Monday, October 10, 2005
Y'know, I'm starting to wonder if the civilian working world is as miserable as that of the army world. I mean, I took up the post of Dy S2 so that I could get a taste of what the office life is like, and not compromise on the exciting stuff that commandos has to offer as well. And well, if this is what a civilian office life is like, it's certainly very different from what i envisioned it to be.
I suppose I can say I like office life as it is when I've got a set jobscope to do. (And which doesnt make me extend my working hours beyond 8 to 6.. hehheh)It's the frickin' extra duties and arrows that fly towards me, office politics, commander-pacifying, co-worker relationships that are really frustrating. And im hoping (like mad) that the regimentation, the red-tape, the inefficiency and all the other crap found in the SAF wont appear out in the civilian world.
In the army, you dont get rewarded for being good at something. Usually, being proficient at a certain task simply means that you'd get arrowed to do it again and again, without question, because "you're so good at it waad..". On the contrary, a real bum whom everybody hates to give work to cause he'll screw it up, ends up having the most free time.
It's like a communist community, really, the way everyone gets paid the same amount, but one does more work than another. I suppose its more widespread in the army, when your salary (and future) is pretty much decided upon from the start. It may sound crazy, but money is a poor motivator when it comes to doing work for the army. Simply because its not. worth. it.
Needless to say, the sucking up to commanders by some superiors is disgusting. I suppose in a "communist" environment such as this, those that are trapped in it have no other alternative to boost their jobs in their favour. Its a sad sad world.
But it sometimes leaves me to wonder: Is the real world like this too?
I should just be a student for life.
he rocked the party at 4:33 PM |
