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You feel your life is controlled both externally and internally. You have a good sense of what you can control and what you should let go. Depending on the situation, you sometimes try to exert more control. Other times, you accept things for what they are and go with the flow. You are a realist when it comes to luck. You don't attribute everything to luck, but you do know some things are random. You don't beat yourself up when bad things happen to you... But you do your best to try to make your own luck. You have a good deal of power, but you also know the pecking order. You realize that working the system does get you further. You know who to defer to and who to control. When it comes to the game of life, you play things flawlessly. |
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Balance is always the key!
My job again....
Madam
I really hate her now. Even though I already talked with my boss about the task that he gave me, she still insist that I do something. She isn’t my boss for all I care! Making me do things like she is the boss. She already reduced my initial salary to just a barely minimum then made my Christmas gift check to only 1,500 and she bosses me around. I need to just let it be because right now I’m not yet a regular employee. I really hate her.
Madam is the type of person who does not want others to go over her. Typical crab mentality from a Filipino. I already stated in the other post on how she made my boss reduce the increase of my other office mate because Madam’s increase in percentage will be smaller than the that of the other officemate.
There’s also an incident where in she tried to reign in on my expertise which is tinkering with computers. My boss is asking me to print a copy of a drawing because it is too large. I edited the picture but somehow I forgot to change the print setting to landscape. Since my boss’ computer is in Japanese, it is hard to use it and I need to rely on my memory to do the said task. She tried to see the problem but I think she can not and I just told them that I just forgot to set the print setting to landscape. After that, the print out is ok and my boss thank me.
Hate the job….
Somehow I hate this job already. I really can not do the calling out new clients stuff. I do not know what my boss really thinks of what I talked to him about not being able to do the said tasks. I have been responsible and a good boy while I’m at work. I was only late once and was always 30 minutes early in coming to the office. I did everything what they told me and the only thing that I can’t do is the calling of the new clients.
I also hate the way Madam pushes me everyday to do the said task. If she is really good then why doesn’t she do it herself. I know that the steel business nowadays is bad, so it is really hard to come up with new clients right now. The only thing that I see her selling is the racking system that we got from Korea. It is so much easier to sell those products because what’s to know about it? The products are just racks that you put something in so that your things won’t be a mess.
I hope that my boss does not compare me with Madam because I’m in a different state than she is. She has already worked here for more than a year and she already has several other jobs. While I on the other hand is just about to be on my third month with this company and it is only my first formal job.
I’m really planning to resign from this job if I still have the same issues next year. I’m just waiting to become a regular so that It won’t look bad at my resume that I did not become a regular. My personality does not really jive with my work. I have to give my apologies to Joy and her father for letting them down. I just have to find work on my own. I really did enjoy this job at the beginning but as I learned of the things that go through here, it’s really not that enjoyable.
I really hate her now. Even though I already talked with my boss about the task that he gave me, she still insist that I do something. She isn’t my boss for all I care! Making me do things like she is the boss. She already reduced my initial salary to just a barely minimum then made my Christmas gift check to only 1,500 and she bosses me around. I need to just let it be because right now I’m not yet a regular employee. I really hate her.
Madam is the type of person who does not want others to go over her. Typical crab mentality from a Filipino. I already stated in the other post on how she made my boss reduce the increase of my other office mate because Madam’s increase in percentage will be smaller than the that of the other officemate.
There’s also an incident where in she tried to reign in on my expertise which is tinkering with computers. My boss is asking me to print a copy of a drawing because it is too large. I edited the picture but somehow I forgot to change the print setting to landscape. Since my boss’ computer is in Japanese, it is hard to use it and I need to rely on my memory to do the said task. She tried to see the problem but I think she can not and I just told them that I just forgot to set the print setting to landscape. After that, the print out is ok and my boss thank me.
Hate the job….
Somehow I hate this job already. I really can not do the calling out new clients stuff. I do not know what my boss really thinks of what I talked to him about not being able to do the said tasks. I have been responsible and a good boy while I’m at work. I was only late once and was always 30 minutes early in coming to the office. I did everything what they told me and the only thing that I can’t do is the calling of the new clients.
I also hate the way Madam pushes me everyday to do the said task. If she is really good then why doesn’t she do it herself. I know that the steel business nowadays is bad, so it is really hard to come up with new clients right now. The only thing that I see her selling is the racking system that we got from Korea. It is so much easier to sell those products because what’s to know about it? The products are just racks that you put something in so that your things won’t be a mess.
I hope that my boss does not compare me with Madam because I’m in a different state than she is. She has already worked here for more than a year and she already has several other jobs. While I on the other hand is just about to be on my third month with this company and it is only my first formal job.
