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My saddest moment - Explained with a picture.
I remember this picture like it was yesterday and that day, I didn't only feel angry, I was really sad. They said never kick a man when he is down but they did, low below the belt and they sure didn't know how sad it feels and how bad it hurts.
I've always known that we don't value people's time in this country. Anyone with a strong hand would walk it all over you as if nothing happened. It's like dealing with the card of aces - I made that up. I don't know anything about dealing cards.
Anyone with authority would rub it to your face that they can and there is nothing you can do about it. I used to work at the bank as a recovery officer and a few years ago, due to the Covid and how people were struggling to pay up their debts, most of us got laid off and it couldn't have come at the wrong time. It was a dark moment and I just tried to stay positive but I was sad.
I was really sad because of the politics at play that made it happen. I've always delivered and got 76.5% of my portfolio and those with lesser percentages were given 3-month probation to also get their figures up. I'm talking about those who did 65% and someone who strangely did 55%. They all got time to get their numbers up but 76.5% wasn't enough anymore when the benchmark as we were told was 60%??? I knew politics was at play but I want no part of it. I don't like drama and I try to stay far away from them for the sake of my sanity.
On this particular day, earlier that week, I had applied to another bank for the same role and they fixed that day themselves for the virtual interview. I was positive and looked forward to it. A Zoom link was sent to me. I was told to wait in line and the interview was for 17:00. I stayed on the link from 17:00 to 18:30 and they didn't even show up. I was really disappointed. I sent a mail telling them how I didn't appreciate what they did and they didn't even apologize. Rather, they sent me another link telling me they had a management meeting which was why they couldn't keep up. It wasn't until I told them a simple heads up would have been nice before they tendered an apology.
Two days after, I joined the link again and they asked me to join from 14:00. I wasn't only furious this day, I was really sad because they kicked me at the lowest point. I waited from 14:00 to 16:30 and they didn't show up as well. I even thought they had too many candidates and it was taking too much time but nothing happened. I dressed in that tie, waited in line, looking corporate and sat in the same spot for hours because I didn't want to be caught unawares.
The same lady reached out to me the next day and I gave it to her with sadness and anger in me. She apologized and fixed another day which I didn't even honour. She called me several times too but I rejected the call. If this is where I wanted to work and they can't understand the value of treating people better and communicating, I don't think I want to be a part of it which was why I had to decline.
A lot was going through my head that day and I was really sad I got treated that way. They wouldn't understand anyway but I was the one that knew where it hurts. It was a sad day, a sad period too - starting from when I lost that job to being kicked at my lowest and that picture explained exactly how frustrated, angry and sad I was that day because I snapped to send the picture to a friend that sent me the email in which I applied for the job. We kept exchanging texts as he was asking me if they showed up...but like a phoenix... I rose. Here I am today, standing and doing better.
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