Playing a second fiddle..

I recently rejected a job opportunity because the JD said I would be looking after the cleanliness of the office and booking tickets for the CEO..

“sheee..chillar job!” exclaimed my friend

“are you sure they need an MBA- post graduate??” asked my father.

“ask for a higher salary, so that they will only reject” advised my prof.

Really! I told myself.. I am an MBA-HR..an engineer…surely I should be doing something better! I should be making plans..and executing them..giving presentations..analyzing the company…giving feedbacks…  surely I deserve more..

Little did I know I would be shown my place so soon..and by a very unexpected person…

Well, my mom is here has now decided to train me under her, and make sure as she says.. prepare me for life. So nowadays Im helping around the house, cooking food…getting to know “dal-bati-ka-bhav” etc

So I declared “Im making corn palak today!”

So on my first official day in kitchen,(cummon! i do help around sometimes) I washed utensils continuously.. my task (Job Description)  was to make sure that there are no utensils in the sink.

Easy! i told myself. Wash utensils

In 8 hours.. I was wet, tired, and smelling of Pril…  🙁

Second day is going to be better..I told myself.

The next day was spent in washing, chopping, cleaning, mixing, grinding and frying .

And like this I spent 5 days before I actually made corn palak. That too in my sister’s words.. ”its only half as good as what mom makes” ….

And then in the style of a True Management Guru my mom said ……

“What did you expect? To make a complete dish on the first day itself??? You had the recipe on day 1 but you could make the dish only on day 6…just like the job you said no to. You may have all the knowledge..But this is real world..not your cosy classroom where you can give a presentation in your suit… You want to be a manager on day 1??? It does not work out that way.. You have to dirty your hands..get a few burns..do the small jobs until you learn .. and always remember- you may be very intelligent and may know half a dozen management books..but experience counts. Always.”

Wonder if that job opening is still available????   😐

Abha Deshkar

1/1/2011