7 Reasons You Shouldn't Be Working For A Designation

Remember the first day in office? Yes, the very first office we became a part of after successfully graduating college. Dressed in the best formals, we were raring to go. From the drive to make an impact with our work to twinkling eyes after receiving 'salary credited' messages, we were impassioned about everything. Slowly, the first step became several and we ended up becoming managers, team leads, heads or chiefs. But while there's nothing wrong with growing responsibility, when we look back there does seem to be something missing. Could it be because we worked for the designation entitled to us and not for the drive that once kick-started our career in the first place?

Here are 12 reasons you shouldn’t be working for a designation:?

1.?You end up doing meaningless work?because it’s mandatory

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From meetings to presentations, your work is necessary. Just because your job title has mentioned a few meaningless to-dos in the manual, shouldn't be the reason you do it.?

2.?It kills your creativity

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Incorporating the simplest idea falls apart as it passes through a never-ending rigmarole of hierarchy. There is no room for you taking a call because you will either be busy dumbing down processes or getting clearances from higher levels.?

3. Your productivity goes for a toss

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Thanks to over-analysis of the simplest task at hand, you develop a paranoia of things going haywire. In reality, you are just a frustrated soul who has no substantial work in hand but are following the laborious routine. Gradually you will notice your productivity declining. ?

4.?You jeopardise your learning process?

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From an intern to a full-time employee, every promotion has its own sweet success story. It has joyous achievements and horrendous failures. But when you directly jump to a certain designation, these important stops in your career go missing. Which is sad because these junctures teach you a collection of much-needed lessons.?

5. You miss the fun of growing

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When you are controlled by a certain job title along with constant reminders to lead it in a certain manner, things take a bad turn. As a result, you miss our on the fun in the workplace, and are forced to learn something as opposed to developing that initiative yourself.?

6. You are burdened by a title

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Everyone, apart from you, takes pride in the designation you hold. You are always under pressure to act in accordance to the title, which at times can be baffling. Someone very rightly quoted, 'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown'. ?

7. You're always working for someone else?

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Once you choose a designation over your road of interest, you become a caged bird. The road to higher positions will be extremely slow, painful and frustratingly political. Even if you manage to touch the sky, there will be another cloud to block the sun. In simpler words, be prepared to be working under someone, pretty much forever.