A young man from Bengaluru left his corporate job due to low salary, heavy work and stress. Frustrated with just a 6% hike, he resigned, despite having no backup plan and no loan. This story of his has gone viral.
A boy from Bengaluru has explained why he left his corporate job without finding another job. His words on poor salary, excessive workload and stress of corporate life are so true that people on the internet are connecting with him. In a video of ‘Humans of Bombay’, Pramod Paul said that after years of stress, long working hours and nominal salary hikes, he felt that the time had come to leave the job. Some people praised his decision, while others raised questions about leaving the job without a backup plan.
“See the glow on my face? The day has come. I’m resigning. There’s no other job at hand, no backup plan, no nothing,” Paul says at the beginning of the video. He told that his responsibilities increased over the years, but his salary did not increase accordingly.
According to him, he was holding the post of an analyst, but the work of a senior analyst was being taken from him. He said, “By working day and night, the difference between day and night had disappeared. The condition was that I was given the job of a senior analyst, the post was of an analyst and the salary was as much as that of an intern.”
Paul also talked about his recent salary increment, which disappointed him the most. He said, “So much stress and sorrow, for what? Just 6% for the hike? 6%! Means only Rs 2,600 per month.”
He told that the stress increased so much that he had to seek professional help. “After so much anxiety, I went to a psychiatrist. His consultation fee alone was Rs 2,000. He advised me to take stress management treatment. Each session cost him Rs 3,000.” He joked, “When your therapy session starts costing more than your annual salary hike, you’re done.”
According to ‘Humans of Bombay’, Paul grew up in Kolar near Bengaluru. His mother is a housewife and father is a pastor. The family had taken a loan for his and his brother’s education. After graduation, he took a loan of Rs 8 lakh to help pay off his family’s debt and started working as a financial manager. After this, he worked in a financial firm for about four years.
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He further said, “I saw that the tea sellers here were earning Rs 2 lakh per month, whereas I was stuck with a peanuts-like salary.” Paul told that his last working day will be August 15. He also admitted that he still has an outstanding education loan of Rs 3 lakh and does not know what to do next.