I need to vent before I lose my mind. I absolutely **hate my job**, and more than that, I hate my manager.
A few months ago, I reached home at 10:00 PM after spending two soul-crushing hours stuck in Gurugram traffic. Just as I sat down to eat, my manager started spamming my phone. I didn't attend the call. I was exhausted, and my shift had ended four hours prior.
The next day was a nightmare. He humiliated me in front of the entire floor, shouting that I lacked "ownership" and openly told me to leave if I couldn't be "available." I hate that I did this, but **I actually begged him**. I have an ongoing EMI for my family, and the thought of being jobless terrified me. He smirked, knowing he owned me.
But I spent every night after that applying elsewhere. I finally **cracked another job interview** with a 20% hike. The day I got the offer letter, I shoved my resignation notice right in his face. I thought I was finally free.
**I was wrong. My new manager is even worse.**
Last week, after he demanded I work through the weekend for the third time in a row, I snapped. I asked him, "If you want American levels of productivity, why don't you **pay on an hourly basis** like they do in the US? Why is my overtime free?"
He laughed in my face. He told me that social media has ruined the expectations and discipline of Gen Z. He actually said,
>American companies have ruined salary expectations of Indians. They want to be paid in hours now . It's not possible in a poor country like India as IT will go bankrupt. That’s why Murthy said to work 70 hours, but ungrateful people like you couldn't understand.
I’m done with this system. I’ve decided I’m leaving this he'll . I don’t care if I have to go abroad and settle down even as a **sweeper**—at least I’ll be paid for every hour I pick up a broom and my dignity won't be stepped on daily.
I told my parents about my plan to move out of the country. Their response?
>If everyone like you leaves, who will take care of India? You're being a traitor to your motherland . Once you go there who'll look after us ?
So, my manager thinks I’m a lazy Gen Z brat, and my parents think I’m a national traitor. I’m stuck in a loop of EMIs, 14-hour workdays, and emotional blackmail.
I'm so done with everyone in this country