aise and after I am filled with self-loathing that I am sucked into this subordinate and subservient role. And as a female I feel we have lost our gender and identity in the battlefield of the inner office, becoming sexless, senseless, and loveless, living our “No Life” existence.
5.\tSome people, it seems, do have a constructive consciousness and attitude towards working, always looking forward and thinking positively, without cynicism. There was an interview with some CEO on TV insolently summing-up the secrets of success “Our success is due to those personnel happily working for the enterprise day and night, day after day.” I don’t know whether these employees are really happy or pretending to be happy or if the CEO has assumed subjectively his staffs’ happiness. I ask myself, can work really bring such contentment and fulfillment to your life?
6.\tI still remember in a meeting that our MD said that the previous manager here, who was female, quit the company because she could not get married and couldn’t even get into any stable relationship due to the time she must give to her work! She was close to 50 before she realized the necessity to change jobs and priorities. Nearly 50 for Christ’s sake! I promised myself I will never become the second sedulous example in this company. There is also a fashion designer who hasn’t been in a relationship for 5 years. The last time she was in love was in University. She has No Life. She doesn’t even have time for meals. She has resolved to break up with this company. How many are there like us? How many “No life” women are there? There are two groups of women in Shanghai, and maybe in this world, 90% have “No life”, no fun and no money. The other 10 % seems to make money easily, they go clubbing all week, drinking and partying，it seems this is their “Life”. Because I am single, I am not a socialite, and I am deemed an older woman (approaching 30), am I destined to always work hard with “No Life”?
7.\tI am