life, love, *motherhood, and then more
Whither our priorities?
It baffles me how it is possible for someone to claim to have aspiration and goals of going up the corporate ladder, but when it comes to personal sacrifices, the unwillingness to 'pay the price', like working late, taking on more projects, taking time off for seminars, paying first for networking meals, or even not claiming for RM1 parkings, these little details seep into the behaviourial practices.
Can you bring XXXX out for a drink tomorrow? Thank him for his work, update yourself on what's happening…
Errr can claim ah?
Whatever the employee handbook says…
Pay with what first?
Cash.
Must use my cash ah?
Credit card also can. Whatever works.
OK , parking, driving, can claim ah?
…
Two minutes later after the discussion, an email appears in your mailbox.
Can you write a e-mail to me asking me officially to take the person out. It's easier for me to claim later.
Gosh. Do you get this from your team sometimes?
At performance appraisals, we discuss vision and goals, and the presented list sounds like the norm – ambitious with specific examples of achievements hoped to be realized by a particular date. They understand the targets, they understand the relevance of what 'success' means in this corporate world, but then when it comes to the delivering the results, they're hampered by the little priorites that seem to overshadow the road to victory. And when you give very, very honest feedbacks at appraisals, like 'you need to own the company', 'if you want to go up the ladder you need to start behaving like you belong up there', they can't seem to accept it. They want positive appraisals, but they are just unwilling to pay the price to acquire a positive appraisal.
Team management is the most frustrating and tiring responsibility, ever. Can I give this up?
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about 2 years ago
team mgmt is also a ‘price to pay’…hahaha…
good luck darling and do your best, God will do the rest!
about 2 years ago
Have to agree with 2cents.
Anyway, where else can you get a complete study of human behaviour? Accept it as an FOC course which will make you a better person.
Me, I’m happy with donuts at meetings.
about 2 years ago
okay actually hor, it really hurts your wallet when one is expected to go for business trips, work related field trips, layan clients and pay pay pay pay pay pay pay for everything first.
it’s really bad for the personal bank account and credit card bleeds.
Not really trying to be kiamsap, but how does a lowly paid, low ranking employee go through the month in peace when half his/her bank account is already wiped out and the credit card is in the red because employee had to pay for everything first…. and it takes at least a whole month or more before the company finally decides to pay back.
but if I am senior management with high flying wages and I drive around in my big big car – I wouldn’t care lah. But not if I am small timer with small wages and my job requires me to fork out money first for work-related expenses. Very sakit.
A little bit unfair to use this issue as a gauge of a (low ranking, low paying) employee’s attitude towards work, or their commitment towards it.
just my 2 cents lah.
about 2 years ago
‘Gosh. Do you get this from your team sometimes?’
I am my team! lol I am a lone dot on the Heirarchy chart with little dashes leading to those I can pester for work! lol
about 2 years ago
Very enlightening post minishorts. Always wanted to climb that corporate ladder but never thought of paying for all those things for other people. But as you say can claim back so no problem.
about 2 years ago
Actually, it’s very human to be calculative with a company because generally companies are very calculative with their employees.
Late by 5 Mins? Kena tui.
Leave “early” sometimes? and by early I mean at 5 p.m when you are officially supposed to be gone? Kena tui.
Pay First for the company? Can. When you going to pay me back? “Er, cheque is being processed. Check back in a week”
“I don’t care if the team leaders are gone for the week and you will have no work until they return, you still need to be at your desk everyday”
See, when companies start treating employees with the “I’m paying you, you do as i say” attitude, employees will like wise think “Well then, unless you pay me, i’m not going to do anything”. In the end, nobody benefits.
Which is why I feel that money should never be the motivating factor in a company. People should be hired because they love what they do more than money, and companies should then pay them above and beyond the norm. Think it’s idealistic? Only if you have no idea what you are doing.
about 2 years ago
i wonder who this is …. eheh.