Pritam's Dilemma!!

“Love at work” is becoming a well known phenomenon now-a-days. Love blossoming amongst fellow employees (whether juniors, colleagues or seniors) is common these days. Some of these do see a happy ending, some of these don’t. The case of “Love Contract” deals with one such story, the story of Pritam and Jagruti. Though it shows the love is still new, but the ending pretty much depends on how Pritam handles the present situation.

Clearly, Pritam is facing a situation which is more complex than it appears. Firstly, as mentioned, if he gets promotion, it is very likely that he will be sent to Detroit office as the next HR Senior manager. Now the situation he faces is:

1) If he signs, then he and Jagruti, both retain their jobs. Pritam gets his promotion and is sent to Detroit office. Now he no longer shares the same office with Jagruti. Both of them try to maintain a Long-Distance Love relationship. Now Pritam cannot influence any of the higher executives to allow Jagruti an on-site project (in Detroit) because that will be violating the law. Plus theirs is a developing relationship. In the absence of Pritam, it might happen, Jagruti’s performance might decline, which will result in the management firing her as per the clause mentioned in the Love Contract. This is also applicable to Pritam. Moreover, given the present conditions, a long-distance relationship is very hard to maintain. There are Chances that the relationship might not last for long. From the points stated above, signing the contract might as well be seen as signing the end of their relationship (on a longer run).

2) If he refuses to sign, Jagruti loses her job and he loses an opportunity to get the promotion for which he has been striving for so long. And Jagruti, after losing her job, might even start hating him. It might even be the end of their relationship. Losing the love and trust of Jagruti might affect his performance adversely, which can further delay his promotion.

Now what can Pritam do? In any case he has to compromise. Signing the contract seems to be a viable option, but then by signing, he is making their affair public and giving management an authority to fire any one (or both) them on grounds of failing to sticking to the contract. And that’s where Pritam has to choose his priorities. He is in such a dilemma where he has to choose for himself the way he wants to live:

· He doesn’t sign and loses everything (his promotion and Jagruti) right then.

· He signs and lives away from Jagruti, with a big question mark looming over the future of their relationship.