What am I to do ?
Its something we were warned of. Not once, but many times. Over and over again. To the point we started thinking 'Not this again! Come one already! We've heard this a thousand times' but we still fall prey to it. Its surprising and ironical. I still remember " No we won't become corporate slaves, we're not that stupid! Yes we will live our lives to the full! No we won't sacrifice family and friendship for work, its really not a difficult choice! " But alas, 3 years since the day I left B-school, all of it has come true! And not just for me, also for most of my close friends. But everybody works 10-11 hrs in my office. Its not much of a choice, its expected. The market is so bad I can't afford to lose my job. And if I don't stay there for that long, my boss is going to think I'm not interested in my work. I don't want to fall behind others. What am I to do? People I used to spend the entire day with, breakfast, lunch, dinne...