People come and go. A suitable phrase that’s probably the best to depict of what keeps recurring in my life for a while especially in my worksplace.
I’ve been working for nearly three and a half years as a freelance geologist – some people get mistaken of what i do as a freelance. In Indonesia people like to discredit a person based on their job, if you’re neither a doctor nor a manager – or any other jobs that could put you high enough in the eyes of the society, you better hang your head in shame. A friend of mine even discredited a ‘freelance’ as an unpromising job ever existed on earth, she said that this won’t get me anywhere from success, when she said so it sounded so intimidating and discouraging to be honest, but since she’s just being a smart ass and a dunce, i was not arguing her back. I’d just let her sharp tongue cut her own throat anyway.
In fact, this’s the most exciting job ever existed. This job required me not only do indoor (researching in the laboratory) but also outdoor activities as well, such as doing field trip to rural places, counseling people in a deserted village about the geological hazards around their area, hiking rocky mountains for rock sampling and many things. To simplyfy how exciting my job was in one sentence, “I did most parts Rambo did in his films – except from the killings.”
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But, if you take notice. I wrote the last paragraphs in past tense.
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Things have started to change gradually, especially with the people i work with. I constantly seeing new buddies at the office every two or three months, filling in the empty chairs across all office’s corners as the pervious employees had left them unattended for such long time.
For me personally. It’s kind of depressing to constantly meet new people and try to fit in all over again. But, what can i do to stop them from achieving goals in their life, right?
Changing jobs is probably a normal thing to do in a different stage of life. I had colleagues who’d been working in the company for years until they resigned recently and decided to move to another company, yet its not their last stop because i heard they’re still changing jobs from one to another. Whilst some are so loyal to keep their high hopes behind their old desk from the very beginning. Each has their own passion and goals. And yes, i understand that.
Through my observation, those who change jobs usually are the unmarried ones. These youngsters, how to put it.. They get bored easily with everything and changing jobs is just one of the ‘everything’s. These adolescents are so driven by dissatisfaction. They are so eager for adventures in life. They probably don’t have many regular bills to brain-freeze them every month about. Therefore they’re free to do things by their own desire without feeling any hesitant whatsoever. So telling them to stay isn’t a tough love. It’s like going to the Sahara, looking up and yelling “Just Rain”. Which sounds so weird in any senses.
While the ones who stay are probably the married one, they simply have no option to move their arse freely because it’s just too risky to quit to smell the fresh
air all over again. It’s not just putting themself at risk but also their family. I can’t imagine, quitting a job and being a job hunter again. How could they finance their family and pony up the dough? All financial plans they’ve been planning is falling apart the first time they decide to step out the office door for good, as they are no longer earn regular salary to pay up the morgage, credit card, and personal loan, no more. Therefore, in my own opinion the safest option is to stay for as long as possible, although (well maybe) the working’s environment in their work place is underrated – like the boss who does act like a boss, giving their employees unlimited task to be finished in one minute without feeling any sorry, or encountering other employees who love licking their boss’ boots to get them into a steady position. Well it’s just a life with all the bumps, isn’t it? As i said, each of them has their own passions and goals and if licking the boss’ boots is what they want, there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.
But for me, I would do both. As an adolescent, i might have an opportunity to change jobs all i want, treasuring all of the uncountable opportunity I can achieve as a youngster but as time goes by I’m gonna be old, get married (maybe), become bald (maybe) and have children (maybe) to look after. All i know that there won’t be no more room for me to be as freedom as before. All my priority would be much different than what it used to be in my old days. But when that time comes, I’m sure i’d stay as a loyal employee, finish my jobs on schedule, go straight home, kiss my wife and sons’ foreheads as i step in the front door and lick my boss’ boots in the office regularly so that i can get a steady position to pay all the monthly bills..
on time..
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Written by :
AP
Sosial Pemberontak 
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