Thursday, October 26, 2006
Finally quit IBM
It is said that 'Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another'..My journey with IBM had begun on 3rd Dec '04 and ended on 20th Oct '06. Though I hadnt joined IBM with very high hopes but what was waiting for me here, was even worse. To start of with, I had been given the most unchallenging profile which had left a person like me with oodles of energy, completely drained out and dissatisfied..I could very well represent the 73% population of people who are dissatisfied with their professional lives (as per a recent survey). A 27 percent satisfaction rate is an alarmingly low number considering that job satisfaction impacts productivity levels and society in general as people return to their private lives with the stress and frustrations accumulated during the workday. And for me being from the IT industry, a figure of 27% is still quite good.
So what is it that constitutes job satisfaction? Is it money, brand, rewards , recognition, work culture, work environment, colleagues, boss, HR policies or all of them together? After much pondering, I realized that job satisfaction can be gained to only some extent by the above factors but even if we dont get them, what would matter at the end of the day, would be, whether I can feel proud of the day's accomplishments. We all need a conducive environment which provides a foundation to utilize our skills and talents in every possible way..I need to have a feeling of satisfaction that I have changed the world around me to some extent by today's work..and I dont find myself aloof when I talk about such things.. Most of the lunch and coffee sessions are full of such topics of utter job dissatisfaction and frustation. Most of us believe that we are at the wrong place with the wrong people and doing the wrong work in a wrong manner..There is a huge gap in what we were meant to do and what we have landed up in..
I would partly hold our education system responsible for not making us self aware of our innate talents..We are encouraged to chose promising and well established careers without much thought to our personal capabilities..Secondly, the employers and the HR department in the corporate industry should make sure that employee is matched to a specific job role which would provide the employee an opportunity to learn, be challenged and finally recognized for her/his good work. This would not only result in lesser absenteeism and attrition but also increased productivity..
I tried my best to make the environment conducive around me and enjoy my work, find newer challenges with every passing day and convince myself for being able to do better work tomorrow. It would be wrong if I say that I never got good work but it somehow didnt work the way I wanted it to.. I could see myself totally void of any energy in just 3 years of work ex when I decided to move on..
Though now I find job satisfaction to be increasingly elusive, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for my next venture..Wish me luck :)
So what is it that constitutes job satisfaction? Is it money, brand, rewards , recognition, work culture, work environment, colleagues, boss, HR policies or all of them together? After much pondering, I realized that job satisfaction can be gained to only some extent by the above factors but even if we dont get them, what would matter at the end of the day, would be, whether I can feel proud of the day's accomplishments. We all need a conducive environment which provides a foundation to utilize our skills and talents in every possible way..I need to have a feeling of satisfaction that I have changed the world around me to some extent by today's work..and I dont find myself aloof when I talk about such things.. Most of the lunch and coffee sessions are full of such topics of utter job dissatisfaction and frustation. Most of us believe that we are at the wrong place with the wrong people and doing the wrong work in a wrong manner..There is a huge gap in what we were meant to do and what we have landed up in..
I would partly hold our education system responsible for not making us self aware of our innate talents..We are encouraged to chose promising and well established careers without much thought to our personal capabilities..Secondly, the employers and the HR department in the corporate industry should make sure that employee is matched to a specific job role which would provide the employee an opportunity to learn, be challenged and finally recognized for her/his good work. This would not only result in lesser absenteeism and attrition but also increased productivity..
I tried my best to make the environment conducive around me and enjoy my work, find newer challenges with every passing day and convince myself for being able to do better work tomorrow. It would be wrong if I say that I never got good work but it somehow didnt work the way I wanted it to.. I could see myself totally void of any energy in just 3 years of work ex when I decided to move on..
Though now I find job satisfaction to be increasingly elusive, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for my next venture..Wish me luck :)
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