Right now I absolutely LOVE my job alhamdulillah, and my workplace, work environment, colleagues, everything. Every single day I look forward to going to my office and working. I had three close friends at my office, one of whom was my childhood friend and has left since she’s about to get married, the other left a few months ago to get an MBA and the last leaving tomorrow. I do have two other good friends at the office and I’m also good friends with the two other people in my department, they’re guys but we get along very well alhamdulillah and have a real good time joking around with each other.
Every single day at work is fun. My boss is nice, the work environment is just really great and decent, the people are very very decent and respectful, all types of food (fresh juices, snacks, all types of desi/chinese food etc for breakfast, lunch etc) are avlbl right then and there whenever we want, we sometimes go down ourselves and get them. Work itself is laid back and not demanding or stressful, workplace rules are not strict, and everybody respects each other. Also its not a high maintenance environment and I don’t have to spend lots of time everyday getting ready and looking fashionable etc either. I can ever wear normal clothes, chaadar on my head, look like a paindoo etc, all that is fine and nobody looks at me like I’m weird if I do that. Most people are normal type. I just LOVE my workplace alhamdulillah, and am really really lucky to be working here. This is my first full time job and I have been working here for a year. I did join another company for two days but left it right before joining this one because I did not feel comfortable there.
Hmmm…
The thing though is that this is a small company with very few prospects for advancement and the nature of the work is such that I don’t have much growth opportunities career wise and I’m not employing my degree skills here either…The salary is not that great but not bad but the main thing is that its not really a challenging job that is going to be a wow factor on my resume.
So… I’m thinking of changing jobs…All my friends have also been telling me k Irem what the heck are you doing at this company…
I like it here though…and its making me sad to think that I would leave this company and move to a “bigger” company. I know I have to move on, its the logical thing to do, I have to make career moves forward and move to more challenging things, I feel like I owe that to my education and besides that’s the natural route to take.
I’ve got close friends who have worked in very big multinational companies, the best companies in Pakistan, and their work experience is very different from mine. I mean, the work is not laid back, the people are more mod scod and fashionable type, there’s more competition and professionalism.
Its like moving from a small town to a big city. And the thought is a bit intimidating I guess…
I realise I need to move out of this warm and cosy shell I am in, it will be a growth experience for myself as well and I will learn a lot professionally as well as personally, and it will look better on my resume as well…
My brain tells me that I can’t spend my life at this company…I need to apply to other places…
But…somehow…I feel so settled and happy and content here alhamdulillah…that…dil nai karta idhar se janay ka mera… 
thx 