Know The Company You Are Getting Into
They say making a friend is easy, keeping a friend is what gives you the chills. Agree? You’ll also agree then that a job is like a friend, easier found than kept.
After three long years, when Arushi called up her ex-colleague one morning, she knew little that he would decide to hire her in his team as soon as he hung up though during the call he told her to come and meet him for an interview.
Arushi met him and two days later she received the offer letter. It was her dream job. So nothing compared to her happiness at that moment. She started work and gave her best to it, meeting deadlines, suggesting ideas etc. Later her boss told her that he had hired her after their first phone call itself. She sounded very jolly and that’s what made her boss think that she would get along well with the team and rest he assured from her professional background as described in her CV. Things were smooth for the two months.
Then as if nothing is perfect. We don’t get to the other side without some bumps here and there. Arushi too had her share of bumps. Here’s the other side. To begin with, he arranged a booze party every weekend. Slowly, every alternate night was a booze binge. A teetotaller, Arushi would mostly refuse to attend these parties. This obviously didn’t go down very well with the host.
Then began the very predictable reaction to this “insult.” He started isolating her from the team. She wouldn’t be invited too eagerly even for other outings and team gatherings. This affected her work. And then fell the bombshell when at around seven o’clock one morning, her boss called her to announce her expulsion. Having woken up by the call, she was still groggy when the blast happened. But it was quite an alarm on a chilly winter morning.
And hang on, there was more humiliation awaiting her in office. When she reached office later that day, she was told at the reception that she should head straight to the HR where the HOD is waiting to see her. She did so. Well, she had no choice. Her boss was also present there. Once inside, she was told that if she didn’t resign right there, they’ll send her a termination which would be bad for her career. In a fit, she got up and told them she’ll look forward to their letter and they shouldn’t delay much.
No one can tell whether what Arushi did was right or wrong. But then no one has lived her frustration. Some can say it was lack of emotional intelligence. These people can be asked, “Emotional intelligence on whose part, Arushi’s or boss’s?” Was it the boss’s male ego?
Whatever it was, it resulted in Arushi
losing her job. The lesson to be learnt here is that, even as the company
scrutinises you while hiring, you have all the right to research and find out
about your future boss and colleagues and the work culture in the particular
team and the company as a whole.
Don’t be desperate to join a company just because you are out of job. If you are good, you’ll eventually land up a job somewhere. So be sure of what you are getting into before you join a company.
