- Have to work for 10 - 12 hours a day.
- No personal life. If required, you have to come to office on weekends (some company pays you).
- Unrealistic deadlines. They want you to do a one week task in a day.
- Supervisors don't understand the real problem. They want a quick solution.
- Politics. Work efficiency has nothing to do with your promotion.
- Shitty management. Some people are relaxing, and some are working day and night.
- Biased towards other colleagues.
- You cannot select the domain you want to work on.
- They treat you like a corporate slave (because they are paying you) .
Use Case 1
Manager: Can you do this by the end of today?
Me: It will take at least 2 days to do that.
Manager: You can complete it by the end of the day.
Me: I have to catch the office bus at 19:30
Manager: Don't worry, I will drive you home.
Result: For many months I worked till 2 am at night, and come back to the office at 9 am.Me: It will take at least 2 days to do that.
Manager: You can complete it by the end of the day.
Me: I have to catch the office bus at 19:30
Manager: Don't worry, I will drive you home.
Use Case 2
Manager: Can you do this task?
Me: I guess ***** is working on it.
Manager: Yeah but she is a girl, she cannot stay longer at the office (office norms you see)
Me: but I don't know anything about it
Manager: You can learn it asap. You are very fast.
Result: I had to do many tasks which were not assigned to me (no credits)Me: I guess ***** is working on it.
Manager: Yeah but she is a girl, she cannot stay longer at the office (office norms you see)
Me: but I don't know anything about it
Manager: You can learn it asap. You are very fast.
Use Case 3
Me: I am not feeling well, I have to go home.
Manager: Oh that's sad. Wait for few minutes.
after few minutes
Manager: Take this medicine, and take rest for 30 minutes. I hope you will be fine.
Me: but I wanted to go home.
Manager: If you go home then who will do the task? In a case of emergency, you can visit the office doctor.
Result: Never allowed to take a leave.Manager: Oh that's sad. Wait for few minutes.
after few minutes
Manager: Take this medicine, and take rest for 30 minutes. I hope you will be fine.
Me: but I wanted to go home.
Manager: If you go home then who will do the task? In a case of emergency, you can visit the office doctor.
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, work as you pay (make you're limits, do not work beyond it ), get what you want from them by good ways or bad ways and fullfil you're targets somehow. 