After putting in a lot of work for an important presentation, I got rammed for not doing a good job at it.My boss and my colleagues maintained that it was great work, but my boss' boss rammed it based on one wrong assumption(which he made,by the way). A clarification was issued by my boss in a separate e-mail,clearly defending me and my plan.
The whole experience was quite shattering for me, but I guess its part of professional life.You take the crests with the troughs and ride along.
The question that the whole experience left in my mind was - "Is work personal?"
People tell me - " Its work. Its business.Its not personal." But for me, work is my time away from my family,my home and hearth and its the sole reason for me being here in a different city away from my folks.How can it not be personal?
Are we supposed to be totally rational and not have any emotion while working?Is that even possible?
