What a relief!
The bad news is our station has to undergo a period of extensive layoffs, letting go almost half the employees. The good news is the "Heroin Addict" from the last post was let go in the lay offs the very next day after the post.
The question now remains to be - what next?
Am I going to continue being exploited? Apparently yes. I have been working for more than a year with the same lousy salary and no benefits whatsoever. Not even a contract. Not even a phone line for work or even paid sick leaves. The only time I took a sick leave I wasn't paid for the 3 weeks I had to stay home for my knee injury.
And the only reason I stayed at work this long is because it was fun. It was fun to learn and gain experience. But after a while it started taking a toll on my emotional and physical health. Working 10 to 12 hours a day on average and regularly having to come in on weekends, plus not having ANY time for myself, my family, or my physiotherapist. It sucks. I want to find another job... I want to find another life.
Plus - this amount of mental strain and pressure puts me at risk of snapping at any given moment. I feel I don't have structure in my life and that so many factors that don't include me are actually in control. Other people and other things are in the drivers' seat and I'm just buckled in for the ride.
I would be impacting this world so much more if I was just blogging. I'd have more space for being creative and actually some good may come out of it. At the moment my brain is going rusty. I don't have any time or energy left after work for anything other than sleeping... which I'm also getting less and less of everyday because of the anxiety caused by a lack of stability. And honestly all in all I'm beginning to realize that it's not worth what I'm losing - my voice.
I'm either going on strike or writing my resignation... This sucks.
ISIS - THE EXPLOITED WORKER
2 comments:
Do you by any chance work for Egyptian State Television in Maspero? Coz this sounds disturbingly similar to what I am going through right now....
Maspero? LOL.... not at all. I'm in the private sector and I can't say more than that.
But it's not which sector that makes the difference. It's the mentality of the people - of which a few work in media.
Either way hang in there and be strong and know that the road to excellence requires fighting against mediocrity that has existed for decades. Best of luck! :)
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