Resigning

Recently one of my colleagues resigned from her job. We don't know the details, we can only speculate why she did what she did.

I can't say that the thought has not crossed my mind. But it's not such an easy step to take. The job market is tight and you can't think of leaving a job you've been in for six years, unless you find something much better.

One thing that takes a bit of getting used to is the politics in the workplace. That you find everywhere, be it a small organisation or a mammoth one. And you find the same kind of people everywhere. I got this advice very early on in my service, and it helps me a lot.

Last week there was a benefit given to half of our office that wasn't given to us. I was livid. When I met my boss a few days back, I brought it up. He too had been excluded from the benefit to which we were all entitled. But he was very calm about it, since we'd made a representation and now we would be getting it in due course.

Now it should not have happened in the first place, but it did. We don't have very good administrative and organisational systems in place - because ideally this should not have happened but it did.

All my boss said was, I've been here the longest, and they've excluded me. Implying that if anyone had a right to be angry, it was him.

And I agree.

Ke sera sera.