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50 Days Served. Still Unemployed.

I Loved My Job. Until One Day, I Didn’t Have One. 💔 A story about loyalty, assumptions, corporate life, and the price of always saying YES. Let me ask you something. How many of you genuinely love the job you do? Not I tolerate it because I need the salary. Not Monday to Friday and then I can finally breathe. Not I’ll stay until I find something better. I mean… How many of you actually LOVE what you do? ❤️ I used to. I genuinely loved my job. I loved the people. I loved solving problems. I loved those endless email chains where I would explain something again and again until someone finally said, Okay, now I understand. And honestly? I loved being able to say: Yes, I’m working on it. Yes, I’ll take care of it. Yes, you can depend on me. That word — YES — became a huge part of my professional identity. And I didn't know then that saying YES to everything could eventually teach me one of the hardest lessons of my career. 🏢 Four+ Years. One Company. One Routine...

7 Rules to Get Noticed and Grow at Work.

 


✅ If you want to grow in career, don't look back just move forward.

📌 Thumb rule of the growth is to be ruthless at work ,

✔ Not getting notice - work more.

✔ Not getting hike - work even more on yourself.

✔ Not getting promotion - work even more with determination.

⚠ Nothing comes free in the world, even to get a job you've show up online or offline. so , getting notice at work has to go through the process.




🔹 Follow below steps at work and see the results in 6 months or the year.

🔹 Rule 1: Never be late to office

✔ If you don't show up at work, who else would for you?
👉 Arrive on time and leave on time.


🔹 Rule 2: Check your emails and messages on Teams and respond at the earliest

✔ What happens when you do it first? It gives a signal to the manager that you're working on it and taking charge of things at work.


🔹 Rule 3: Take complex problem tickets/emails and respond

✔ What happens when you do this? It triggers the leadership and accountability attitude in yourself, which will lead to better decision-making at work.

✔ If you see an email asking for an update or about something you're not aware of, take it. This is where you develop a curious learning strategy.

📌 Example: You receive a request to check access or find logs. Even if you're not sure how to do it, don’t wait for your team or colleague to take over. First, acknowledge the request.

📩 Sample response: "I'm reviewing your request and will follow up with an update soon."


🔹 Rule 4: Be the first one to initiate communication

📊 Email is a common and essential part of getting work done. Proactively initiating communication shows engagement and leadership.

Reference: Email at Work - Pew Research


🔹 Rule 5: Work smartly, not emotionally

✔ If you see something broken, report it immediately, before it comes back to you and you go blank.

✔ Even if it is a small task, like forwarding to other teams, do it. This demonstrates proactiveness and shows you’re actively monitoring emails and work processes.


🔹 Rule 6: Ping constantly about issues on Teams/Slack to draw attention

✔ This gives you prompt acknowledgment from stakeholders.

✔ Report, mitigate, fix, and release the RCA.


🔹 Rule 7: Send a last-minute email of any issues or findings you want to bring to the team’s notice

✔ This gives the team a clear picture that you take complete charge of your shift.

✔ Even if it is small work or minor details, communicate them. Communication is the key to success.

Which of these rules will you start applying today to take control of your work and get noticed? Your career progress depends on the actions you take now.

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