The above question certainly reveals the kind of person we are inside and certainly dictates that we be extremely honest with ourselves.
Well, Johnny Boy said that to me after he grudgingly gave me a `generous` raise. He said that no one can live by principles. I guess what he was trying to get at was that if you want to get rich, you most definitely have to be a sneaky bastard. Or, the other alternative is to marry a rich person.
Well, Johnny Boy is the latter. He married a well to do Vietnamese divorcee. His marriage is a buy one get two free type. In other words, he got two teenage daughters from his wife`s previous failed marriage. His wife is a rather prominent person in Vietnam`s business world. That explains why he kept his job despite blowing half a million dollars of the company`s fund on a software that was never used.
Well, after the company was closed and he declined to take up their offer in the new set up, thus leaving that bitch to take over his post, he concentrated on other matters. His wife started building 2 hotels in Vietnam and he simply conveniently helped his wife in the business. Wait a minute, does that not make him a gigolo?
Well, now we can all understand why he said what he said to me. Simply because he cannot live his life within the boundaries of morally upright ethics and principles.
On a personal note, I am of the opinion that whether we want to live an upright life or not, is all a matter of choice. No one can FORCE you to denounce what you stand for. But the big question is, are you prepared for the consequences this course brings? I can virtually guarantee that it will be a tough life. It can especially be mentally and emotionally draining, thus leading one into depression even. But you know what? You would be able to lift your head up high with pride and tell your kids and grand kids that you have lived your life with integrity.
So Johnny Boy, yes you must be enjoying life staying in a private condominium and driving a ill-gotten beemer for now. Do enjoy it while you can. There will come a time when retribution knocks on your door to pay you back in kind you spineless coward!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Monday, November 19, 2007
Johnny Boy - Part 1
I was told that Johnny Boy was a gang member in his younger days. I confirmed this when I spotted the small tattooed dot on his forehead. Though gang members may not be the kind of people we would normally be comfortable with, I personally respect them for one thing. That is, they have a code of conduct or ethics to be admired for. They are a bunch of people who hold highly to loyalty. Unfortunately, Johnny Boy has brought nothing but dishonor and shame to this code of conduct or ethics. He is basically a very very petty person whereby he would keep accounts of what others have done to him and he takes things very very personal. At least that is what my dealings with him have proved.
When I joined the company, the first year, there was no annual increment. The second year, he only gave the managers an increment but not the the rest of the staff. Here is where I just cannot tolerate this practise. The staff make the managers look good. Without the staff, can the managers hold their heads up high?
On the third year, he sort of caved in to peer pressure. He originally did not intend to give us any raise. But Eric spread the news around the office that Johnny Boy got the head office to buy him a personal car. It was a continental car at that. When he felt the unhappiness of the staff, he took steps to try to calm everybody. He gave everyone a raise. But it was really really pathetic.
Among the staff, the amounts ranged from $10 to $50. Well I got a generous raise of $50 after 3 years of service to the company. I pondered about this and came to a decision.
I decided to return his kind gesture. So I walked into his office and spoke to him. I was very respectful towards him throughout the whole conversation. I started off by telling him that I am not making any personal attack on him but that it was a matter of principle. I told him that I would like to return the $50 raise he has given me. I explained to him that ever since I started generating reports, I know for a fact that the company`s sales has improved over the last 3 years, hence, to give me a $50 raise is just unacceptable.
He then asked me how much I wanted. I replied that it is not wise for him to ask me how much I wanted because the management has to put a value to that and not for the staff to make demands. He assured me that he wants to know what I have in mind rather than having to put in another figure and I may be disappointed with the figure again. I thought about it and said that $200 over 3 years would be reasonable to me. He then said that he will have to put in this request to the head office and that he would let me know.
He then started telling me that he is aware of the staff`s unhappiness about him getting the head office to buy him a car on the company`s account. I replied that I was not using that as an excuse to get a better raise and that I am not making him feel guilty about it. He confirmed his understanding.
