Hopes End When the Money Stops
The bare minimum that anyone would expect while starting a new job would be to - 1) Get paid. - 2) Get paid regularly on time every month. What you learn after transitioning from a student to employee is that this bare minimum is often far from guaranteed. I learnt this lesson the hard way back in 2019, when despite working almost nonstop most of the year, I barely had a couple of months’ salary to show for it by the end. Private Hospital Shenanigans It was my last month of internship. It was obvious that I needed a job. Fast. My father was bedridden and taking care of him cost quite a bit of money every month. We had very little in terms of savings, so it was a very urgent situation. Suddenly transitioning from the youngest in the house to the one who has to shoulder all of the financial responsibility for keeping things afloat within the span of a year was a diffic...