I am 24M from India and it's been a month since I got a job in a bank, for those who don't know government jobs are in really high demand here like people would kill for this, you can get a government job by clearing competitive exams.
So anyway, I cleared one such exam and landed a job in a government owned bank and I think clearing that exam was the worst thing that happened to me. I mean it's not like I wanted that job, I gave the exam because I was preparing for a much harder one so clearing this exam was easy and I thought I will just get this job for now and prepare for my dream post later, simultaneously while doing this job so I will have a source of income.
But my dream has came crushing down since I am now made to work more than 10 hours a day I go to office at 9.45 am and there is no time of return the earliest I have left is at 8 pm, I usually leave around 8.30 and sometimes also stay till 9.30, not only that my boss also calls me on some Sunday's for a few hours and it's not like I am the only one other officers who work here work same or even more than me so I don't see the conditions improving in future as well.
All this has left me with frustration because as I originally planned I am unable to study for the job I want so I feel that I am capable of doing more but am not able to because of my own stupidity of taking this job.
I thought about quitting but the bank has made me sign a bond of a very high amount (nearly 4 months of my salary) for 3 years and even if I somehow managed to pay that amount, there is so much pressure from my family and friends, they say that people would kill to be in the position I am in and all that….. but they just don't understand or even try to understand my frustration, since due to high unemployment many people don't even have a job here. So well here I am doing something I never wanted and unable to quit and utilize my full potential.
I don't know what to do since even if I quit somehow it's not a guarantee that I will get the job I want, I just had to get this all out.