Year 2007 liao. Time flies. And I am in this god damn job for almost a year.
Well, humans got to learn to be more appreciative right. But i am really sick sick sick of this job.
The colleagues are shit. Or perhaps I don't know how to "treasure" them. But everything got a good side to look at. The good side for me is that I get to know what I don't like. I know I cannot survive well in a place without integrity, a place without motivation.
Now I am in office and I am so bored that I can even log in to here to write a blog. Appreciate or cursed? Perhaps I shall begin with a summary of the my job.
My job: Network designer. I work with a team of 17 people. Most of them are uncles. Yes, they have been faithfully serving my company for more than over 20 years. But my department is newly formed and the job is kinda new to everyone.
I entered the department as the 4th batch of employees. There are 3 other batches before me, which are made up of old staffs. My company organisation is very much like a army hierarchicy. So my post is almost the same as an officer and the older staffs are pretty much like the sergeant majors. I am higher in position but lower in salary scale. This is due to a difference in the education level.
Next, I am going to introduce some people whom I will make reference to.
1) First person, Tweety. He is like the leader among this group of uncles and he looks like Tweety Bird. He is a bird person too.
2) Next, Tortise. I like to call him tortise because he tends to hunch like one.
3) Fat Rat, he works the longest in my company. A whopping 36 years.
4) Mr Dog, he teaches me for the beginning of first 3 mths.
5) Mole, because he looks like one. He likes to hide ard and do the easiest job.
6) Fish, because he everytime go for tea break and his screen saver will show the fishes.
7) Auntie, because she is really an auntie.
8) Baldy, because he is one. Only he lose his hair but also his integrity.
9) Big Cannon Fairy because he tends to fire his cannon regularly.
10) Pushy, because he likes to escape responsibilty.
11) Whiskers, because he has a bushy moustache.
12) Grumpy, because it's him.
13) Missy, because she is the only Miss around.
14) ER, because he always don't want to commit and says errrrrrr.
15) Dreamy, because he always look dreamy and he likes to say huh?
16) Genie, because when arms folded, he looks like the Genie in Aladdin.
17) Worker, because he always work blindly.
I will begin with the big picture. Tweety, tortise and me are suppose to be leading in 3 area of products. Officially, tortise and I are of the same "rank" while Tweety is like the leader of the sergeant majors.
When I first enter the organisation with tortise, we are assign to learn under Tweety. But for no ryhme or reason, I was "given" away to Mr Dog as an apprentice. It seems like Tweety do not like me a lot, which I can feel. This maybe due to the fact that i am local grad and perhaps he has the impression that local grads don't stay long on the job. So maybe he see no point in helping me and he rather be friends with tortise, whom might be able to push him up the little coporate ladder in the future. Tortise on the other hand comes from the neighbouring country with one year of working experience.
Tweety often will mention that I do not have work experience and so on. But I did not do anything against him. Tweety and tortise have plenty to talk abt. This is because Tweety often ask about things on the neighbouring country and tortise always like to boast. Soon Tweety and tortise begin to attack ard me. They start to complain to me about my team and they like to tell me old stories. I really hate the way they talk to me. I have been through shit before and I know one when I encounter it. They are like shit. Trust me.
Tortise on the other hand like to make small reports to the director and after that he will sort of summaries his reports to Tweety and me. I do not know how much is kept beyond my ears.
At the meanwhile I learn all I could from Mr Dog. Dog is a friendly person but his problem is he don't listen well. He will take a longer time to accept what other says and learn from it. At times, when I could not convince him, I will let him find out the truth on his own. Sometimes no use explaining so much right? But often, once he understands, he will be able to remember it. I have learn much from him and he could be consider as my mentor.
