Never say Busy!!

 One thing I have realized recently is that you should never say you are busy. Looks like the world around you tries to take the Micky out of you and give you truckloads of work. 

I have been busy with office and personal work for the last 3-4 months and was cutting on all activities to get things done. Hiring has been mad for some time thanks to the great resignation era. Almost everyone is moving and having 4 offers as though it is a competition. Just when it was getting under control (from 50s to the teens), last week happened. Out of nowhere 15 new roles to hire and a high possibility of 30 more to be added this week. So basically what I hired for 6 months last year, I have to do it in 1 month in today's market 😲 Thanks to this, I have 5+ interviews a day to access the candidates and also sell them the role. At this rate, we will double this year which will be a great achievement.

As if this was not enough, planning the biggest employee gathering in March since I started in this organization. Almost 100+ people and a few leaders from onshore landed in March for collaboration and work. Also, a marketing event to kick-off for the next year to improve the branding which requires constant writing, webinars, leadership talks, etc. And the usual employee engagement, attrition, sickness, career planning, etc. I do not know how ill squeeze my career planning in between these things and find the energy to progress 😅

And, kiddo's exams to help with. TBH, I'm doing jackshit there but will need some focus for a couple of weeks. And the thousand other personal things I have not even bothered to look into.

Looks like the financial year-end will be very interesting with all the work piling up. Cheers to some crazy days and hopefully not many all-nighters (I'm sure ill end up interviewing if the candidates are ready).

So basically I will stop telling im busy and pretend to be free which might make me even freer. So whoever is up there, do something about it or at least give me some fuckin referrals to hire!!!