So yesterday was a kind of lucky day for some and it was a sad day for some. Because we received news of annual increment for all employees in the company. Some got extremely happy after receiving this news and some become sad. The reason was, that our company did not implement any annual increment from the last four years so they thought the amount of raise they are getting is not equal to the amount of effort they are putting in their jobs.
And some employees it's still better than nothing. They say we could not have done anything if they didn't raise our salary this year too. I am kind of in the middle. That is what I love about myself. I am always in the middle and I don't follow the two extremes. I think it's good that we all got a raise and we should be grateful to the lord but they should have raised it more because they didn't raise it for the last four years. But we should enjoy this moment because we didn't get any chance to enjoy it for the last four years.
The way our CEO visit went I think we are lucky to get this raise. Because it was horrible and he scolded all the HODs of all the projects. So we kind of lost all the hopes but surprisingly our prayers worked and we are lucky enough to get a raise despite the CEO's last awful visit. If you want to find out about the CEO visit in detail, read my article about the visit.
You guys must be thinking why are not people leaving this job if they are not getting any raise for the last two years. There are two reasons for that. One reason is, that unemployment has increased to Covid so most of the employees are not getting good jobs anywhere despite trying a lot. Most of my colleagues are trying for quite some time but they are not successful. And the second reason is that the company has a policy of Plot allotment after 10 years of service. So some of the employees are waiting for their 10 years of service to complete and leave their job after they get successful in Plot allotment.
My take on the whole of yesterday's situation is, Always try to find an excuse for happiness because life will keep giving you reasons that will steal your happiness. But people keep finding the reasons to get unhappy. There must be only one goal, and that is to be happy. I am not saying stay in this low-earning job. If this job cant fulfil your expenses, leave it and find a new one. My message is for those whose expenses are fulfilled by this current income. Some people can't even afford to eat the meal twice a day. Some homeless people do not have a roof to cover their heads. Compare your life with them and instead of comparing with those whose lifestyle is above your paygrade. Get inspired and motivated after seeing their lifestyle and work hard to become like them but comparing your life to them will just gift you with some stress and sadness.
This is a very vital advice. We tend to compare ourselves with people we think have it better, forgetting there are those who would kill to have what we have