I am always serious when it comes to work. I have to work & work to earn the salary without guilt. That is the reason why almost everyone at work hates me.
Well, you cannot blame me for bombarding you or commenting something about the work. It is my responsibilities and the reason someone get whacked is simply because the work is questionable.
Have I mentioned anything harsh to others? Or loud scolding? I don’t. I respect them as a working adult and speaking of that, the person must have some level of discipline and self-awareness.
Company pays you the money, you do the job and take credit or blame for that. If what you want is simply to kill time talking or never been serious for the work allocated, my advice is, NEVER, EVER complaint to others that “my increment is low”, “my boss is demanding”, “I have never ending work to be done”, “bonus given is too low” and so forth. Remember, your appointment inclusive of the reporting hierarchy which needs to be followed. If you ignore that, you’re simply challenging the person who hires you.
I always have a lot of capacity, not because I am given some flexibilities but I prioritized my work. Apart from all the recurrent tasks, my main area covers Ad-Hoc based instructions. Nothing is sure about the ad-hoc and that’s why we do not have fixed working hours (i.e. LONG working hours).
Of course, some may think that why this guy is having so much conveniences; for e.g. He do not need to apply for leave a week earlier as others; He can claim OT considering his position; Why he is having company phone & etc. Let me tell you, I cannot take leave earlier because there will always be some unpredicted events which require the leave to be cancelled. So, instead of multiple changing on the dates, I don’t apply until the last minute. For OT, who is the one staying late to counter the external parties or some reports which required in the next morning? Do you think carrying company phone is interesting? The phone needs to be switched on 24-7. You have to answer the calls anytime! By the way, these privileges are not asked, they are given. If you work enough and start concentrating for the first time in your career, I assure you, your boss will notice the different!
Why would you want to open your mouth and talk and talk and talk nonstop during work but speechless when confronting your boss? This implies to them that you are nothing but chattering box and the content inside is ZERO! How you want the boss to evaluate in your appraisal? They saw you talking all the time but you simply out of direction when something ad-hoc comes in or when they start questioning about your work. In that case, you’re just simply repeating your work on a daily basis and never have further thinking; which deteriorate your problem solving skills. You can still survive in the company because in practice, employer seldom terminates their staff, they will make you go voluntarily.
The company needs those who are growing along. If you are not following the growth, there are a thousand ways to keep you out of the organization, namely relocation, inter-department transfer, job rotation & etc. Employer seldom apply termination doesn’t mean that the path is blocked; they can still fire you when your performance is below par. You can complain all the way to labour office but bare in mind that employer is not on the wrong side of every Termination cases. Think twice before you want to do that. Worst part, you may end up jobless and worsen the rapport with the employer.
Most common ways by employees to show their so called “dissatisfaction” will be having one or two days of “Lost” and come back to office on the third day. (Normal practice: Staff will be absconded if they found missing without notice for three consecutive days) Or some opt to disappear permanently after getting their salary.
Do you think such actions will give the company a hard hit? No! Nothing will stop for you. The only thing is that your images to other colleagues are totally distorted. Moreover, there are a lot of cases whereby the staff return to the company asking for the job again…If you are really in need of that job, accept the ownership of the blame (if any), take credit for the success and persist till the end. You may raise grievance letter & suggestions but don’t bother to go circling around with all the obvious actions and then back to office as if nothing happen.
Again, I’m not judging. I am not the boss, I am playing the supervisory role but even so, I am still a normal subordinate and this is how I force myself through all the challenges and hard times. If you stay, you work; If you are not staying, quit the job and find another one but leave your reputation unharmed.
A phrase learnt from recent motivation training is that “I will get out of life exactly what I put into it”.
Plow your way to success with confidence and do your work professionally; in return, fruitful rewards will not be longed.
