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The Traumatic Breakup

The Traumatic Breakup

Moving on is never easy, but it also depends on whether the other person makes it easy or difficult. I remember when, over a decade ago, I left my first job to join my current job. It was a real estate boutique firm that had alternate six-day working weeks; my last working day fell on a Saturday. While it was my first job and quitting was not easy, I knew it was good for me.

 

Getting the experience to move from an unorganised, family-run team of 200 to a professionally run big 4 family that’s 50 times the size was an offer no one would want to refuse. I must acknowledge that they made it easy, welcoming me back with open arms whenever I wanted to. I left my first job with gratitude that, to date, fills my heart with pride because they gave me a job when people worldwide were losing theirs.

 

Today, with the war for talent taking centerstage and many joining “The Great Resignation” bandwagon, is India Inc. learning from its lessons? What will make people stay? A higher pay, a better role, a role-model manager? Or, perhaps, the way you made them feel while they worked for you—oh sorry, they worked with you?

 

Breakups are never easy; between the two, one needs to take the higher ground and make the exit easy. After all, you never know when an alumnus could become a rehire.

Moving on is never easy, but it also depends on whether the other person makes it easy or difficult. I remember when, over a decade ago, I left my first job to join my current job. It was a real estate boutique firm that had alternate six-day working weeks; my last working day fell on a Saturday. While it was my first job and quitting was not easy, I knew it was good for me.

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