The Inertia That Is Us - Work

Of late we've been hearing a fair bit about work - well more like job prospects specifically. From aviation to choosing between two career paths to opportunities overseas to opportunities with other companies...

Then of course we take a look at our current job situation.

Well we dont' make it any secret that our previous job was with Guardian after our one-year pupillage stint. Well, the one-year compulsory pupillage could have been considered half-work, half-study really...There's work, and there was the company of coursemates that were posted in the same hospital, so there were friendly faces to help see the day through (although we must admit that at times we behaved rather badly whatwith antisocialism and 'uncle visits' occasionally rearing their heads).

Sometime near the end of the one year pupillage Guardian sent out emails to the entire batch in our year, and we thought, "Why not? We can try first while we find out what kind of job we want to do. Even now, we'll see how long we can stay in retail. Will see if we can survive a month. Then two months. Then six months. A year. Two years. If two years can, then can work here for a long time." And so we got in Guardian and went on to look for a sales job (because we bweh tahan have otousan and lad drop by during our working hours and exhorting their flexible hours).

But we guess we aren't cut out for sales.

We did manage to get a job in sales, but that lasted only two weeks. First week was orientation and product training, but during the second week when we were suppose to go out into the field, we started getting panic attacks at night. So we left embarassingly and took up locuming, where we were back in familiar territory.

It took us two years, but we're finally in a job where the scope is similar to the kind of job we tailored our initial resume for. This after having a go at the other job scopes for a while.

And yesterday we'd a conversation with a old ex-colleague. We asked her why she left her previous job at some hospital, and she said that the job there was actually good - just that if she stayed that any longer, she'll stay there for good and not explore other job opportunities already. Hmmm. Work wanderlust?

Well, in our case, we've finally reached our comfort zone in this jobbo. Office hours, not far from home, job comforts and perks and honestly, we don't get that feeling of drudgery normally associated with work (at least, not often) - and no, it's not as if we're some high-power executive with our very own four-walled office and window, heh. We actually had in mind to stay at least 5 years in this job when we first started this jobbo (and judging from our one-half years here, we can definitely stay 5 years no prob) before seeing if we should move on. As we currently think of it, we're sorta like a limpet hanging on to our job and not letting go. :P

We guess we haven't that drive to rise up any corporate ladders nor for making big bucks - as long as we can sustain ourselves then that should be good enough. Asked if we're in for the company or for the money? Personally we're in if only they can offer us absolute comfort and freedom while working for 'em (of course we won't be saying anything like this in an interview, we've already made a blurb before).

The ability for a body at rest to stay at rest? Very much so in this matter.