草莓族 The Strawberry Generation

I learn something new today… The Strawberry Group ~ 草莓族!

I took sometime to surf thru what is this 草莓族, and I found this article. And I truly agree nowadays the new generation unlike us whom can take on stress and pressure. We were bullied and pressed down when we first came out and worked. We survived thru the hard times and learned from our mistakes and become what we are right now. Though it’s not anything high fly, but at least you’re proud of yourself for what you are, right?

I have somebody here, who is young and claimed that he’s been into IT field but arrogant.
Well, nobody cares whether this person is arrogant or what, as long as he/she can work. Right?

Apparently he/she made couple of mistakes and we have highlighted to the person, and guess what treatment that we’ve got after highlighted? It was a blast from the person that made the mistake.

This person of our department has been here with us for a year, and the position that this person hold is an admin support. Sometimes being an admin support there are no fix and standard to follow, but many things are just merely based on experience, knowledge and even common sense.

Well, if a person is fresh and green, isn’t a person should learn from the experienced one? I understand the department secretary has been telling the admin support what to do and what not to do, and this admin support some how just chose to ignore what the secretary had instructed him/her to do. Even the mistakes surface up, he/she just chose to act as naïve and ignorant. Well, not only that, the admin support even put the blamed on the secretary.

When the mistake surfaces up, what the admin did was denying everything and confirmed that’s not a mistake but to blame others. Some how, the mistake was then clarified by the affected party. When the admin realize this cannot be denied anymore, the admin was asked to refer to the secretary for further solving the mistake.

Well, guess what happen? The admin just threw the tantrum to the secretary and not even begging for help to solve the problem.

Well, whoever read this, will just ask, isn’t this admin having attitude problem??

I can tell you that, yes, the admin is having real bad attitude problem. And not to forget the admin is actually a contract staff, and the secretary has been eating all these unhappiness up herself without sharing with anyone till these things surface up to our attention.

Anyway, … more to share.

Let's have a wild guess....

Can you guess where is this place??

We were here for our teambuilding few weeks ago...

Work Capability

When you have a subordinate that do not have the capability to look at the big picture of a task or their own job, honestly, the superior is rather frustrated.

When a person has a promotion from their previous job, and then after will definitely sure added new responsibility. As the scope of job has wider and increased, thus, the ability of doing their job will be different too.

But, I came across somebody could not do the job but yet could highlight to the superior for loading so many jobs to the person. Some people may think the superior did not consider the staff’s availability but just add on jobs, however, nobody can see what would the superior think of the subordinate’s efficiency, right?

A very simple example, the manager ask the subordinate, please summarize the product transfer and send the summary to the manager by when and when. The subordinate do not know how to summarize but to give all the details to the manager.

Well, will the manager have the time to read and scan thru every single detail?? Am sure the manager will not have the time, cuz, the manager is equally have other important task to handle and also have other day to day job to do too… But, the subordinate could tell the manager that she doesn’t know how to summarize, but give her manager all the details and let her own manager summarize it.

Another occasion was the subordinate told the manager one of her staff was overloaded, keep nagging her own superior. But yet, no solution for that neither does she propose anything to the manager. Well, ended up both ends were suffering from heavy work load.

At times, I wonder was it the new generation that doesn’t have a sense of urgency at work, or the sense of responsibility, … or any others. But honestly, I do too come across lots of such morons at work.

Spoon Feed Employee

While I was thinking what to talk about for today, suddenly I want to know does your organization has somebody whom needs to be “spoon fed” all the time?

Spoon feed them in anything, like work, emails, slides, excel spreadsheet, etc.

Things that happened today and yesterday, one of my manager denied the fact that the numbers are being verified by him and he wants the number now for slides preparation.

I was like, 'hello... you were the one that verified and endorsed, how could you want another set of numbers again?'

Anyway, there are many types of employee in an organization, some could climb so high up there without doing anything. Some could simply polish the bosses' shoes without doing anything. Some could instruct their own staff to do work without him or her do anything. Some even don't know what is their own job could instruct her own staff to do some other things... well, there are many many more out there, we just can't list them down here one by one.

Or probably we are named one of the weirdo in the blog too, right? [grin]

Farewell...

In life there are many things happen, whether is a happy moment or a sad one. Happy moment like you got to know you’re pregnant, or receive a promotion and increment, or receive a bouquet of flowers, getting a flying colours results in school, and many more. As for sad moments are your love ones leaving you, miscarriages, your love one cheated on you, friends leaving, and so on…

I actually received this news not long ago and I know I’ll be missing this mumbly, fair, smiling face, and caring friend of mine. Happy in a sense that she could retire early, and given a "package" which she’s been waiting for; sad is because am losing a lunch partner.