I then asked him about career advancement in the company. I told him that I was concerned about it. I cited Hokkien Peng`s example. He has been in the company for 7 years and yet he isn`t moving up. If he doesn`t move up, I won`t get to move up. From his very own mouth, he told me that the company always gives internal staff the top priority when it comes to career advancement. I thought I could trust him. But as it turned out, he took this incident very personally.
Some of my colleagues told me that my career has gone kaput because Johnny Boy is a very very petty person and that he will remember this for as long as I am around.
What resulted was that I got a better raise and they gave Hokkien Peng a promotion. What the hell man. I was putting my neck on the guillotine and someone else got a better deal.
Anyway, when Johnny Boy gave me the good news, he told me this which I remember till this day. He said that in life, we cannot insist on living by principles, otherwise, life will be unlivable. This is the talk of a spineless coward. He has got no back bone of his own which is why he has to sell his soul to the devil.
Keep a lookout for part 2.
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When I joined the company, the first year, there was no annual increment. The second year, he only gave the managers an increment but not the the rest of the staff. Here is where I just cannot tolerate this practise. The staff make the managers look good. Without the staff, can the managers hold their heads up high?
On the third year, he sort of caved in to peer pressure. He originally did not intend to give us any raise. But Eric spread the news around the office that Johnny Boy got the head office to buy him a personal car. It was a continental car at that. When he felt the unhappiness of the staff, he took steps to try to calm everybody. He gave everyone a raise. But it was really really pathetic.
Among the staff, the amounts ranged from $10 to $50. Well I got a generous raise of $50 after 3 years of service to the company. I pondered about this and came to a decision.
I decided to return his kind gesture. So I walked into his office and spoke to him. I was very respectful towards him throughout the whole conversation. I started off by telling him that I am not making any personal attack on him but that it was a matter of principle. I told him that I would like to return the $50 raise he has given me. I explained to him that ever since I started generating reports, I know for a fact that the company`s sales has improved over the last 3 years, hence, to give me a $50 raise is just unacceptable.
He then asked me how much I wanted. I replied that it is not wise for him to ask me how much I wanted because the management has to put a value to that and not for the staff to make demands. He assured me that he wants to know what I have in mind rather than having to put in another figure and I may be disappointed with the figure again. I thought about it and said that $200 over 3 years would be reasonable to me. He then said that he will have to put in this request to the head office and that he would let me know.
He then started telling me that he is aware of the staff`s unhappiness about him getting the head office to buy him a car on the company`s account. I replied that I was not using that as an excuse to get a better raise and that I am not making him feel guilty about it. He confirmed his understanding.
I then asked him about career advancement in the company. I told him that I was concerned about it. I cited Hokkien Peng`s example. He has been in the company for 7 years and yet he isn`t moving up. If he doesn`t move up, I won`t get to move up. From his very own mouth, he told me that the company always gives internal staff the top priority when it comes to career advancement. I thought I could trust him. But as it turned out, he took this incident very personally.
Some of my colleagues told me that my career has gone kaput because Johnny Boy is a very very petty person and that he will remember this for as long as I am around.
What resulted was that I got a better raise and they gave Hokkien Peng a promotion. What the hell man. I was putting my neck on the guillotine and someone else got a better deal.
Anyway, when Johnny Boy gave me the good news, he told me this which I remember till this day. He said that in life, we cannot insist on living by principles, otherwise, life will be unlivable. This is the talk of a spineless coward. He has got no back bone of his own which is why he has to sell his soul to the devil.
Keep a lookout for part 2.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Jenny - The Grand Finale
I guess what Jenny eventually did would speak volume about her power mad cum hungry character. She is also a person who does not play by the rules at all. Indeed, as some of my colleagues would say, she is a person with a thousand faces.