I’m really planning to resign from this job if I still have the same issues next year. I’m just waiting to become a regular so that It won’t look bad at my resume that I did not become a regular. My personality does not really jive with my work. I have to give my apologies to Joy and her father for letting them down. I just have to find work on my own. I really did enjoy this job at the beginning but as I learned of the things that go through here, it’s really not that enjoyable.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Can't think of a title =)
About my work again….
After ranting about how I still can not find new clients, “Madam” asks me if I have already called up the list that my boss wants me to call up. I don’t know if she just wants to boss me around or my boss really is asking her to ask me about that. Well, I just couldn’t take it much longer, the nagging and all that jazz so today I talked to my boss about it. I tried calling one but I do not know what our products are for and it is very bad for a salesman to not know what he is selling. He understood, thank God! Right now I just have to deal with Madam to stay with this job longer.
My boss is also planning to send me to Korea to train for this new business. Madam will handle this business and I will be her backup. I do not know if I will be happy or will be irritated of the situation. I would love to go to Korea but I have to go with Madam. Somehow I think I would prefer that she just go there alone as to get a break from her.
3 different bosses from 3 different jobs
I just have to compare the 3 bosses that I already have. The first one was when I was still taking my OJT at Intel in Cavite. The second one is the mainlander Chinese that has a business of selling paper bags, sako bags, etc. from China. The third one is my current boss at the Japanese trading firm.
The first one does not talk too much. He just instructs us mostly during meetings which is the normal thing at Intel. He does not talk much but when something needs to be done, he makes it done. He is Filipino by the way.
The second one is the opposite of the first one. He is all talk and late action. He talks of doing this and that but after 2 months of talking this and that and still there’s no action. This one always lectures me on everything. He would spend around 1 – 2 hours lecturing me on different stuff.
The third one is the average of the first two. He also talks but when there are some actions needed to be done he acts.
I still prefer my first boss. I like the way he works and handles things. Both the second and the third boss are moody. They change moods very often. Also, the second one has a very short temper and when he explodes he EXPLODES. The third one has a much longer temper than the second one. It is also bad when he gets mad.
3 bosses with 3 different nationality and personalities but they all have one thing in common. They are all “malibog” or in English horny. There are so many things that I have heard about my second and third boss but no first hand experience. I have already posted here previously my experience with my first boss.
After ranting about how I still can not find new clients, “Madam” asks me if I have already called up the list that my boss wants me to call up. I don’t know if she just wants to boss me around or my boss really is asking her to ask me about that. Well, I just couldn’t take it much longer, the nagging and all that jazz so today I talked to my boss about it. I tried calling one but I do not know what our products are for and it is very bad for a salesman to not know what he is selling. He understood, thank God! Right now I just have to deal with Madam to stay with this job longer.
My boss is also planning to send me to Korea to train for this new business. Madam will handle this business and I will be her backup. I do not know if I will be happy or will be irritated of the situation. I would love to go to Korea but I have to go with Madam. Somehow I think I would prefer that she just go there alone as to get a break from her.
3 different bosses from 3 different jobs
I just have to compare the 3 bosses that I already have. The first one was when I was still taking my OJT at Intel in Cavite. The second one is the mainlander Chinese that has a business of selling paper bags, sako bags, etc. from China. The third one is my current boss at the Japanese trading firm.
The first one does not talk too much. He just instructs us mostly during meetings which is the normal thing at Intel. He does not talk much but when something needs to be done, he makes it done. He is Filipino by the way.
The second one is the opposite of the first one. He is all talk and late action. He talks of doing this and that but after 2 months of talking this and that and still there’s no action. This one always lectures me on everything. He would spend around 1 – 2 hours lecturing me on different stuff.
The third one is the average of the first two. He also talks but when there are some actions needed to be done he acts.
I still prefer my first boss. I like the way he works and handles things. Both the second and the third boss are moody. They change moods very often. Also, the second one has a very short temper and when he explodes he EXPLODES. The third one has a much longer temper than the second one. It is also bad when he gets mad.
3 bosses with 3 different nationality and personalities but they all have one thing in common. They are all “malibog” or in English horny. There are so many things that I have heard about my second and third boss but no first hand experience. I have already posted here previously my experience with my first boss.
Friday, November 18, 2005
Rants on my work and Smart WiFi
Rants about my work
Somehow I’m not enjoying my work anymore. Miss goody-two-shoes lessen my Christmas grocery value to only 1,500. All of them got 2,500 for their Christmas grocery. She said that I am just with the company for only 4 months so that’s why. She said that last year she was already 6 months with the company so she got the same amount. She really wants to put down everyone here. There’s also the incident with the salary increase of the admin. The admin and my boss already agreed on the increase and upon learning that the percentage increase of the admin is greater than “The” girl she protested with the boss and guess what, the admin got a reduced increase in her salary.
