Plot Twist I Didn’t Sign Up For

Okay, so this blog is coming after so long… right? I know. It genuinely feels like I disappeared. And honestly, I had so much going on that I was completely out of my mind to even write anything. That’s why I was just posting poems here and there. For me, poems felt easier than explaining the mess that was happening in real life.

But now that I’m back, let me spill some proper tea with you guys…☕

Remember the whole love-and-hate relationship between me and my commute? After that, a number of things happened. I was absolutely fed up with traveling every single day. So I looked for a solution and finally shifted closer to the office.

But of course, that wasn’t the end of the story. A bumper surprise was waiting for me. So basically, the company I’m working with is literally inhuman. They honestly don’t know how to run a business. First, they were literally behind me to relocate. And when I finally shifted, the very next thing they did was make the office work from home.

Yes. Work. From. Freaking. Home.

You know why this happened? Because they had started losing clients and had no money to keep the office running. Like, dude, they would say no to chai if someone asked for a third cup. No chai, no basic things, and a Diwali gift? Rs1000. Yes, Rs1000 for Diwali. I literally give more than that to my maid.

And wait… this wasn’t even the worst part. After making the office WFH, they slowly started letting employees go. And yes, I’m one of them. But the reason they gave me was so abrupt that it was actually funny.

So, I’m a writer. And I write according to what I genuinely feel is right for a topic. But that doesn’t always align with what someone reading or editing might think, and that’s completely normal. Not every person thinks alike. You can give one topic to 100 writers, and you’ll read 100 different perspectives. That’s literally how writing works.

Anyway, they asked me to leave. That’s because apparently, I “optimized” a client’s page, and the whole website went down because of that. Like because I “used AI”. And optimization literally means adding keywords to content that someone else already wrote. I literally only added a few lines and the required keywords. That’s all.

I told them, “Ma’am, just by adding keywords or 2 lines to an already written content doesn’t suddenly make it AI.” But they kept saying I should’ve informed them. I told them I HAVE always mentioned this to my manager, and she used to get AI corrected from the original writer anyway.

So now, the very next morning, I simply get a call saying they’re relieving me. And I just said okay because, honestly, I didn’t want to fight, and I was planning to resign in a few days.

My actual reason for resigning was something else. They literally used to taunt me in front of everyone, saying, “You are the most expensive writer here.” And yes, I am expensive because I am good. Now what they’re doing is hiring interns for free.

Almost everyone is leaving. This place is so biased, they don’t value their employees, and they treat them like pieces of shit. They want us to work even after shift hours and then say things like “this is your company.” They make people stay back for extra hours and ask them to work more, even late at night.

There was even an employee to whom they used to constantly message late at night, asking her to do tasks and pointing out what she hadn’t completed. And after making the office WFH, they fired her.

So yes, this is the company I am STILL working for… well, technically I’m on notice period, so thankfully I won’t have to deal with this shit for long.

These people really don’t know how to run a business. I once read a quote saying that if you don’t value your employees, your competitor will. And that’s exactly what’s happening. People who left are doing great now. They are with better companies, have better pay, and are living a better life.

These people literally said that because the company gave enough leaves in October because of festivals, then why am I taking a leave now, even though I was down with 103 fever? Someone ACTUALLY said that. And that person KNEW I was unwell.

Anyway, I’ll keep the rest for my next rant. Because so much has happened that it’s going to take a few more write-ups to update you properly.

So yeah, buckle up because my life has basically become a whole season.🥲✨