Top Ten reasons why people quit or want to quit their jobs.

A lot of my friends call me when they want to quit or are thinking of quitting their jobs. And this topic came up recently with a friend of mine who has nothing to complain about in terms of money of power, but he was thinkin of a shift anyway. Most often people quote promotions or money (or lack thereoff) or boss/peer issues as reasons. But i believe there are only two reasons why people quit. and all others are sub-sets of the two. These are:

• They got what they wanted (or needed)

or

• They didnt get what they wanted (or needed) from the job

Note - Want and need are completely two different things, and i shall not get into the semantics of that.

Now that the reasons for quitting are established, lets get into the top 10 excuses for quitting a job, which arise from the above mentioned 2 reasons. (In no particular order)

1. Hate the boss/peers/ team
2. Hate my work content - I think im not doing "value added stuff"
3. Work life imbalanced, heavily in favor of work
4. Too much bench-time (Idle mind is the devils workshop)
5. Didnt get promoted even though i deserved to
6. Dont get paid as much i deserve to
7. Office politics - People out to scuttle my career like its the Black Pearl (Refer Pirates of the carribean)
8. Have great work, decent peers, decent boss, but no career path ahead as it is top heavy already
9. Have great work, decent peers, decent boss, but my role is too stifling and has no scope for making independent decisions
10. The organization doesnt know where it is going nor where i am going with it...

Thats it. The great listing...But i think all material things being equal, its only 2 things tht really motivate a person to quit - Either your hatred towards your boss is stronger than your love for your work, or Your work content sucks so much that u are willing to give up good money, great boss and the bestest peers to move on.

Frankly there are more reasons why people dont quit than there are for people quitting. But thats another post on another day best written when im in a more optimistic frame of mind

A good quiz to take to check whether you shud be looking for a new job ...

http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/change/20050216-krantz.html

Sick songs...

Coldster's paradise

As I sneeze through the mountain of kleenex around me,
I take a look at my self and realize there's nothing left.
Cause I've been achooinng and coughin so long that
Even my mama thinks my brain is sneezed out
But I ain't never swatted a mosquito that didn't deserve it
.....

Trying to be inspired by Gangsta's paradise...

Written by me in a fit of self pity... and inability to sleep despite heavy doses of tylenol

Whats the point of a damn vacation if i fall sick everytime i finish it. Thought vacations were supposed to relax the nerves

Life, the universe and me...

There are times when i look around myself and realize that not everyone is a hurry to get somewhere. In fact i dont think people even think about where they want to get to, let alone hurry to it. Then there is me. Hurrying all the time. Would probably help if i knew where i wanted to go though.

I've been accused of several things all my life. One is not knowing what i want. Another is about windmills. First things first. I do know what i want. And knowing is the damned problem. Most people want to make boss by x , retire by y, start their own business by z, blah blah blah. I want to build a house. A house which i design. Which i furnish. Which i own. I want to travel the world. I want a phd. I want 30 visas on my passport by the time i am 30. I want to learn. So why do people say i dont know what i want??? Unfortunately i know the answer to that as well. Thats coz what i want doesnt really gel with the idea of "what is expected" of a 20-something professional. Add to it, the fact that the said professional is female; then any mention of home and hearth is percieved as the fact that i am ready to slow my career down for the sake of marriage. Guy gets engaged - reaction: Good for him. He is settling down. He will be stable. A long distance runner for the company. Girl gets engaged - reaction: Oh God. She will not travel. She will have "other priorities" ; she cannot concentrate on her work; blah blah

Probably the most cliched male-female in the corporate world thing. It is such blatant double standards which brings out the pessimist in me.

Then there is this thing about windmills and me. Recently i made a statement that just because some circumstances or events worked out favourable to me, doesnt mean i agree with the principle of the said event/ circumstance. I once argued with my english teacher in school because she had given me higher marks than my classmate despite both our answers being the same. She obviously didnt take kindly to the whole issue. And i was told to shut up as i was not affected. Today, im told much the same thing. But u know what, i think i need to keep fight those windmills. Else the windmills would keep churning our garbage and dust which will ultimately choke me of whatever ethics and integrity i possess.

Life is a bitch. Then you die
The universe started with a bang. It will end with one. Soon.
Im stuck between life and universe. And not smart enough to cut my losses and run.

Bah.

