Hi, My name is Rajesh and I work as a Manager in a Multinational company in Bangalore. I am a Mechanical Engineer by Education . I wanted to be a entrepreneur after I completed my engineering and wanted to start off with a small scale industry of my own . However by virtue of being born in a middle class family my Dad ( Bank Employee) used to always tell me that Business is not for middle class people like us and we need to have a solid financial backing to start any Business. Hmmm that was the end of the Business Idea...
This is my very first attempt to write a blog so please ignore any errors which I could have made out of ignorance. I decided to start this blog as I had a lot of time at work ( Oops.. Hope my boss does not read this).
I have been with this organization and division for about 20 years and used to feel very proud of myself.. I had young engineers and collage grads who used to join my team and leave within a span of 1 to 2 years and I always ended up counselling them that what they are doing is not right and they need to spend good amount of years with any organization to see a growth in their career. Many of these engineers used to patiently listen to what I had to say and then did what they had already decided to do( Leave the organization). I happened to track the people who left my team and though some of them regretted that it was probably the worst decision they had made and wanted to get back majority of the people were happy and had switched three or four jobs in a span of 4 to 5 years and were working in good companies with fancy titles and very good salaries and some were even getting salaries more than me.
I often used to sit back and wonder if I had ever believed in what I had preached all these years to the people who were leaving. To be honest the answer is " Yes". I did believe that if you stick with a company for a good amount time you are bound to be successful. However I never reflected on why I believed this to be true... It was not that I was extremely successful in my organization after spending 15 plus years and I was not getting a great salary too. The people who were reporting to me now have salaries which are either equal to what I get or higher than what I get.
The only reason why I believed the above to be true was to probably hide my insecurities and fear. Having been with the same organization and the same division for the past 15 plus years has made me extremely complacent and lazy and comfortable in my own skin. This has made me averse to taking any kind of challenges in life. Though I tell myself that I can accomplish anything and take up any challenges somewhere deep within there is always the fear of unknown and the fear of failure. Now that I am married and have dependents the fear has only multiplied. The sense of job security and fact of being in a known terrain has built in walls around me which seems top be very difficult to cross now. I have become extremely averse to risk so much so even changing divisions within the same company seems scary.
If I now reflect back I feel that I should have been more open and willing to take up additional challenges and also switched jobs which would have probably placed me in a better position that were I am now both in terms of salary and position. It would have even played out the other way but again life is not a bed of roses.
I feel all those young people who had decided to change jobs and take risks in their life are in some manner correct in doing so as there is no growth which comes without taking any risks. It is important to shun your fears and explore the unknown terrains. Its better to try and fail than not trying at all.. However its important to consider that you learn something in your job before you move on.. Please do not waste your time in a organization without learning and always be truthful and give back to your organization before you leave...
As for me...As they say its never late, I had decided to explore new options and take more risks in life ( Of course calculated) and enjoy life rather than just thinking about the future and saving money for the rainy day ( which may not come at all)...
I am not trying to preach anyone via this blog but thins is a mere reflection of my thoughts and feelings and what I could have done better in life ...
This is my very first attempt to write a blog so please ignore any errors which I could have made out of ignorance. I decided to start this blog as I had a lot of time at work ( Oops.. Hope my boss does not read this).
I have been with this organization and division for about 20 years and used to feel very proud of myself.. I had young engineers and collage grads who used to join my team and leave within a span of 1 to 2 years and I always ended up counselling them that what they are doing is not right and they need to spend good amount of years with any organization to see a growth in their career. Many of these engineers used to patiently listen to what I had to say and then did what they had already decided to do( Leave the organization). I happened to track the people who left my team and though some of them regretted that it was probably the worst decision they had made and wanted to get back majority of the people were happy and had switched three or four jobs in a span of 4 to 5 years and were working in good companies with fancy titles and very good salaries and some were even getting salaries more than me.
I often used to sit back and wonder if I had ever believed in what I had preached all these years to the people who were leaving. To be honest the answer is " Yes". I did believe that if you stick with a company for a good amount time you are bound to be successful. However I never reflected on why I believed this to be true... It was not that I was extremely successful in my organization after spending 15 plus years and I was not getting a great salary too. The people who were reporting to me now have salaries which are either equal to what I get or higher than what I get.
The only reason why I believed the above to be true was to probably hide my insecurities and fear. Having been with the same organization and the same division for the past 15 plus years has made me extremely complacent and lazy and comfortable in my own skin. This has made me averse to taking any kind of challenges in life. Though I tell myself that I can accomplish anything and take up any challenges somewhere deep within there is always the fear of unknown and the fear of failure. Now that I am married and have dependents the fear has only multiplied. The sense of job security and fact of being in a known terrain has built in walls around me which seems top be very difficult to cross now. I have become extremely averse to risk so much so even changing divisions within the same company seems scary.
If I now reflect back I feel that I should have been more open and willing to take up additional challenges and also switched jobs which would have probably placed me in a better position that were I am now both in terms of salary and position. It would have even played out the other way but again life is not a bed of roses.
I feel all those young people who had decided to change jobs and take risks in their life are in some manner correct in doing so as there is no growth which comes without taking any risks. It is important to shun your fears and explore the unknown terrains. Its better to try and fail than not trying at all.. However its important to consider that you learn something in your job before you move on.. Please do not waste your time in a organization without learning and always be truthful and give back to your organization before you leave...
As for me...As they say its never late, I had decided to explore new options and take more risks in life ( Of course calculated) and enjoy life rather than just thinking about the future and saving money for the rainy day ( which may not come at all)...
I am not trying to preach anyone via this blog but thins is a mere reflection of my thoughts and feelings and what I could have done better in life ...
