Friday, December 29, 2006

the thing about work

how's are you guys? okay ka?

Let me share with you guys my limited experience on the
working life. yeah i know i know. i have only been working for almost 2 years
and a half only, and obviously i'm not the most experienced. but perhaps
we can use this topic as a constructive discussion, for our own benefits. to
make us to be a better man and woman.



my 2 cents. okay it's more of tips lar. sort of.



i) Don't talk TOO damn much.



this one is from my observation, not from my experience.


let's face it. seriously. if you're talking like a goddamn chatterbox (kinda
like Michelle Flaherty in American Pie), that means you're not actually doing
REAL work during office hours. your officemates (some if not all) gonna get
fuckin' annoyed 'cause you're bothering them all the time. next thing you know
the big boss gonna know about it and you're in deep shit.


a colleague of mine (a new hire like me) talks 24/7, much to the annoyance of
everyone in the team. seems like talkin's is his part time job. eh wait.
talkin's is a full time job and that work is only part time. i'm not
exaggerating. he talks and talks, goes to the restroom, comes back and talks
again. when he's away even for a few minutes, people gonna gather around and
start talking shit about him. it's fuckin' cruel when you heard what they said
about him, but hey, there's nothin' you can do about it right? when they hate
you, they hate you. i was also surprised to see makcik-makcik yang dah
beranak-pinak join mengutuk. kesian doh.


currently there has been talks that his performance is below-par. perhaps if he
could talk less and work more?


especially when you're a new hire, it is indeed crucial not to talk too damn
much. LESS TALK, MORE ACTION. establish yourself first. let your boss and
collegues know that you're busting your ass of doing work in the first few
months, or at least pretending to do work. hehe.


wait, before you said anything, hear me out. i'm NOT saying we shouldn't talk
at all during office hours, i'm just sayin' we should also know where to draw
the line.

to socialize is one thing.










ii) Never make assumptions.



this is extremely extremely important dawg. DO NOT,
in any circurmstances, make assumptions or jump straight to the conclusion.
because if you get caught not following procedures, the
auditor/reviewer/quality assurance gonna bust your sorry ass.



especially when you're working in a multinational company, procedures is
everything. no matter how stupid or how impractical it may sound, you just need
to follow every single step just to save your tight ass (saje jer tambah
"tight" nak kasi dramatic sikit). this reminds me, don't you
just hate those auditors/reviewers/quality assurance people? i realize that all
of us are doing our job for a living, but it's indeed frustrating when a
quality assurance guy bugged you on something so small, with no impact on the
business at all?



but you know what do i really really think about procedures? my definition:



pro·ce·dure

n.



1. when somethin' messed up, you have someone to blame.



it's all about pointing fingers. when somethin' fucked up happened, just make
sure you followed the proper procedure.



iii) Be careful. Office is not the place to make friends.



i don't know about you guys, but i strongly believe
that the relationship between officemates should be on the basis of
professionalism. We shouldn't make friends 'cause there will definitely be a
conflict of interest.



Let me tell you about my true experience. i was pretty tight with a boss (that
means we're pretty close okay) from another team. We have lunch together with
his staff almost every single day. We make jokes. We laugh. We share stories.
But one fine day, because of the huge amount of workload in his team, he asked
for my help. on the basis of friendship? i don't know. since i'm the "new
guy" in the department, i had no choice but to say "yes".
initially i thought, "oh what the heck, i don't mind helping them out,
they're my friends." but the thing is, i'm not even familiar with the
procedures and requirements because they're a completely different team.
different set of manuals, something that i'm not aware of. at all.

but i helped them anyway, despite hearing rubbish talks by teammates. my
teammates told me that i shouldn't be helping them, 'cause i should only concentrate
on my job scope. but still, i had no choice. i even stayed over after office
hours to do somebody's else work!

days later. the boss "sent" one of his staff to my cubicle and
pointed out that i did a mistake. the mistake was a very minor one, and had no
business impact whatsoever. i was like "what the fuck?".
hehe of course i didn't tell him that. when he finished talking, i asked him,
"so what's the problem?". he simply replied, "oh
actually no problem. we're just pointing it out." i told him, "oh
you guys gave me YOUR work, somethin' that i'm not familiar of and now when i
messed up, you came to blame me?" he didn't say anything. hehe.



i never had lunch with them again.

 
By now all i can say WORK SUCKS!!

 you guys have a great weekend.

 

just my 2cents at 12:32 PM |

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