Forget the latest fashion trends, forget the latest 'Gym' workouts, forget the 'what's cooking'...what's catching up is the 'out of the bags' trend ... 'Office-spouse.'
Having a pseudo-wife or pseudo-husband at work may not only make you happier with your job but may even improve your chances for promotions and raises, according to a report Friday.
-Source CNNMoney.com
If you belong to the ocean called 'corporate' then this should be a familiar term to you. Office-spouses or Pseudo-spouses. I sit in India and work for an American MNC and keenly observe how inside this very Indian infrastructure filled with Indians is a very apt depiction of the American culture or atmosphere.
How the word came into existence: Some people started losing the spark in their 'very-fairy-tale-ending' marriages after a couple of years. The spark seemed to dry away because of inoculation of responsibilities, and everything else that the rather disguised package of marriage brings with it. They say change is the only thing that is constant. So now change becomes a more of a necessity. But what fascinates me the most is the fact that man keeps looking for the same kind and type or species of the object that actually caused him the supposed frustration. 'Woman and work. '
When he finds the right fit to his needs, the woman becomes his office-wife and the job brings him the much need satisfaction, 'job satisfaction.' I do not really understand how having the so-called element 'Wife' in office brings mental peace? I mean, don't men claim that they go to work because they want some peace?
Very ironic.
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