Tag: work overload

  • Recruitment Doesn’t Like Me

    Poem that describes the relationship between me and my profession in a brutally accurate manner; here is the content: Recruitment doesn’t like me In fact, it actually hates me Ruins my happiness Destroys my inner peace Makes me feel at my lowest Does its very best To try and turn me into a blubbering mess…

  • The Challenges Of A Research Project

    This is a poem I am writing to relieve myself from the stress and rigours of a huge research project. Here goes the content: A research project is always going to be a challenge Thanks to the extremely demanding nature of work Coupled with tight deadlines Not to mention, almost zero margin for error Of…

  • What A Week This Has Been!

    This is a poem I decided to write towards the later stage of a crazy week packed with work; which involved (and still involves!!) going to office every alternate day and never leaving before 7 PM. Here goes the content: What a week this has been! Work after work With no end in sight Going…

  • The Sheer Weight Of Hiring Investment Bankers

    This is a poem I decided to write, after struggling with an Investment Banking role for a new boutique client of ours. Here goes the content: I must have said this about a hundred times But hiring Investment Bankers is one of the most difficult jobs Especially if your client is not a company That…

  • Are You A True Leader?

    This is the latest poem dedicated to my boss. Here goes the content: You know how hard I work How hard I have worked Over the last five years And how hard I have been working Over the last two years in particular Yet, hearing words of appreciation from you Is a prospect that is…

  • Mondays Are Rarely Good

    Latest poem dedicated to my boss as well as Mondays in general. Here is the content: Mondays are rarely good However, thanks to you Even a Monday that starts well Ends in the worst possible way You present a benevolent face To prospective employees Luring them with “a culture of freedom” Which, in reality, seems…

  • Is Nothing Truly Impossible?

    My latest poem on Recruitment, which is also meant as a message to all those who say that nothing is impossible. Here goes the content: They say that nothing is impossible And that the word itself says “I’m possible” Clearly, they haven’t worked in Recruitment And that too in a startup Imagine handling multiple roles…

  • You Really Enjoy It, Don’t You?

    Poem about all the things that my boss enjoys. Here is the content: You really enjoy it, don’t you? Keeping your employees on tenterhooks Day in and day out Loading them with so much work That it’s a wonder no one has collapsed Out of sheer stress and fatigue Finding faults where there are none…

  • What Work Depression Looks Like

    Poem I wrote when work pressure became too hot to handle; driving me to the verge of a nervous breakdown. Here is the content: You know you are doomed When the pile of work before you Keeps growing taller and taller Despite your best efforts To cut it down to size As the old cliché…

  • Getting Sucked Into The Whirlpool Of Recruitment

    Warning: This poem contains dark themes and references to death and depression. Here is the content: Recruitment is like a whirlpool Once you enter it You have effectively sealed yourself For there is no escape route On the other hand You keep getting sucked inside Deeper and deeper Until you are left with no choice…