(If you read this hoping for some connection to the Arthur Dents and Fords and trillians of the fictional world, there is one. Didnt this post read like it was written by Marvin???)

Dedicated to ...

Post is dedicated to the only 2 known readers of my blog...vandy n mohan...u guys sure do have patience...

Landed in Spore today...Slept in fits and starts. Thanks to a sleepless night on IA , where the airhostess/steward wakes me up rudely and asks me veg or non-veg. My response was equally rude..."Given that i WAS sleeping, its was a irrelevant question to ask me. Does my answer really matter to you?"

Poor chap. was left in place for rest of flight

Its full of haze...through the day. The Indonesian forest fire +South eastern winds have caused smog throughout the day, and the picture isnt looking great for the future. Had an ordinary day...Wet to sentosa. Got stranded for 15 minutes on the open Skycar. With feet dangling in the air 15 feet above ground. They stopped allowing ppl on the skycar lifts after us. And after a slow move to the other side, the lift was closed for technical faults...
Took foto with albino python. Saw 4d film.

All in a days work indeed

TTD

Things to do... (in a 10-year span)

• learn swimming and guitar playing
• see greece and italy
• clean my desk (or quit without cleaning my desk)
• Drive 100km...ok 50 km... at a stretch
• Eat at Mamma Mia
• See Rajasthan
• Bungee Jump
• Volunteer with an NGO
• Cook a two course meal
• First cook a single course meal
• File tax returns
• Take insurance
• Wear a sari
• Travel to the andamans and / or lakshadweep
• Learn Spanish
• Pretend to like shoe.clothes.perfume. shopping
• Mail old friends
• Meet my teachers from school
• Cut my nails (ok...thats like a daily target)
• Watch three movies back to back
• Blog daily
• Work for a PE/ pureplay consulting firm
• Do a PhD in operations and decision sciences
• Jog in the morning
• Get a Jet platinum card
• Apply for a IA ff card
• Take a pic with a fully grown tiger
• Go to aussie land
• Do a houseboat trip in Kashmir
• Kenyan safari
• Work in a startup
• Make profits in F&O trading
• See Apu's Mumbai house
• Buy a flat

.......................... The list continues

Guess id best need to remember...

"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side.
And if "ifs" and "ands"Were pots and pans,
There'd be no work for tinkers!"

- Courtesy "The Real Mother Goose" - http://trmg.designwest.com/index.html

Some weird tags- Amended: 10 april 07

Some (weird) tags i use on google:)

New additions: 10th april 2007

• Denial is not a river in Egypt
• Work is worship. Thank god im not pious
• Their's not to make reply,Their's not to reason why,Their's but to do and die
• For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision

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• Life is a bitch and then you die
• Back from lunch
• Breakfasting
• Orkutty
• Where have all the cowboys gone
• Bah!
• Bang Boom Bash
• Busy Reinventing the wheel
• Out of my mind! Back in five minutes
• Blah
• Miaow
• Confucious says - Be original
  

What i miss

Most of the fun moments in my life have been defined with food...am definitely a foodie...make that a veg foodie...so here goes...

I miss…

…eating chat at juhu
…strawberries and cream at Bachelors
…Pasta at Mamma Mia on French bridge
…eating curd rice with a view of the sea and honking geese
…Kanchan’s cooking in Landmark Apartments
…Wednesday / Thursday night pigathons at Ramnayaks in Matunga
…Hunting for Veg food in Batam, Indonesia
…Vanelli’s pasta in Deira city center
…Papa John’s pizza with the absolutely superb pepperoncinis
…Komala’s at Serangoon road
…the soup on MS Mirage, Aswan
…eating south indian food in a third class joint in Colombo
…Unlimited parathas on Juhu beach
…Pani puris in Gangothri in Cathedral road
…Puchkas in sector 15 market in Faridabad
…Mexican food in Latinos (May it rest in peace) in Lady Curzon road
…More Mexican food in Shiv Sagar in Churchgate
…Idlis on Ibrahim sahib street
…Ordering dinner from Vrindy’s when I was in SP
…Juice junction sandwiches ordered in our erstwhile office on Lavelle Road
…Eating at Amruth on St Marks Road
…Lunches at Daddy’s Deli, Something fishy and Langford Bistro
And most of all….
…Mom’s cooking from good old days in Kerala