Some of the toughest but important lessons you will get in your professional life come during your first decade in the world of work. A school full of few good moments and a lot of punches on the face. There are professional failures you can not predict, opportunities that looked very good to be true, and moments where your skills were considered inadequate.
Some of the above would suffice to put an early end to what you had imagined as a career - but all these events can become valuable lessons over time. It is enough to learn from the mistakes of yourself or others and make sure you treat them the right way this time. Askmen.com presents 10 nightmarish scenarios that come true over the years and grow up behind an office, constantly asking yourself why you need to work.
The work of your dreams does not exist
We start from hard. Nearly 95% of workers on this planet have some - or less - a complaint about their work. Something that finally leads you to realize it: What you had in your mind as a dream job is in fact a utopia of your youth.
You are looking for a job for long and you have reached the point of needing to work.
To do this, you must have done a minimum of preparation for the job interview. For example, you can not know who you are facing or what exactly is the subject of the position you are claiming or, more importantly, to which sector the company specializes. Also, arrogance, due to more qualifications than required for the position, does not never helped anyone.
You were rushed to say "yes"
Anything. From accepting the job without negotiating better terms until you are offered to carry out projects that you should not, at a time that is not. Something to keep in mind, especially if you are in a particularly demanding environment, is that they can never be all happy.
You did not get the promotion you deserved
You have tried a lot and you are sure you will go up in every level. But your boss has the opposite view and does not appreciate the 15 hours in the office and the 12,328 weekends and holidays you worked for. Reaching to Christ and His Virgin with a thunderous voice is not a solution, just like throwing - at the wrong time - some objects. Instead, it will be good to be cool and patient, waiting for the next chance.
Your boss is bad
Bad boss would be our friends Americans, but fortunately the rich Greek language has more substantial and adjectives. In any case, especially if you are young and you have not experienced it yet, there are also those bosses who would not say how they behave in the best possible way to their employees. So, in order not to live a working nightmare, the best thing you can do is to learn your boss's reactions and adapt to them. Also, courtesy and calm tone of voice always help.
You make enough money, but you hate your job
First, bad lies, all of this we have in mind: How do we make money. But there are some other important things to keep in mind. Let's say a sense of continuous progress and progress or your satisfaction in the workplace. You have to recognize the way in which income has an impact on your everyday life, but you also need to understand how much your work affects your personality, relationships, or even your health.
You covered an error you had instead of fixing it right away
Even the most experienced professionals make mistakes. What distinguishes the truly responsible is that they report it and try to fix it immediately. They are not choosing the other way: It will not benefit anywhere and anyone to "crap" it, on the contrary, as it happens most of the time, it will create future and maybe bigger problems. Especially since a supervisor will learn it.
You messed up in a presentation or an appointment
When you have to deal with a big audience or a very demanding customer, it makes sense to have anxiety. Which in turn can lead you to some mistakes. Whatever the end result, it is neither the end of the world nor, in particular, the tombstone of your professional career. The next time he devoted more time, got more information, tried other things and showed confidence.
You are a friend (or an enemy) with the wrong colleague
You spend several hours in the office, so it's not too bad to create anything more than formal business relationships with your colleagues.
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