Me and my cousin used to enjoy playing 'office-office' when we were kids. Even when we played भातुकली,
most of our time was spent in the office. We were bosses then! My cousin is fortunate that she is respected by her seniors and her word counts in her office and she is seen as a future boss; but that has not been the case as far as my career is concerned.
About a month ago, we (read the company I am working for) were on the verge of getting a good project. We 'were' and we did not because it do not work out for various reasons. One of the reasons was a failed attempt at maintaining public relations on part of my seniors. Another colleague is an expert at screwing projects...not that he gets too many of them, but our clients say that they are bored of explaining things to him!! So imagine the quality and quantity of his work. Another senior colleague hardly spends any time in the office. If other employees spend 8 hours sitting in office (note: just sitting, not working!), the time he spends can be counted in minutes. And yet another colleague yaps, yaps and yaps. Again, zero output! A member of our creative team had created a very good looking patient education pamphlet but its creativity was destroyed because the boss did not like it. We finally sent a boring looking pamphlet to our client with zero aesthetic value. A few days back, a meeting was called to suggest a catchy, funky name to one of our campaigns. I suggested S.P.E.P. pronounced as 'spep'. Boss suggested a 'value addition' of the letter 'T' since it was the first alphabet of the brand name. He suggested P2SET or SPEPT or P-SEPT.
And I have to listen to n-number of cynical remarks about me having fixed an appointment with a client on some day of the week and forgetting that its a bank holiday, something that I have NEVER done. Finally, I told my boss, "Look here, I am just sincere. Not boring."
Bloody, its not my company. I am not the one pocketing the profits, if any. And the campaigns and pamphlets are not going to have my name flashing on it. Its going to be the client's name. So if somebody is working for you without getting much in return and not complaining, the least you can do is GET OUT OF THE WAY and let me do my work.
Sometimes I wonder if they want the company to make profits or want to create perfect settings to file for bankruptcy!!
