My experiences

I shifted from Mumbai to Bangalore after my transfer was granted. I had been to Bangalore many times before and I cherish the pleasant climate of the city round the year.  

After roaming in many cities either for studies or for work, I had a desire to settle down at a place for some time. Undoubtedly, Bangalore was the best option. I like the serene nature of the place and the soft spoken people here. Few of my close friends are already staying here and that too made this place close to my heart. 

Things were going fine and I was enjoying my time until my boss called me one day and gave me shocking news. I was asked to move back to Mumbai. It seems there was a project in Mumbai and I was supposed to join the project.

There are very few people whom one respects for their knowledge and intellectual abilities; my manager was one of them. There were many things I could have learned from him but I was supposed to leave. The hangover of Mumbai was still not over, the crowded city, the busy traffic and stuffed people in the trains. All memories were still fresh in my mind. 

But I had to move. It’s money that makes people dance and I could figure that in my life. I have to move from one place to another, with or without my choice, for the requirements of the organization that ultimately pays me.

I feel it’s kind of deferred life plan. You try to get good education that can reward you financially, then you try for a good paying job and then finally, you think what actually you wanted to do with your life. You keep delaying your ambitions for accumulating wealth. And one day you look back and see emptiness behind you. You try to find one single thing you can feel proud of in your life but unfortunately you find nothing. 

Well, coming back to the matter, I decided to revolt and told my manager that I can’t move, he told that my decision could be fatal to my career, but unfortunately, i could just see a job not a career. I didn’t enjoy my work neither did I feel stimulated for the job . All I get from my job is a paycheck at the end of the month. 

But mind you, this paycheck is miraculous thing. Not only for me but for most people in the world, it can make one do what he would never like to do. It can buy you comfort and many other things that you aspire in your life. What it can’t give you are the intangibles that matters most but are cared least like respect, love, trust & satisfaction which can never be bought but can only be earned. 

During my professional life, I had learned one thing very well and that is, your work can give you immense satisfaction. Every morning, if your work drives you to office rather than your paycheck, remember you are at the right place. This also translates into earning those eternal intangibles that matters most like respect and trust of your colleagues.

At the end, I wish you are the right place where your work drives you to office and if not , I hope soon you will overcome the popular adage  that says There is nothing like “Job Satisfaction”, either you take “Job” or “Satisfaction”.