quite a number of things happened this week...
happy ones. sad ones.
one of my colleague was terminated from her work. reason? slow, made many mistakes, always talk during work... ...
this colleague of mine had only worked in the company for close to 2 months, her probation was not even over. and the company terminate her just like that, willing to pay a week's salary... well. i felt sad because she was very friendly and funny, sociable and fun. everyone, except her boss and the other bosses in the company, like her. very nice person... she always makes us laugh. tell jokes. so, on the day she left ( friday ), almost everyone went lunch with her at swensens jp, even people from other departments joined. and we had lunch till 2pm, then we went back to the office. lunch was great, 1-for-1 lunch at swensens. we chatted, and i learnt more about HR (2 of them was from HR, and 1 of them told us)... understand why the company would make such a decision. hmm. both parties were wrong, i would say. my colleague really makes some mistakes that were terrible, such as keying into the wrong account, wrong coding, and somehow she didn't really realise she did something wrong. i am not trying to say something bad behind other people's backs... i wanted to tell her that actually both parties were wrong, but it would be such a spoilsport. it is like everybody thinks you were right and suddenly someone says you were wrong actually. on the other hand, the company was wrong. the company didn't inform her that that day was her last day till the day itself. i think it is a very short notice. she can't make any preparations. as in packing her stuff, giving her work back to her 'boss'... well. both were definitely wrong.
if they hired another person to do the same amount of work this colleague of mine had to do, the person would surely suffer! no rest for the whole month. this amount of work needs at least 2 people, one bad thing is that her 'boss' pushes everything to her and her 'boss' only did some minor stuff. even i, as a very low-ranking staff in the company was angry about it. as i had said before, the bosses wanted to see how she can cope and don't allow any temp staff or other people to help. in the end? we, the temp staff had to stay OT and finish the work like mad. coming back on public holidays and weekends.
no other people can do this job SINGLE-HANDLEDLY.
well, if this is their mentality, let it be.
i will only be in this company for a certain period only. if this carries on, i am not sure what will happen. anyway, an opinion of a low-ranking TEMP staff will not be much help to them.
but what i want to say is that, because recently the HR people said that the headcount of accounts department is very high, much more than other departments. the company had just been divided into smaller companies. and HR said the headcount increases. volume of work remains almost the same but why headcount increases?
i am not very sure why, but i only know that if they cannot finish the work, they had to hire people. likewise, a temp staff is hired to help finish the work and the person is not here for fun. the company hires not to waste money or what, so there is really a need when the company hires. and if the HR people are not satisfied or whatever, please come and do the work before saying anything. JUST DOING AP WILL TAKE UP ABOUT 1 WEEK. after that, it will be payment and whatever. so think first.
well... so that day, we went back at around 2.15pm. super nice. of course, the bosses are quite angry about it but they didn't do any actions. haha. around 5 against 2 ?
the same tragedy will happen... soon. very soon.
anyway, good luck to this colleague of mine. she will have a better time elsewhere although my company is not bad. jiayou! :)
i had OT on that day... clearing some stuff left behind and some problematic invoices. and i will have to stay OT next week too. the person ( who is my colleague's 'boss' ) told me that she will let me stay more so that i can earn more before i leave. i was quite shocked when i heard it. what a change! well. but staying OT is tiring. working for more that 12 hours... sian... the only force that is pushing me is the $ and free dinner and transport home... it all links to $. i am wondering if i have become a person who is very stingy... whatever i think all leads to $. is $ really that important?
well, dinner was sakae sushi AGAIN that day... swensens lunch was too full, so i only ate sakae salad and one salmon something... the salad is very nice! i regret not ordering more, because it may be the last time i will be eating sakae sushi for free... hmm. can't eat too much.
well... went to welcome tea session at NTU just now... it was okay. the morning food was nice. chocolate eclair... then we listened to the talks by the professors there, i was quite excited at first... but when we went to walk around the lab, somehow i was not tempted or attracted. the facilities were superb, perhaps i was tired or i was really not into this course? i began to worry. i used to like this course a lot, but now? what happened?
i really hope to get into a course i like. one thing is that i won't have to suffer for 3-4 years. and i really don't want to stress myself. i am afraid i can't cope with it. really scary.
everything will be fine.
it will only get better.
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