The Players:
Director: Quiet, humourous, experienced, approachable. Everyone loves and respects him.
GM: Sarcastic, takes credit, knows of to make use of ppl, or use their words against them. Everyone avoids him.
CAM: Chao Ang Moh. Pet of the GM, so rose from AM to AGM in 1.5 yrs. Regularly talks down to ppl, like to chee hong local girls. Everyone detests him.
Me: Last one left in my team since Jan. So have to handle day-to-day requests, long term projects, organise meetings, talk to suppliers, everything. 1 man doing 3 person's work.
K: Director requested GM to temporarily loan someone out of his 20+ strong team (including CAM's) to assist my team. K was the 1st person approached by GM, and he emailed everyone saying that K would stay until we get more ppl in my team.
The Background:
K has been loaned from CAM's team for over 2.5 months. with 5 ppl in the team left and a major project coming up, GM and CAM seek to get K back. What their narrow-mindedness fails to see is I'm involved in the project too, and if she moves back, they increase CAM's team by 20%, but reduce mine by 50%. We are now in the midst of changing all our email addresses to suit the new company structure, effective next Monday.
The Saga:
Morning - I see the new email address linked to my ID, but K does not. I email CAM (co-ordinator in this) asking if he is the right person to extend the email address to K, if not, pls let me know who it is.
CAM's reply: K does not need the new email as she is moving back to our team.
My reply: Was not aware of any such arrangement, and anyway it was agreed that she stay until new ppl arrive. pls give her accesss.
No reply, until late afternoon - CAM comes over and says that K is going back, and Director is aware.
Me: Really? I wasn't aware of anything like that. OK, I'll speak to Director then.
CAM: W-w-why do you want to speak with him?
Me: Because I don't agree.
CAM: OK, well it's up to you. But Director's not in his office right now, maybe we'll go talk to him later.
Me: OK. (I can see CAM's desk and into Director's office from my seat.)
5 mins later, Director returns. Catch CAM and 2 of his team members going into a meeting room. I stop the door from closing.
Me: Director is in now. Shall we go see him?
CAM: I'm busy with this thing that I have at the moment.
Me: OK i'll go see him 1st then.
I go into the office and relate to the Director what had exchanged, asking if K was really going back on Monday.
Director smiles and says that he is aware that they want her back, but he hasn't agreed yet. We chat a bit more about what K is doing and how long I need her for.
Me: I thought the premise was she stay until new ppl come in.
Director: Haha of course you'll want that. Well we'll see. (This can read as he's not going to do anything) ;)
Me: OK, thanks Director. (I don't really call him that. The episode is real but names have been changed)
I walk back to my desk, passing CAM in the meeting room along the way. Thru the glass he sees me and I use my thumb to point to the director's office, meaning to say I've spoken to Director already. Maybe he thinks I mean director wants to see him. I don't care. Later ground reports from his side say his face was really red when he returned to his seat.
If he didn't attempt to get K back and trick me into agreeing, he wldn't have shown the Director what a liar he is. In all fairness, probably the GM got him to do it, then he shd've attempted a smarter scheme. He was counting on me to obediently relent coz he's a manager and the Director was mentioned. But I went straight to the Director instead coz
a) everyone knows he's an asshole and I know I can't trust him.
b) Director is approachable and he'll see the big picture.
If I am wrong, I will admit my mistake and will apologise. But if I am right, I will stand firm, and you will back down.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
So Many Thots, So Little Time
World:
1) Free Tibet - not necessarily independence, but at least autonomomy to keep their unique culture and language, and not being forced out by fricking chinamen from their own homelands
2) Maths Whiz turns Hooker: Clients are turned on by intellect - Yeah rite. unless ur clients are dirty China maths professors from NTU who steal students' underwear. At such high rates, maybe you could throw in marking a few tutorials for free as well?
Home:
1) MRT squeeze situation - getting slightly better. Now can take out handphone from pocket without jabbing someone with my elbow. But then again I've been going to work late almost everyday for the past week. Long term solution: Get a car. to hell with the environment, I'll make it up in terms of saving water and electricity and reducing waste.
2) ERP gantries - why not just install 2 outside every carpark? one collects $$$ for entry and parking, the other collects $$$ for usage. then you can control opposition wards by charging higher rates until they submit. stop punishing the stauch heartland supporters at toa payoh.
