Organizational Announcement

Please join me in the following congratulatory announcement:

Jairus Jason

From ______ to ______

Here’s to a job where you can expect nothing but the worst. Organizational announcements sound just like obituaries.

I now have a monthly income (in thousand-pesos) that’s more than the number of years I’ve spent on earth. I wouldn’t deny that I was proud and even happy. Until you entertain the idea of how you’ve been swallowed into a cycle. First, you were just pretending at work. You master the subtle practice of being impossibly polite, peppering everyone with empty praises, inserting buzz words into your sentences, patronization, managing perception, and mindless productivity. Sometimes you stand out with a bright idea. And when you begin to earn a little, you pretend, eventually becoming forcefully sincere about answering to life’s questions with clichés and corporate canned responses since you can’t risk de-motivating others. When you realize you’re falling into the traps you’ve avoided all your life, you hope your choices and actions lead you to something more genuine and meaningful. You sought the alternatives but you’re hooked with pride. And as work wears you down, you begin to accept who you are. You fearfully grow comfortable with who you’ve become. Lastly, you still feel a lamentable lack of money, and might end up wanting more.

Congratulations, Jairus. You Drama-King you.