Relationships At Workplace.

How many people are complaining about their jobs? There is always something we are not happy with. Boss ignores you, relationship with colleagues at a strain, too much to do, long hours or not enough, salary is too small to satisfy all the needs, too far to commute etc.

       They always say "If you are not happy with your present job, find yourself another one". But will that other one bring a real change? Or something else is involved?.. your attitude, communication with others or tasks you took on to handle? Sometimes it is a poor management and mean colleges though. If there is disrespect and ignorance of simple yet powerful things there would be the same reply. It just how communication works. It's reciprocal.  You can really change a place, although this doesn't guarantee anything.

        In the past I was constantly changing jobs hoping that new place would be better. But in a nut shell they  were all the same just places and people different. What was wrong? Communication between people was OK. Ofcourse there were different individuals, but in most cases we were friendly. I think it just because I hated to be tighten up to the set hours of work. Actually working for somebody else was the most big issue. After I left my last job for maternity leave, it was clear that coming back to hamster wheel would make me depressed from the very first minute I enter the workplace. How can I be useful to the society then?

        Back to work.

        A lot of my coworkers were bad mouthing about their job, responsibilities and wages. The boss is not noticing them, he should pay more etc. But they still considered that looking for something else was too much hazzle. Then why not change something inside your present job? "No one will appreciate this anyway. When boss starts paying me more, I might think to put more effort"- was an often reply. Why not vice versa?

        Maybe something should be done for the boss to notice you. Any initiation would be appreciated. Plus why should he raise your pay if you don't ask for that? Some people though didn't hesitate to ask, but often were refused and thought it was unfair. But bosses have their own problems on their shoulders and there are tens of such individuals, they won't notice one unless you do something to stand out. 

        There are people who take advantage from any situation. They would do anything to be promoted even if that at a cost of others. They would definitely use every opportunity to show their "existence". They would do extra tasks and there is nothing wrong with that. But sometimes things go too far.

        I remember one girl at one of my jobs. She wanted to be promoted to supervisor position and it was such an obvious thing. Every day she would bring coffee or homemade meal for the manager, she reported about others and things like that. And she was so open about this it left me speechless. She got the position and everyone hated her. Does such cost worth the trouble? Does power over people who hate you give you any satisfaction? Such a spoiled relationship with work mates. I wonder what her thoughts were each day she was meeting with people?

      By the way her name was Meana. Maybe names do have some influence on their owner's life?  I wonder