I really like the last few pages that show more of Acier. Until now he had been shown as a boss who doesn’t really care much for a healthy work-life-balance and someone who seemingly harbors bad intentions towards the relationship between Miel and Abeille, but now we learned that he’s basically working just as much overtime as he asks his employees to do and doesn’t seem to have much of a choice in the matter, either. So now I hope that he turns out much more like Poppy instead of someone like Verbena. While there are definitely a lot of people like Verbena or Ivy’s and Abeille’s moms, who are too focused on themselves and just not nice people, we now see Acier and Miel as friends and I do want to believe that Miel is a pretty good judge of character so that Acier will actually turn out to be an okay guy. I guess the next page might start answering that.
I’ve been relating my experiences to what is in the story, which could be completely missing what is going on, but this sort of scenario is very common where I have worked. People should not be expected to work long hours and sacrifice their friends and families. It doesn’t matter who would be to blame. It’s an economy, not a person, I think.
Thing is, people have opportunities and then they have the healthy work/life balance. You always sacrifice one for the other and this is what separates “serious” people from the “just fooling around with their careers”. There’s some truth to that sentiment, but its thinking is too simplified.
I’d imagine most people would say, “yes, my job is very important to me” but a segment of that group would also say “… but I don’t think it’s the #1 priority in my life as a whole”. It isn’t really fair to feel the pressure to say that you live to work instead of work to live. Lacking *some* ambition doesn’t mean you don’t or won’t take your work seriously.
Yes and no to sacrificing work/life balance to opportunities. There are places where you can be serious but not be working insane amounts of overtime. I’m lucky enough to work at one! 🙂 But I suspect the attitude of the company I work for and my bosses arises from them wanting a healthier and happier work environment while you climb the rungs vs what they experienced before starting the company.
I think there is a difference between working for the local bakery and a company that has a “human resources” department. A business owner who goes from small to large probably wants to hold on to the same values, but what can you do when you are beyond Sandesh sharing size? You can’t know your employees. If you’ve played the telephone game, you might have experienced how communication is different at different scales.
I really like the last few pages that show more of Acier. Until now he had been shown as a boss who doesn’t really care much for a healthy work-life-balance and someone who seemingly harbors bad intentions towards the relationship between Miel and Abeille, but now we learned that he’s basically working just as much overtime as he asks his employees to do and doesn’t seem to have much of a choice in the matter, either. So now I hope that he turns out much more like Poppy instead of someone like Verbena. While there are definitely a lot of people like Verbena or Ivy’s and Abeille’s moms, who are too focused on themselves and just not nice people, we now see Acier and Miel as friends and I do want to believe that Miel is a pretty good judge of character so that Acier will actually turn out to be an okay guy. I guess the next page might start answering that.
I’ve been relating my experiences to what is in the story, which could be completely missing what is going on, but this sort of scenario is very common where I have worked. People should not be expected to work long hours and sacrifice their friends and families. It doesn’t matter who would be to blame. It’s an economy, not a person, I think.
Thing is, people have opportunities and then they have the healthy work/life balance. You always sacrifice one for the other and this is what separates “serious” people from the “just fooling around with their careers”. There’s some truth to that sentiment, but its thinking is too simplified.
I’d imagine most people would say, “yes, my job is very important to me” but a segment of that group would also say “… but I don’t think it’s the #1 priority in my life as a whole”. It isn’t really fair to feel the pressure to say that you live to work instead of work to live. Lacking *some* ambition doesn’t mean you don’t or won’t take your work seriously.
Yes and no to sacrificing work/life balance to opportunities. There are places where you can be serious but not be working insane amounts of overtime. I’m lucky enough to work at one! 🙂 But I suspect the attitude of the company I work for and my bosses arises from them wanting a healthier and happier work environment while you climb the rungs vs what they experienced before starting the company.
I think Miel’s boss has feelings for him…
I think there is a difference between working for the local bakery and a company that has a “human resources” department. A business owner who goes from small to large probably wants to hold on to the same values, but what can you do when you are beyond Sandesh sharing size? You can’t know your employees. If you’ve played the telephone game, you might have experienced how communication is different at different scales.
Let’s see where this conversation leads.