Friday, October 20, 2006
Tell us about a time when you did something that was not established, expected, or popular
Title is taken from Stanford's list of essays. The following is not a draft for my application ;) but some melancholic variations on the theme.
There were about 20 people forced to retire from my company this summer, and about 10 more are waiting for their turn. Right now the target on the agenda of the day is me. How would you feel if you are under constant pressure to sign cancellation of your labour contract on your initiative because an employer is cutting wages and suddenly decided that he does not want you anymore? What if you are facing disciplinary punishment based on counterfeited grounds in order for an employer to use the only available legal option to dismiss you? Probably, you are feeling like you have no choice and should better leave before your reputation is marked with a labour dispute. The next moment, out of the frying pan into the fire, you think that whatever is going to happen, you will fight back. You spend your valuable time reading legal regulations to learn your rights and jump high in histeria each time there is a new message in your mailbox, because the last one was from venal HR manager, full of poison, telling you that starting from this moment you are not allowed to leave your workplace during office hours even for a lunch.
But you are not soft enough to give up and sign your leaving notice. Or, maybe, you are not flexible enough, as your colleagues, who already packed their things, say about you behind your back. You feel bedraggled. And lonely. Unsafe as never before. And not confident, because you ask youself - why I am the only one who is foolishly trying to oppose?
You ARE feeling like you are doing something non-established and painfully unpopular. There is nobody ahead of you to pave the way.
***
Ok, I think, it's a bit pathetic :) I just had to write this down because this is how I feel at the moment. Psychotherapy for myself.
How comes that a prospective MBA student got in such a mud up to her neck?!
There were about 20 people forced to retire from my company this summer, and about 10 more are waiting for their turn. Right now the target on the agenda of the day is me. How would you feel if you are under constant pressure to sign cancellation of your labour contract on your initiative because an employer is cutting wages and suddenly decided that he does not want you anymore? What if you are facing disciplinary punishment based on counterfeited grounds in order for an employer to use the only available legal option to dismiss you? Probably, you are feeling like you have no choice and should better leave before your reputation is marked with a labour dispute. The next moment, out of the frying pan into the fire, you think that whatever is going to happen, you will fight back. You spend your valuable time reading legal regulations to learn your rights and jump high in histeria each time there is a new message in your mailbox, because the last one was from venal HR manager, full of poison, telling you that starting from this moment you are not allowed to leave your workplace during office hours even for a lunch.
But you are not soft enough to give up and sign your leaving notice. Or, maybe, you are not flexible enough, as your colleagues, who already packed their things, say about you behind your back. You feel bedraggled. And lonely. Unsafe as never before. And not confident, because you ask youself - why I am the only one who is foolishly trying to oppose?
You ARE feeling like you are doing something non-established and painfully unpopular. There is nobody ahead of you to pave the way.
***
Ok, I think, it's a bit pathetic :) I just had to write this down because this is how I feel at the moment. Psychotherapy for myself.
How comes that a prospective MBA student got in such a mud up to her neck?!
# posted by Nat4mba : 4:45 PM
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there are times when the shit will hit the fan and you will not have time to run. the thing to do is to go and wash yourself, try to forget about what's happening, and prepare to fly to Boston, Philly or Chicago :)
If someone hates you, humiliates you, turns you down... how long can you stand that? I know, at first you try to prove yourself, say "hey, I'm good, why are you doing this to me?"
But there is always a point of no return... maybe its time to look for a new place, where they will appreciate you?
We have just one life, and we do not have to spend it for those who do not want us.
But there is always a point of no return... maybe its time to look for a new place, where they will appreciate you?
We have just one life, and we do not have to spend it for those who do not want us.
Thanks, guys, for your support :) The fan metaphor is memorized :))
I do look for a new place, though the issue started merely a month ago and, in such a short time, I have no results of job search yet. But indeed, the prospect of getting admission gives so much power for struggle!
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I do look for a new place, though the issue started merely a month ago and, in such a short time, I have no results of job search yet. But indeed, the prospect of getting admission gives so much power for struggle!
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