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6 truths they don't tell you about Corporate Working

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Here are 6 sweet & brutal truths that no one tells you about corporate work culture. This will specifically benefit new, honest & hardworking employees who do not understand (South Asian organizations') corporate game. They either take too long to understand the backdrop which delays their initial career or break down & are forced to leave their dream jobs because of frustration.  Do not worry you folks, just understand the below simple points & identify them early enough to be smart enough to deal with it.  1. You are super intelligent?  Well, my dear friend in a capitalist, bureaucratic, revenue making organization your intelligence is of any value only when you can either add a good proportion of revenue or save costs for them which above all must be noticeable . Otherwise, your intelligent idea will be taken away by your boss & your intelligence will merely be a case study. Also, for intelligent employees, such organizations are not the right place...

My 9 months of Human Creation

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  Every year millions of women witness a beautiful journey called the creation of life;  some first timers, some already experienced moms, some young, some old & mature to understand these changes, some planned & prepared to take on this journey while others unplanned, astonished, unprepared & not ready to accept this change any time soon. Mine is this last case. June 2024 is when I got to know that I am expecting the unexpected. It was a wave of emotions when I tested using the kit. I ended up immediately throwing it in the dustbin after testing positive - yes, I did . When I came out of the restroom, my spouse casually enquired about the result to which I smiled and unwillingly said it's positive. I suppose even he was not ready as he thought that I am pulling his leg & asked me to get the kit out of the dustbin to assess for himself.  I had always been a professionally focussed person, never been too serious about any relationship or rather never willin...