The Corporate

It’s hard to be yourself and say what you think or even think what you feel in a corporate world.
If you think that weekly team meetings are a mere waste of time which of course is not a recent finding, you are sure to be marked for not being a team player. If you thought cultural activities and events were optional, think again. You are turning into a useless corporate introvert and may eventually perish starving for visibility. And u might think -Hey my company’s chairman wrote a mail saying not to stay back after 6 .So I shall finish my work in time and dash off. This is were u make the fatal mistake as the corporate moron crawling up above you in the ladder is not in a position to cultivate the same feeling as the old retiring chairman who is searching his way down. You might even go to the extend of thinking that all those leaves that get credited are meant to be taken. NO. Those leaves get credited because the law says so. And finally you might think that doing smart work does the trick. You are terribly mistaken, all you need is a wide mouth and a well lubricated tongue to make up for your stammering brain. Ofcourse whatever you say must be cleverly fabricated into impressive jargons so that the guy who’s listening ,who obviously has no idea on what’s happening, feels good.

And finally when the appraisal results are out, you might feel like kicking your PM to death. Don’t even think of trying that – not because you will see the way out, but someday you might be on the receiving end. To put it straight, its your shadow that you see in your PM- A shadow from the future. A shadow so horribly entrapped in the corporate web that there’s no way out. It’s a ladder that will take you up and only up it will go. And as you take each step, you are tempted and pushed from all sides to take the next one, no matter how hard and damaging it may be. You may never get the chance to remain stagnant unless someone walks over you leaving you behind,dead and disgraced. And if you don’t want that to happen to you, better learn some descent back stabbing. The options are wide open. The only question that remains is whether it’s worth it??