There’s also my problem with finding new clients. My boss and “The” girl has been telling me to call up new clients and setup a meeting with them. My boss wants me to find clients dealing with steel while the other one wants me to find new clients that has requirements for racking system which the new business of our company. It’s very hard for me to do the tasks. For crying out loud, I’m just with the company for 2 months, this is my first job, and foremost is I am an ENGINEERING graduate and not a business graduate and they expect me to do these tasks! I am still getting the hang of things here in the office and their expectation is already very high. Hay, hay….. One factor maybe that cause me to feel this way because of my personality being an introvert. I think you can not change one’s personality with just 2 months. It will take years and maybe a decade for me to change.
If this feeling of depression against my work will not change, I may resign from this job. There are also salary issues and business trips abroad that I have to deal with.
Rant about Smart WiFi
About a month ago I learned about Meridian and Smart Wifi offering quality broadband service with an affordable price. I went to their website and applied online. It was almost 2 weeks since I applied and still no reply from them so I ask at a wireless center near our house about this new service they are offering. They told me that it is not possible to have their service because we live in a building. After a week, smart contacted me asking me for my cell no. because I mistyped my cell no. and was missing a number. I gave them a number and after sometime, smart called and they will be sending me the equipments for the service.
Problem started when the men who will install the equipment said that they need to install it at our rooftop. The rooftop is locked so they need to comeback another day. They committed after 4 days that they will install, fortunately they came and installed. We also requested the key of our rooftop from the owner for them to install the equipment. They installed the equipment and I tested the connection and it seemed fine. When the men already left, somehow the connection was not good. The connection was intermittent meaning sometimes the connection stops for a second or two. Also, the connection was slow for most of the day. It was faster using dialup connection.
I complained and complained to the technical support and the customer rep. Their customer service takes forever to answer my calls. Fortunately for them, last week the connection became fast and the connection is also smooth now. I’ll just wait and see if there will still be problems.
Somehow I’m not enjoying my work anymore. Miss goody-two-shoes lessen my Christmas grocery value to only 1,500. All of them got 2,500 for their Christmas grocery. She said that I am just with the company for only 4 months so that’s why. She said that last year she was already 6 months with the company so she got the same amount. She really wants to put down everyone here. There’s also the incident with the salary increase of the admin. The admin and my boss already agreed on the increase and upon learning that the percentage increase of the admin is greater than “The” girl she protested with the boss and guess what, the admin got a reduced increase in her salary.
There’s also my problem with finding new clients. My boss and “The” girl has been telling me to call up new clients and setup a meeting with them. My boss wants me to find clients dealing with steel while the other one wants me to find new clients that has requirements for racking system which the new business of our company. It’s very hard for me to do the tasks. For crying out loud, I’m just with the company for 2 months, this is my first job, and foremost is I am an ENGINEERING graduate and not a business graduate and they expect me to do these tasks! I am still getting the hang of things here in the office and their expectation is already very high. Hay, hay….. One factor maybe that cause me to feel this way because of my personality being an introvert. I think you can not change one’s personality with just 2 months. It will take years and maybe a decade for me to change.
If this feeling of depression against my work will not change, I may resign from this job. There are also salary issues and business trips abroad that I have to deal with.
Rant about Smart WiFi
About a month ago I learned about Meridian and Smart Wifi offering quality broadband service with an affordable price. I went to their website and applied online. It was almost 2 weeks since I applied and still no reply from them so I ask at a wireless center near our house about this new service they are offering. They told me that it is not possible to have their service because we live in a building. After a week, smart contacted me asking me for my cell no. because I mistyped my cell no. and was missing a number. I gave them a number and after sometime, smart called and they will be sending me the equipments for the service.
Problem started when the men who will install the equipment said that they need to install it at our rooftop. The rooftop is locked so they need to comeback another day. They committed after 4 days that they will install, fortunately they came and installed. We also requested the key of our rooftop from the owner for them to install the equipment. They installed the equipment and I tested the connection and it seemed fine. When the men already left, somehow the connection was not good. The connection was intermittent meaning sometimes the connection stops for a second or two. Also, the connection was slow for most of the day. It was faster using dialup connection.
I complained and complained to the technical support and the customer rep. Their customer service takes forever to answer my calls. Fortunately for them, last week the connection became fast and the connection is also smooth now. I’ll just wait and see if there will still be problems.