A technical director who worked 14 hours a day recently shared how his ruthless striving for promotion cost him his wedding. In a message shared on the anonymous professional community Blind, the man revealed that he worked very hard for three years, sometimes 14 hours a day, so that he could be promoted. He told several important family moments he missed because he was working on work. Eventually he said that he managed to reach his career goals – promoted to Senior Manager with an impressive salary of RS 7.8 Crore. However, he shared how the demands of his powerful job tension his personal life to the breaking point, so that he felt empty and questioned his choices.
“Toet a member of 3 years ago as a stupid senior who keeps asking for a promotion. Since I asked, the amount of works continue to accumulate and my scopes continue to grow. It eventually reached the point that I standard the EU + Asia team Coordinated, so my meetings start at 7 a.m. and end at 9 p.m., “wrote the anonymous user in his blind post.
The technical director revealed that he missed the birth of his daughter because he was in meetings all day. After birth he could not support his wife who had postpartum depression because he had no time. “On the day my daughter was born, I was almost every day in meetings. When my wife has postpartum depression, I have a meeting conflict and I didn't go to the therapist with her. She asked for a divorce,” he wrote .
The techie concluded his position and said: “I got a good news that my promotion was approved today. It doesn't feel happy, but I feel empty and indifferent.”
“I can't stop asking myself what I am doing with my life. But I think I should be happy with what I have in this dismissal -shit storm era, right? But how can I be happy?” he asked.
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The post found his way to X. A user shared the screenshot of the blind post with the caption, “Total Comp $ 900,000, but at what costs? I came out of this rat race when I looked around and realized that even the winners were miserable.”
The post broke a nerve online and activated different reactions from users. “Even the way you speak, sounds arrogant and tone deaf: your wife/daughter is about to leave you and all you give is RSUs. When his daughter is born when his daughter is born, “wrote a user.
“I don't see this as a terrible dilemma. Always give a priority to family about everything,” said another. “A lot of people are caught by slowness and the innate desire for 'progress' without stopping to think whether that scary definition of progress at work is suitable for them in the broader context of life,” a third user said.
“Maintaining your work by keeping your employer happy, even if this means that he skips personal things, a survival technique seems,” another joked.
