Wednesday, February 02, 2005

No One Is Black & White (Not even you)

there comes a time in every man's life when he finds out that what he has done, what he has achieved, what he has been working at, in the eyes of another person, is mediocre. it is very hard to look at an accomplishment and see the value of the hard work behind it. it is very hard for someone to appraise the value of work when it is not his.
it became distinctly clear to me that my "boss" thinks i am an idiot. incapable of sensible thought. it became distinctly clear that my "superior" was mistaken. i could have gotten into the room with a sense of utter academic accomplishment embeleshing out philosophical bruhahas right and left. [however, before anything else, i feel compelled to say that the feeling is mutual.] instead, i came into the room coming across as this idiot when i walked dragging my feet. i came into the room coming off with an iq of a carrot stick when i talked like a seven year old asking mundane questions. maybe it was because i have already been those things. i already tried walking around tall and proper talking like an adult talking about politics . i found it boring.
in the workplace, its about power and control. he who controls, enjoys. he who has power can control. the workplace is one big battleground for power, really. and added to that, the people who are in control and in power, everything is built around them. culture. values. reality. when you work for someone, reality is subject to that person. because no matter how smart or saintly or humorous you are, these things will have to be calibrated against your boss' view for such things. you have your boss and then there is the reality of the workplace built around that person's perception.

>>professionalism means having to set yourself against the standard of your superior.<<
does my frustration bring you joy? how pleasant. Ü

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