3) Escaped Terrorist - who? oh that guy. old news. everyone's forgotten about him liao, until he comes back and blows something up and kills ppl. (if he is still alive). Gahmen searches are now intelligence based and more focused. (read: relying on tip-offs) Every week still has super-interesting news like "I thot i saw mas alamak" or "how mas alamak can survive in the forest". how about something really newsworthy like "mas alamak found dead, bloated and maggot-ridden in dengue infested swamp"
4) Rich Sports Indon wants his money back from China Sports Woman - doesn't this story sound familiar? dude! how gullible could you get! she's a china woman, of coz she'll take ur money and run! and snap back saying how nice she was and how calculative you are. Let this be a lesson to you and all rich indons and hum sup singaporean men.
Work:
1) Colleagues - lots of nonsensical promos going on. Obnoxious tyrannical sarcastic GM getting on my nerves and oppressing my frens. Buddy at work leaving for greener pastures. Still no manager in sight. Director who everyone loves getting replaced by (anal?) chosen race from HQ. Too many aggressive-want-their-way ppl in the company. This place cannot stay long.
2) Work - after 5 non-5-day work weeks and 2 slacking and fire-fighting weeks, finally see what i should be doing. intensive work week coming up. and will have to cut out unnecessary fire-fighting.
Life:
1) After Work - not much. Last week:
Monday - treated malaysian colleague to insanely expensive and not-worth-it dinner.
Tuesday - stayed back late with supplier to understand contract together.
Wednesay - heng heng managed to get a fren for dinner.
Thursday - work late.
Friday - dinner with work-buddy.
4 / 5 work related evenings. but friday still can be considered as with a fren lah.
2) Hobbies - Been trying to exercise regularly. but weekday evenings always occupied.
Average camera activity is once a month or less. Haven't touched guitar in months.
Sleep is a necessary waste of time. The life I want needs more than 24hrs a day.
1) Free Tibet - not necessarily independence, but at least autonomomy to keep their unique culture and language, and not being forced out by fricking chinamen from their own homelands
2) Maths Whiz turns Hooker: Clients are turned on by intellect - Yeah rite. unless ur clients are dirty China maths professors from NTU who steal students' underwear. At such high rates, maybe you could throw in marking a few tutorials for free as well?
Home:
1) MRT squeeze situation - getting slightly better. Now can take out handphone from pocket without jabbing someone with my elbow. But then again I've been going to work late almost everyday for the past week. Long term solution: Get a car. to hell with the environment, I'll make it up in terms of saving water and electricity and reducing waste.
2) ERP gantries - why not just install 2 outside every carpark? one collects $$$ for entry and parking, the other collects $$$ for usage. then you can control opposition wards by charging higher rates until they submit. stop punishing the stauch heartland supporters at toa payoh.
3) Escaped Terrorist - who? oh that guy. old news. everyone's forgotten about him liao, until he comes back and blows something up and kills ppl. (if he is still alive). Gahmen searches are now intelligence based and more focused. (read: relying on tip-offs) Every week still has super-interesting news like "I thot i saw mas alamak" or "how mas alamak can survive in the forest". how about something really newsworthy like "mas alamak found dead, bloated and maggot-ridden in dengue infested swamp"
4) Rich Sports Indon wants his money back from China Sports Woman - doesn't this story sound familiar? dude! how gullible could you get! she's a china woman, of coz she'll take ur money and run! and snap back saying how nice she was and how calculative you are. Let this be a lesson to you and all rich indons and hum sup singaporean men.
Work:
1) Colleagues - lots of nonsensical promos going on. Obnoxious tyrannical sarcastic GM getting on my nerves and oppressing my frens. Buddy at work leaving for greener pastures. Still no manager in sight. Director who everyone loves getting replaced by (anal?) chosen race from HQ. Too many aggressive-want-their-way ppl in the company. This place cannot stay long.
2) Work - after 5 non-5-day work weeks and 2 slacking and fire-fighting weeks, finally see what i should be doing. intensive work week coming up. and will have to cut out unnecessary fire-fighting.
Life:
1) After Work - not much. Last week:
Monday - treated malaysian colleague to insanely expensive and not-worth-it dinner.
Tuesday - stayed back late with supplier to understand contract together.
Wednesay - heng heng managed to get a fren for dinner.
Thursday - work late.
Friday - dinner with work-buddy.
4 / 5 work related evenings. but friday still can be considered as with a fren lah.
2) Hobbies - Been trying to exercise regularly. but weekday evenings always occupied.
Average camera activity is once a month or less. Haven't touched guitar in months.
Sleep is a necessary waste of time. The life I want needs more than 24hrs a day.