This year, the announcement for retrenchment was made some time in April. It was announced that due to restructuring issues, head office decided to close the Singapore office and that the agency would be transferred to another company. This company turned out to be an affiliate company of the head office. It was made known that the reason for downsizing was because the head office decided to pull out one service which meant that the work load would be halved. This turned out to be a fabrication and a lie. So for those of you wants to work with the Vietnamese, just make sure you are not being made their carrot head.
But during May & June, Jenny was secretly conducting interviews for people to replace me & Hokkien Peng. This is outright wickedness on Jenny`s part. There is not a chance in hell that Jenny can explain her way out of it. However, I do hope that she has the ability to bear the consequences of her wicked deeds when her day of retribution comes.
Does Jenny have what it takes to be in management? Well, read on and you judge for yourselves.
Basically, the whole office knew that the name list was drawn up by Jenny alone. But, Johnny Boy insisted that it was himself, Jenny and the Vietnamese rep were involved in this decision making. In the marketing department, there was the new Assistant Trade Manager who was newly employed just to take care of existing clients, no need to bring in new clients. There was Hokkien Peng who can`t write a proper sentence to save his life if it depended on it and myself, the diploma holder who was doing reports for the department. Bear in mind that Johnny Boy publicly declared that his old staff would be the priority. How did they fare as management? Well, I thought that in such situations, they would retain people who could multi task. But their decision reflects how they took matters very personal and used this opportunity to get back at others. Well, no surprises here then. They retained the Assistant Trade Manager and Hokkien Peng, and got rid of poor old me.
Jenny Jenny, how to be a Assistant GM like that? Already a grown up and yet behave like a kid. As for Johnny Boy, he claims to be a man of integrity, so how can he justify and condone Jenny`s secretly conducting interviews with the intention of replacing me & Hokkien Peng?
I do hope that the piece of thread on Jenny`s wrist is meant to ward off evil. If not, then she is only shaming and dishonoring what the thread is supposed to represent and symbolize.
Till date, Jenny firmly believes that she did not betray me. However, she does not deny that I did help her to get rid of Eric. So she still owes me a favor but looks like she does not intend to make good for it.
I guess in office politics, power can make one do very silly and shameless things. Jenny is of a mature age but she has such a dark and sinister side to her character.
As the saying goes, you will reap what you have sown.
This year, the announcement for retrenchment was made some time in April. It was announced that due to restructuring issues, head office decided to close the Singapore office and that the agency would be transferred to another company. This company turned out to be an affiliate company of the head office. It was made known that the reason for downsizing was because the head office decided to pull out one service which meant that the work load would be halved. This turned out to be a fabrication and a lie. So for those of you wants to work with the Vietnamese, just make sure you are not being made their carrot head.
But during May & June, Jenny was secretly conducting interviews for people to replace me & Hokkien Peng. This is outright wickedness on Jenny`s part. There is not a chance in hell that Jenny can explain her way out of it. However, I do hope that she has the ability to bear the consequences of her wicked deeds when her day of retribution comes.
Does Jenny have what it takes to be in management? Well, read on and you judge for yourselves.
Basically, the whole office knew that the name list was drawn up by Jenny alone. But, Johnny Boy insisted that it was himself, Jenny and the Vietnamese rep were involved in this decision making. In the marketing department, there was the new Assistant Trade Manager who was newly employed just to take care of existing clients, no need to bring in new clients. There was Hokkien Peng who can`t write a proper sentence to save his life if it depended on it and myself, the diploma holder who was doing reports for the department. Bear in mind that Johnny Boy publicly declared that his old staff would be the priority. How did they fare as management? Well, I thought that in such situations, they would retain people who could multi task. But their decision reflects how they took matters very personal and used this opportunity to get back at others. Well, no surprises here then. They retained the Assistant Trade Manager and Hokkien Peng, and got rid of poor old me.
Jenny Jenny, how to be a Assistant GM like that? Already a grown up and yet behave like a kid. As for Johnny Boy, he claims to be a man of integrity, so how can he justify and condone Jenny`s secretly conducting interviews with the intention of replacing me & Hokkien Peng?
