Jenny - Part 1

Firstly, allow me to set the record straight. As mentioned in my previous post, I did help Jenny to get rid of Eric, as such, as a matter of principle, she owes me a favor right? I mean, if anyone out there has a different opinion about it, please let me hear your reasoning.

After Eric left the company, Jenny sort of had mixed emotions. I still remember that the evening that Eric left, Jenny called me from the office and broke the news to me. She was crying and I asked her this simple question. Why was she crying when she was expecting this result? She explained that she felt bad in view of the many years they had been working together. Crocodile tears.

Anyway, after Eric`s departure, I never at any point, asked Jenny to put me up for promotion. I just asked her a simple question, `Will they be hiring a replacement for Eric`s post or will they give internal staff the priority`? She assured me that they will not be hiring anyone outside for Eric`s post. But strangely enough, she said to me that I had to play catch up, hinting very softly that I wasn`t good enough. She said that I was like a soap salesman as I did not have any anchor client. How to when Eric was poaching my clients? Moreover, they prefer to continue selling at high rates while existing clients were still getting low rates. Oh my, I think her degree, if she has one at all, is made in Vietnam one.

The situation then was like this, on one hand, I had a diploma and was churning out fairly good reports. In fact, I was the only one doing their monthly marketing report. On the other hand, there was Hokkien Peng, who though was the senior staff, could not speak or write proper English. I am not running Hokkien Peng down but that was the actual fact.

It is true that Hokkien Peng did his more than fair share for the company. But show me an employer today who would continue to increase your salary annually based on past merits while nothing new was being accomplished at the current situation? Hokkien Peng`s clients no doubt gave good support but they too were enjoying low rates. To me, a good sales person is one whose clients are willing to stick with you despite being able to get a slightly cheaper rate from another competitor. If your clients can still make a profit based on existing rates and still chooses to stick with you despite being able to get cheaper rates elsewhere, I take my hats off to you. But the last I heard, his clients migrated to their competitors because of cheaper rates.

Back to Jenny. After my confidential chat with her, I started hearing rumours that the company would be putting out an ad for the post of Asst. Sales Manager. But I still gave Jenny the benefit of the doubt. However, Jenny did not breathe a word to me about this. At this point, I have to say that as a matter of principle or out of courtesy, Jenny should have informed me about it. I did not believe those rumours until I saw the ad myself in the papers. From that point, I felt betrayed. As such, there was nothing to talk about anymore.

Me and Hokkien Peng started to give her the cold shoulder and I just did sub-standard work. She could not take it lah. So she cried to Johnny Boy. The next day, Johnny Boy called me and Hokkien Peng into his office. He admitted that it was his original intention to get a outside replacement for Eric`s post. But now, he has decided to give us a chance to `prove ourselves`. I thought to myself, either this guy is constantly high on drugs or he just isn`t bothered about what`s going on in the office. So I just asked Johnny Boy a question, in what have Hokkien Peng and me not done to prove ourselves? His reply? I don`t want to talk about the past. I want to move forward. What can you say to that?

Anyway, the coming months since then, Jenny would come to reveal her true management style. She wants dogs to work for her. Some might say a dictatorship? She wants to be the smartest one and the one who is indispensable to the company.

Do wait for my next post and you judge for yourself if she is an ethical person or not.

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