Choice in your life.
What would I pick? Isn't it quite obvious?
Considering how I've lashed out at corporates and how I am so Pro Startups!
Why I think that is because ultimately in business your ability to lead, manage and supervise people is what will make or break your career -- not your ability to do math! And hence I let go of numbers for people! What would you pick?
Okay You like startups. But working in a startup isn't also that easy. No paychecks and late success. So, only those who really can work towards an idea should join a startup. The ones who see a future in it.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of exactly what I said. It's how most motivation theories work. Money or Mastery. You pick :)
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