My mom is fond of saying, "how can you tell if you are wise when you haven't been through something tougher than you in life? Who will you claim to be your teacher?"
This is centered around the saying that experience is the best teacher in life, a lot of us might not see the impact of the worse job we did then because of the pain we felt when doing it but the truth is that if it hasn't it made you stronger, it has taught you lessons about life.
I have worked as a bricklayer, I remembered how I use to hide when my mates were passing. The shame of them seeing me makes me scared, I was always watching my back unknowing to me that it wasn't a secret anymore. I worked as a painter, teacher, pasters, sold snacks, washed cars, factory work, and others but these jobs eventually didn't become my worst job, I was ashamed then because of my immaturity but now, I understand that there are professionals among brick layers and other jobs we think are shit. If everyone chose to be in the office, who will do those jobs for us.
My worse job happens to be my last job, the need for survival made me hold on to it tightly even though I didn't like a lot of things about it. I worked as a supervisor in a company owned and managed by expatriates, those guys don't care about anything except the profit they are making.
When I was new to the job, I got broken by their attitude towards their staff even though I wasn't a victim immediately but I became one when my leg muscles developed issues and I was told to get a knee belt to hold to muscles instead of signing my HMO letter for comprehensive treatment when they know well that the leg would only get worse.
These guys just want profit without considering the well-being of their staff, your opinion means nothing to them, they treat their staff like pieces of crap for the peanuts we get at the end of the month. I encountered both physical and mental stress, I worked under pressure and in fear of losing the source of my daily bread but in the end, it happened.
They have a poorly structured system that makes you underrated no matter how much you try to contribute, I got into a heated argument with one of my bosses for using a foul word for me. It was a tradition among them but the fear of losing their jobs made people overlook it but that's not how things work for me.
It wasn't about the pay or stress, it has to do with will killing their staff's confidence and making them look worthless. I was happy about helping people get jobs while I was there, these people had a great time working because they were reporting to me and not the expatriates.
Sometimes when I joke and have fun with these guys after a job well done, I do wish my bosses can do the same to staff from my level as well.
Despite how bad I felt about the job, I still learned a lot of lessons that are very valuable to me today. If I eventually own a company of that standard, I wouldn't make their mistakes because I learned a lot.
My best job is farming, I took up the fishing farming job and it has changed a lot of things for me.
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It comes with stress, profit, and losses but it gave me a definition of my existence in the world. It would interest you to know that fish farming is the first job I did that has given me the privilege to do other things and I find so much happiness in doing it.
A friend started the job too because his dad has a big land, he recently asked why I am always cherishing the job because he has done two harvests without a profit and I told him it wasn't just about the profit, the job allowed me to do other things in life. I have made more losses than he has done but I know things like that are expected and the lessons I have learned help me get better at what I am doing.
I remembered when I was working at my previous job, I leave the home past six and won't return until late at night. All my life was about the job, but fish farming is different, there are many times I pass the night at the farm in cold and struggle with mosquitoes but I am happy doing it because it still gives me the freedom to do other things that adds values to me.
None of the knowledge or experience we have had in life is a waste, I have always believed that they will be needed at some point in our journey. I do paint my room myself except I need to do extra designs, I can install wallpapers under supervision so I wouldn't condemn what life took me through.
At the end of everything, I am glad we don't look like what we have been through in life.
