Due to his 11-to-11 job, a father is not able to give time to his 1-year-old son. Feeling sad, he is thinking of quitting his job and starting his own startup. The decision has sparked debate online over who to choose between family and uncertain career.
Lack of ‘work-life balance’ is a common complaint in the corporate sector of India. People often say that because of job they do not get time for family, friends or even themselves. One such story is going viral on the social media platform Reddit. A person has shared his grief by writing a post that due to his job from 11 in the morning to 11 at night, he is not able to see his one year old son growing up. It is written in the post that even after reaching home after finishing work, he is unable to pay attention to his son due to ‘urgent’ calls.
The man wrote, ‘When I reach home, my son comes to me happily. He wants me to hold him in my lap and play with him. But because of meetings I have to ignore him. The expressions that appear on his face at that time break my heart. It is clear from the post that this father does not want to lose those precious moments of his son’s childhood, which once gone will never come back.
To get out of this situation, this person is now seriously thinking about leaving his job. He has an idea in his mind to develop a card game related to cricket. He hopes that even if this idea is not successful, it will definitely bring a change in his life. However, he also doubts whether it would be right to leave a stable job and take up some uncertain work to spend time with his son. After the post went viral many people gave their opinion. Some people said that family should be given priority. At the same time, some warned that starting a startup could take more time than an existing job. Many people also advised that the decision to leave a stable job should be taken very carefully.