It’s one thing to try to avoid becoming number one in the next top ten bragger’s list and it’s another to not be able to avoid anything.
It’s that time of year at work where the project ends and everyone in the office would be reviewing their CV’s and looking for ads on papers. Yes, people start worrying about their future. The fact that this project does not really have another round, like the project before, really hits the stress spot in the office.
Fortunately and thanks to Maltesers, I was not going to be one of those jobless people. I’ve spent the last five days trying not to mention about my next job in the office, given I do not really have anything official given to me and also given I do not want to upset anyone. Unfortunately, due to the ‘job seeking’ atmosphere lingering in the air, I was faced with a deadly question. “Hey, have you got your job? How did the interview go?”
Now, not mentioning names here, but I do know someone from our office who found out that I am going to be working for the UN-related job next month and I rather my colleagues do NOT find out from that person, but me, about information that I do not want to keep hidden. So, I had to spill the beans.
It’s funny how people cannot hide and it’s natural how people react. My announcement of not being jobless next month was responded with a congratulatory comment, followed by a long awkward silence, only to be broken by sound of heavy typing on my colleagues’ computer while typing their CVs or moans about how hard it is to get jobs.
This was one of those days you just could not really express how lucky and happy you feel at the expense of upsetting others. Life’s hard!!
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