Now that, we are not giving her a farewell, but she’s buying us lunch instead. Not only that, farewell means an acknowledgement at parting or leaving. But yet, we know we’ll be meeting up with each other for lunch, for tea or for gathering.

She’s been companying me for tea break and lunch when I was pregnant, she’s been giving me the courages and many words of comfort when I had miscarriage, she’s been giving me the strength and supports when am under working stress and pressure.

I know I know… I may not need to be that sentimental about her leaving, there are many come and go in an organization. But to find a good, care, courage, thoughtful friend in an organization ain’t easy to get one. I gotta say that am lucky and bless enough to have them.

To you, God bless!! And, pal keep in touch!!

Am mad that someone being rude yet the person thought it was a joke

If someone that you always been liaise with all the time and being nasty and rude, how would you react??

Would you be mad?!

Well, the honest answer is, YES, I WILL AND I AM ALSO!

If the person reads this, am sure the person will know who am I talking about!

Noted that nowadays there are many working colleagues, peers are drawing line and not working like a team not to mention partnership!

At times a courteous to send you a mail on certain things that the company is implementing, they could just tell you, why don't you get it from others. At times, I would just want to tell these people off, if you have the mail, why don't you just forward?

What's that so difficult to get it from your mailbox?

Some people are openly tells you that they are no longer supporting this superior, and whatever they do, they are not notify. So, if you wanna know, please find the correct person. Well, no doubt that has been said it's true, but a favour can be granted, right?

Am damn blardy mad when some one could tell you that sorry, I don't look after him, so I don't know where he/she goes. Or, some one could just tell you, sorry, I don't keep inside my pocket, I don't know.

Working life is getting real damn tough nowadays!!!

And especially for those younger generation!!
I wonder what manners do they have to a certain level!!!

The Moody Week

Was pretty frustrated when you are not the one that made the mistake and some of the colleagues are not cooperating.

That's what I came across for the past whole week. Like other said, what can you do?
No doubt nothing much I could do, but I would have a choice for not dealing with that particular person that upset me, or perhaps I can escalate up to the next lever or perhaps the person's superior.

As for the mistake which is not done by me and being accused of it, I do have a choice of voicing it out.

Unfortunately there are many cases, the person that accusing you for the mistake do not understand and they chose not to listen to your explanation. And that were what I had faced the entire week.

Let's talk about the working attitude and the cooperation level among the colleagues and peers. Noted that many organizations rather hire young fresh grade and leaving those experience old folks behind. And because of these people are on the demanding trend, hence, they can be really snobbish for being rude to anyone.

Can't they understand the word called tactful? Diplomat?

Even blog it out it may not solve the problem, and the person may not know also... but end of the day you were being labeled as over 'ken cheong' .... ~sigh~

Anyway, it's already over,... what I do next is to work smart ..... !! Right?

How do you handle your working life?

Working life ain't easy to handle!

Especially that isn't your fault. How do you react on it and how do you tackle it? Will you get the blame from your superior or will you defend yourself? What if you have a superior that doesn't like his staff to defend himself/herself?

~sigh~

This has been something that we ought to face on our day to day life. And, many of these issues are not able avoid. You are either to face it or take it lightly and be positive about it.

If you decided to face it positively, then you can act on it and be pro-active on everything. Otherwise, you are not able to compete with others.

If you decided to take it negatively, then you'll be depressed over it and find this is too stress and tense about it.

So, which one are you?? Positive or negative?

Monday Blues

Here comes the pre-Monday blue.

Yet to sleep, yet to start work... I already have my Monday blues. Do you?
More over tomorrow will be a full day meeting, presentations, blah blah... Oh boy, Monday Monday Monday....

When can I get over the blues when you're working?
But when you're jobless, you can't get over the other blues, the income blues.... at that time you're hoping to get a job fast, right?

Hahahah... that's life, that's human!

The Joy of Working

1 reason that gives me the inspiration to work is at the end of the day, I’ll have the job satisfaction!!

Would anyone believe it??

Well, I doubt. Right?

Everyone would say, no way… at the end of the day, everyone is looking at the money that they have in their bank.
Well, that goes to me as well.
But 1 thing that I believe everyone would have the same thought with me.
Just wish our work place would have cooperation from others, no grapevine, no ‘tai-chi’, no overloaded tasks.

Well, do we have such “lucky” days in our work place?

Just for an example. I was just asking one of the staff in our department, wonder does she has the latest department extension numbers, she just answered, no… nobody is tracking all these anymore.

I was like, ok… that’s fine… I shall do it on my own then.

I am just thinking, can’t they be a bit more friendly and answered me, am sorry, we do not track this anymore, if you would like me to give you an update, I can help out. Isn’t this sound friendly?

I supposed this is one of the way of “tai-chi”….

Hahahaha…. Life still goes on!!!