How do you all deal with the guilt of leaving a comany/ team? I have been working at Microsoft for 1 year now, and seriously considering moving. I find the code base to be very legacy and I mostly work on obscure bugs that I spend so much time on, mostly due to navigating this large code base and not having much docs to refer to. Hence I find the job slightly unsatisfying, and that I could learn more elsewhere. However, I love the wlb, the team and company culture. The guilt stops my applying.
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Larsen & Toubro Infotech Capgemini - 27 CTC + 1 JB, C2 Manager
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Looking for Job security with long term stay and WLB and good learning exposure.
How would be work pressure and responsibilities pressure in both ?
Confused because Capgemini is providing Manager designation which is some high as per me experience.
I have only 2 days remaining to join. Kindly help 🙏
How is work life balance at REPE firms?
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McKinsey & Company I did my final round with McKinsey today, and I I received a rejection call from the partner today. However, he said I did really great and wants to keep in touch with me. He also mentioned that I should reapply in 6 months. Does anyone have any similar experience? Do I have a better chance if I reapply next time?McKinsey & Company
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Grab 15 principle. Pick something outside of work to do for 15 minutes a day or 30 minutes a day if you miss a day. Don't neglect your cardio and physical strength as it is linked to your mental health (cardio is linked to brain health). Hobby... yes. Hobbies. Take a break from work (I do burpees which gets my heart racing). Journal your thoughts daily. Have a notebook for gratitude... what are you grateful for. I also work too much so I am really interested in what people say. Thank you. Make it great.
Choose a goal for your life that doesn't have to do with work. There is no fulfillment to be found in modern toil. Join a church, start a family, spend more time with the family you have, take a pay cut and work a 4 day work week. If you don't think that is something you want / can do then see a therapist and they'll be able to help manage the symptoms.
Here’s something to consider: say your goal is getting a promotion. Once you get that, do you see yourself overworking again to reach the next goal? Again and again until retirement?
I see a lot of myself in this post. What has helped me the most was therapy, divorcing my self worth from my job, and reading “Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving”
I appreciate your kind words. I see a therapist frequently, and I just downloaded the book suggestion to audible. Thanks, friend.
Go see a therapist. Overworking is same as drugs. Your mind is coping with anxiety, pressure, and depression in real life, but you might not how to handle them, so you overwork to avoid them.
Thanks for the feedback. I see a therapist regularly.
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How old are you OP?
Also how long have you been on your current project/team? In addition to taking breaks, could a change of scenery help?
The thing that kept me excited about consulting was the changing projects every few months or a year or so. That must be tougher now with WFH/Covid
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I'd say stop trying to prove youreslf to anyone but yourself. I'd suggest 2 approaches:
Option 1:
If you're thinking what your market worth is, then the best way is put your CV on the market (get the CV polished up by a professional career coach first though, and keep it to 1 page, less is even better, e.g. my CV is only 2/3 of a page) and see what you get from recruiters. When you speak to them, they'll tell you the range of pay you are worth on the market.
Option 2:
If you're thinking of getting a promotion, first you need to understand a good leader will recognise you before you asked, now the question is: Does your boss recognise your work regularly to help you grow in your career?
If so, set your mind to do things which show that you can do HIS/HER job, that's the best way to prove yourself rather than how good you are at your current role (that's just doing your job, you are already being paid to do it, the best you can do is that you are great at it, but again it's your job, that's why they hired you cos' you're good at it). A good leader will see that and give you more responsibilities and help you up the ladder, rather than fearing they're gonna lose their job because of you, cos' after all you're making their life easier, and they're always able to move up or grow the team if you're helping them achieve bigger goals.
If not, time to look at option 1 above.