Sunday, November 08, 2009

The Breaking Free Generation

Like it or not, we are the generation that will bring change. There was a speech recently by a bigshot in the civil service to the new generation of scholars. Disregarding the faulty logic they employing in pushing their point, for example

"16 of 20 Permanent Secretaries are scholars. It shows that our system is good enough to spot potential leaders from among our scholars but flexible enough to allow for those with talent to be developed and rise to the top even if they did not start out as scholars"

(Yes, thou can do no wrong), there was one part where he talked about how scholars nowadsys are picky about their postings and desire some clear explanation about how unpopular postings fit into their career development. His view is that "wherever the Public Service decided the send them was the best way to develop themselves... [otherwise] many would never get out of their comfort zone and so would not grow". Now I see where my company learn their old fashioned ways from. They still subscribe to the father-knows-best mentality. Those are artifacts from the days when people expect a life-long career in the company they joined. Perhaps such a mentality can still be protected in the public sector, but in commercial firms, companies have had to shift their gears and their priority lies in serving only the god of capitalism - profit, not in protecting their staff. To withdraw their commitment and then expect such blind faith in return from their employees is clearly untenable.

Even when I pushed J leave the company, we knew we could have done well if we stayed. I have no doubt that he would eventually become achieve one of the senior management positions. It would be a fairly meaningless though predictable existence. He'll go to work everyday, get paid decently well, be busy with some mundane and seemingly important issue, get frustrated over the shittiness and often meaningless work that needs to be done to satisfy some whim and fancy of the overlord(s)-- all in all a bearable and stable life. It would be a life both our parents would probably be happy about.

What E* talked about recently resonated strongly with what we felt. We are the generation that would give up what our parents would heartily approve and accept. We know we can be successful in a job that we did not love, but it just feels wrong and so we struggle against those bonds and take risks our parents would not take, in the hopes that we can find something that will bring us not only sufficient monetary reward, but also the mental satisfaction that we crave.

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14 comments:

saraeanderson said...

Rhetoric about how kids these days loooove flexibility and don't care about job security seems to me like boomers comforting themselves into thinking that they haven't screwed their children and grandchildren. However, I do think that people have purposely applied themselves to being able to work to live rather than live to work.

keep spirit said...

may be this is important for some body, 16 of 20 Permanent Secretaries are scholars. It shows that our system is good enough.

i like permanent

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adam radhi said...

i read it all. was a wonderful read. i resonate so well to a very distinct thread that ran through your whole post. but i do feel the change scale will have to be massive in order to sustain a reasonable life. For posterity to chase dreams, make mistakes, learn and develop civilisations. allright, enough rambling! haha enjoy life

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