... my most Recent Enjoyments in ... Work - The Creation of Ability
In spring this year I started working in the personally most challenging project yet. My customer insisted on fixed times to be present, fixed rules by which to do my work, fixed behaviour by which to deal with colleagues. For a freelancer like me these were unheard-of requirements.
In practice this meant: work when the clock strikes, not when there’s work to do; do the work by prescribed rules whether they produce results or not; and treat all your colleagues as if they were far superior geniuses even if they sabotage your work.
The first few weeks I mostly rebelled against these restrictions, not quite being able to believe that this can really be true, which almost got me fired from the team. Only my excellent work results made it a hard decision for them to keep me on. After all you can’t squander a good cadaver if you have parasites to feed; and I had no better offers at the to earn a living, so I stayed on.
Over time I worked myself free of this morass by being present when requested (and appearing busy), but doing my real work when I thought it was necessary; by ostensibly following the implementation-rules, yet doing my work to the best of my own abilities; and finally by making myself independant of the parasites who only wanted to shine in the splendor of my achievements.
And my strategy worked! Last week I was promoted to leader of my sub-team (for which I have picked the members), most of the implementation-rules were changed according to the superior results of my guidelines and will be adapted even more in my new role as team-leader, and I finally got fully rid of those team-members who plagiarized my achievements and stabbed me in the back for my efforts. The worst of which will probably soon leave the project, as she’s no longer the star of the team.
To top it all off, I was even offered more money for my work J, from a company that is known for it’s stingy remuneration!
In spite of all the odds stacked against me, I was not fired from the project, but the project and many of it’s team members changed to incorporate many of my abilities of getting results and of weeding out parasites. Simply because I refused to compromise my belief in my own abilities and did not willingly agree to become a cadaver for every parasite out for a bite.
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