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It’s the time of the year

I was and will be busy at customer place till at least 24th Feb. I just love the coffee at this customer place. They have 2 Jura IMPRESSA S7 AVG black espresso / coffee machine at every pantry.

I wish I have this machine at home but looking at the price I doubt so.

I so many things on my plate. I need to rush for UAT next week and prepare production cut over a week after. After this project end, I might need to travel to either Thailand, Singapore or Philippines for a short engagement. My manager define one month as short period.

Hubby tendered his resignation. He will start working at his previous company in March. He got himself a 2 weeks vacation before starting the new job at old company.

Tags: busy, work

Greener Path? Yes Please ….

I’m sicked and tired of everything related to my work. As of now I dun really know why do I go to office? Nothing much on my side that can’t be done from home. I passed 2 certifications which mean I only need another one certification to meet my goal this year. I guess it’s time for me to look for a greener path. I need to be productive. I need my brain to work hard for me.

My routine when I have no project in hand and “IF” I manage to drag myself to office :

08:00 am – Get Ready to office

09:00 am – Still considering

10:00 am – SMS/Call CEP (ask whether he would be in office)

11:00 am – Start Driving to Office

11:30 am – Reach Office. Park at expensive parking place coz too lazy to walk.

12:00 pm – Still trying to find a place to sit. Normally end up hijacking one of the discussion room.

01:00 pm – Walk around and greet all the important peoples. Chit chat and show faces.

02:00 pm – Call hubby and any friends willing to chat on phone.

02:30 pm – Thinking of going home

03:30 pm – Still think I should head home

04:30 pm – Pack my laptop and wait for lift.

05:00 pm – Reach home. Felt guilty for not staying long in office. Pray no office/work call until 05:30 pm

06:00 pm – Reject all calls related to work even though it’s my manager.

Life at work suck when you are idle! I’m not sure when would my project start. I guess I should accept either the work assignment in Korea or teaching classes in ASEAN. I hate teaching as I hate talking to people that I don’t know. argh …

Tags: idle, suck, work

The Devil Wears PRADA… Angel wears BATA

Don’t you just tired of not being appreciated, of being taken for granted, of being ignored at work. Well I do and so do my other services colleagues. We are so fed up with not hearing a flipping thank you for things that we go out of our way to do.

We work from home after office hours. Replying mail and working even weekends. Got MC, on weekend or public holiday? Forget about resting or enjoying ourselves. We still need to work even on these days. We need to reply emails, prepare SOW and etc on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday.

I pity my colleagues that have kids. With work life balance motto they should have more time for their kids and I’m supposed to have more time for my chubby bloated hubby.

Sometimes the thanks and rewards does come in but went straight to wrong people. It went to our manager or sales lady or sleeping pm. Come on!! They are not the one working long hours and get the thing fixes! We are the on work very hard, almost 24/7 non-stop. On top of that we also have to do their job coz either they are so bad at it or they just don’t give a damn about it. Then again, maybe that’s why they wear the PRADA.. and I only wear BATA

No appreciations to you, what will you do? Will you give up (my other pillar TL does)? Will you resign (one of my colleague does)?

Anyone know a company or manager who appreciates private time and draws a clear line between work and personal time? Let me know k.

Tags: appreciate, life, take thing for granted, work

Resign or stay?

I went for an interview on Saturday. I thought I won’t get the job as I was a bit late and I didn’t bring my resume + certs copies + mobile phone with me. My interview went on for nearly an hour with the Senior Director of APJ. When I was about to leave, he asked me when can I join the company? I was stunted! I simply said my notice period is 1 month. Then I realized, OMG I was offered the job. On the way home I kept thinking about the offer. I would be getting an offer letter from Germany after my Manila trip. A part me wanted to resign and accept the offer but deep inside me there’s voice keep reminding me that I love my current work.

After consulting hubby and ayah (dad) I send the following email to the person in charge :

I want to express my sincerest appreciation for the opportunity to interview with xxxxx. I valued my discussion with Mr. xxxx about the position responsibilities, as well as the career possibilities within the firm, but find that they do not closely match my goals . I am therefore respectfully withdrawing from consideration. Sorry for any inconvenience cause.

I thought everything was done. I was wrong. Today I got a called from the person in charge. She asked me why did I withdraw my application as the Director like me a lot and everybody thought I’m joining them in December. I told her after a deep thought I felt like I’m moving backward instead of forward (I’m currently an Advanced Consultant). She told me that I would only need to sacrifice 2 years before I can move to their engineering team or professional services and I can choose which office in the world i want to be eg Milan, Paris, US, Australia or Canada. She asked me to think about it and she can get me a better package.

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