Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Back From MIA

Been missing in action for about a month and been missing out on a great deal of stuff. Thanks to the dumb company with the jerk-of-the-year boss for that.
"We strongly emphasis on communication as I think communication is ver-e-e IMPORTANT." Yeah right, so much on communication, they don't even have proper internet connection, someone pls kick his butt and shove the laptop up on his anus.

Day one, environment was strangely tense and stiff, staff do not communicate with one another except with drawings, picture this *talking and laughing with the papers.??

Everyone was scheduled to have formal lunch discussion, at least twice a week meaning no freedom to even choose when or where with who to go lunching about. Is COMPULSORY. Talk about losing your appetite.

Overtime is a widely encouraged practice, their overtime by all means not 9-7pm, btw we finished work at 5pm but everyone MUST stay at least until 7.30pm(at least).

My 1st week there, I left at about the earliest 8.30pm and once the latest 12.30am.

By the time is all dark and quiet, imagine this, most of us, the petite size Asian chicks parked our car on the slope of the hill which on one side is covered with bushes and the other side, rows of condominium. The walk is about 20m, approx. 15minutes to get to your car, that is if you walk real fast and brisk. 8minutes if you run like mad woman.

Another piece of fact is, all the gentlemen are long gone, during the duration I stayed with them, considering how dark is it out there, no one actually offer to accompany me to get my car or to ensure my safety even with the other girls (90% of them are thinner and even smaller size than I am), they stare at me like I suddenly sprouted 3ears with a tentacles everytime I told them I am going off. I rather take the risk.

The last straw was when I told them I am sick, I need bail out on them slightly earlier, MY slightly earlier was 8.00pm (I told them at 7.30pm) which is like way after working hours, I was shivering like a sick cat.

So I told 3person-the secretary, my leader and my boss. The secretary looked at as if I just told her, I need to feed my fish to which in reply, she asked "can you work overtime, everyone is working overtime wor.." So caring,she almost brought tears to my eyes.

And then my leader, " Er u tell boss yourself la.." accompanied by the look as if I just told him I saw UFO landed outside the office.

And lastly my boss. dirty looks. the UFO thingie again.

I bailed out after one month, I rather sit at home and trim my nostril hairs. No prize in guessing why.