'Nine years with a firm has you believe you are an asset'

The survivor /// Rohit Pitale, interior designer and artist

The corporate world is a funny place. It can make you feel strong and weak, often on the same day. On June 10, well into the pandemic, while the government was contemplating Mission Begin Again, still unsure of how broken the economy is, I got a mail from the HR department that the pandemic has cost me my job as senior manager of store design at a major department store chain. The mail had the usual scripted gyaan of these being difficult times and that the company needed to take some difficult decisions.

Did I see it coming? Yes and no.