Dream Job or Nightmare?

First of all I should apologize to you all for not having written this post earlier,as a lot of you have been very inquisitive about lack of new posts.As I posted earlier I have been very preoccupied on the work front,which has brought me here i.e. my very first experience of a proper job ,not just any job but getting one’s ‘dream job’.

Luckily for me it all started in last week of June that I received this email in response to one of the random CV calls for a job posting,I remember when I was posting it, I expected that like always I wouldn't even receive  a reply let alone an interview call.So fast forward few days of mundane details and there I was in my dream job of a managerial level, a proper office and with substantial freedom/locus of control.It was more fairy tale than Disney films/Pixar combined,except that the characters in my life did cuss once in a while and there were no musical sequences.

Finally I was there in my office with a large glass toped table ,big swinging chair and all and contrary to popular beliefs I was blessed with a great boss,he was not the conventional ‘incompetent slave driving egomaniac’ that we see in Hollywood films rather he was supportive,funny,friendly and at times very relatable.But as the first week and then second passed on ,the reality started to sink in and for the very first time in my life I began to second guess my DREAMS because it had not  turned out to be the way I had expected it.At the end of the day the work became gruesome,less rewarding and at times hell broke lose,I was left demoralized and stressed out .My dream had turned out to be a nightmare.So after working there for a while.I decided to part ways.

I left because I got a reality check that things aren’t as fulfilling and  it just didn’t feel right in the gut.You just know you aren’t meant to be there because you can’t do justice to the job assigned to you.I took a lot of flack from my friends that given the current job market situation I shouldn't have resigned but thankfully I have no regrets and am not hopeless.I learnt a lot  of  new things about work  and most importantly about myself which otherwise I couldn’t have learned.

And now here I am interning at this amazing company ,stepping outside my comfort zone because in my head I never in million years imagined being associated with a concern like this.But at the end of the day my beliefs stand corrected that not all work situations are gruesome and barbaric ,because people here are  nice ,there are no ugly conflicts or badly dressed people,people use forks at table and my boss is great eye candy ,what more could you ask for? .But the ugly truth is that although I mayn’t have gotten a big job title as the one I left,but I have decided not to follow the ‘pre-packaged, shrink-wrapped’ ideals of perfect job.I realize now that how content/satisfied you are with your professional life is all dependant upon your outlook on life as a whole.

Although my ideal of dream job has been crushed,and although I love this new place, I really don’t know whether I would like to envision myself working here for long period of time.I get bored easily I guess I need a job rotation to explore my talents or maybe I just need a good hard kick on my backside.

P.S. The movie ‘horrible bosses’ lived up to its name and was indeed horrible .