I wondered about life of the men and women wearing perfectly tailored dress in a high-rise building working their best with every tick tock of clock, with a coffee mug and laptop on their table, in my childhood and yeah, dreamt being one of them. But after working 130 days in a similar way, I wonder are all these men and women happy and contended with their life. Because I somehow find this tailored dress so tight. Is this just me only or, you too?
They say “Dreams are not those which you see in sleep but are those which not let you sleep”. It is my dream to be a Chartered Accountant and I am for it after I completed my 12th. It has not let me sleep since then but now, it literally does not let me sleep. Making a step closer to your dream takes you to cloud nine but then why is it not for me? Why do I find myself lost in this corporate world?
Is completing your assignments on time is a key to happiness? Or submitting it in the best way? Is working more than required hours help you forget about the rest of the world? Or does working give you more enjoyment? Is going out with your team for a party makes you joyous? Or there even you think why are you here? Is agreeing with your senior every time correct? Or is putting your views acceptable? Is working so hard fine when you cannot be with your family on festivals for whom you are doing all this? Doubts, questions, analysis, self-interrogation, self-questioning… everything just poured into my mind after coming to this place. And this scares me because it suggests that I am missing something which I desire importantly, it suggests I am not able to adapt to all the requirements this scares me. Then what comes next is- Is this just me only or, you too?
I do not know if all this is just because it takes me to another world called “Corporate world” where people care more of stocks being high or low more than humans in their surroundings. I find this world mean too. All it wants is deadlines ticked and checklists done. I find the life pattern different here. It tells you every single minute to be presentable, to be at your best. The knowledge you carry is spoken by how you carry yourself in that branded cloth, and less with the skills you possess. I feel we are human; a puppet of mistakes. But this demands you to be flawless, which means not to feel low or sad or upset. And if you are, then don’t show it. Because you never know the person who comes to support you, he/she may use it against you to climb the ladder of success. All the advice I receive includes ‘don’t trust anyone here’. Few days back in college these same set of people were trustworthy. Back in home these people are trustworthy. Is this just me only who finds it weird or, you too?
I understood the power of money now. This green paper drives all these bunch of folks like a machine who have forgotten about their hobbies and detached themselves from the society. Just doing a CSR activity like teaching orphan kids once in a year does not make you part of the society. To be part of this society, you need to be aware and opinionated about the social injustices happening, be selfless to everyone you meet every day and be grateful for your existence. I wonder how majority of people here are apolitical and ignores social issues like poverty, gender inequality, illiteracy, casteism, etc. Was it always demanding like this? Or is there chance to change?
A corporate world where ethics of organization is not just part of the entrance of the building but part of the life of its members, where human emotions are valued more than deadlines and targets, where people have consciousness towards worldly problems. Is this just me only who want it, or you too?
- Nainika Kishore
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