I do hope that the piece of thread on Jenny`s wrist is meant to ward off evil. If not, then she is only shaming and dishonoring what the thread is supposed to represent and symbolize.
Till date, Jenny firmly believes that she did not betray me. However, she does not deny that I did help her to get rid of Eric. So she still owes me a favor but looks like she does not intend to make good for it.
I guess in office politics, power can make one do very silly and shameless things. Jenny is of a mature age but she has such a dark and sinister side to her character.
As the saying goes, you will reap what you have sown.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Reactions So Far
So far, I have had mixed reactions. Before I proceed, I have to say that I appreciate feedback, be it negative or positive.
Some have said that my blog is brutally honest and yet others can sense anger and unhappiness in my blogs. Firstly, who enjoys being taken for a ride by others? Secondly, I believe or at least hope that my writing style can capture the essence of the reality of life.
I guess some may say that what I have gone through is like a drama serial seen on TV. Perhaps some script writers from Mediacorp can incorporate this script in their up and coming drama?
I also have to state that I am not trying to gain sympathy from anyone. I believe that there are people who may be depressed by the injustice they are experiencing or they may be wondering why bad things keep happening to them. By my experience, I sincerely hope that my blogs can convey to them that life MUST go on. Living life may be a matter of battling alot of negativity but all is not lost. Even if there are 5 wicked people around you, there are 5 or more good and sincere people out there.
Dear readers, if you have taken a tumble, pick yourself up and continue walking. And whatever harm people do to you, don`t go all out to mete out your justice to them. They are just not worth it. They WILL have their retribution in due time. Perhaps not this year, not next year or even for the next 10 years. But they WILL have their retribution.
Must read!
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_174031.html
Some have said that my blog is brutally honest and yet others can sense anger and unhappiness in my blogs. Firstly, who enjoys being taken for a ride by others? Secondly, I believe or at least hope that my writing style can capture the essence of the reality of life.
I guess some may say that what I have gone through is like a drama serial seen on TV. Perhaps some script writers from Mediacorp can incorporate this script in their up and coming drama?
I also have to state that I am not trying to gain sympathy from anyone. I believe that there are people who may be depressed by the injustice they are experiencing or they may be wondering why bad things keep happening to them. By my experience, I sincerely hope that my blogs can convey to them that life MUST go on. Living life may be a matter of battling alot of negativity but all is not lost. Even if there are 5 wicked people around you, there are 5 or more good and sincere people out there.
Dear readers, if you have taken a tumble, pick yourself up and continue walking. And whatever harm people do to you, don`t go all out to mete out your justice to them. They are just not worth it. They WILL have their retribution in due time. Perhaps not this year, not next year or even for the next 10 years. But they WILL have their retribution.
Must read!
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_174031.html
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Jenny - Part 3
Jenny seems to have a `flair` for marketing. Again, judge for yourself.
As with all sales people, Jenny had her own favourite client. But the way she took care of them was a tad bit strange.
In our industry, each booking should translate to one set of BL. At that time, the BL fee was $50 per set. So Jenny executed her marketing plan this way. She told her client that if they were to give her at least 10 bookings on each vessel, she will give them a one off discount on their already cheap rates. The best part was, they had to put it in one BL even if they have 10 separate bookings with us. That was really `smart` thinking on her part. Logically speaking, if her client booked 10 separate shipments with us, that would have translated to $500 in earnings from BL fee for the company. But based on her `brilliant` marketing plan, the company was making only $50 but more work to service her client.
However, after bringing this matter up to Johnny Boy, her client`s support dwindled immediately. Gee, I wonder why.
Whether she was benefiting from the arrangement we do not know. But who is the soap salesman now?
As with all sales people, Jenny had her own favourite client. But the way she took care of them was a tad bit strange.
In our industry, each booking should translate to one set of BL. At that time, the BL fee was $50 per set. So Jenny executed her marketing plan this way. She told her client that if they were to give her at least 10 bookings on each vessel, she will give them a one off discount on their already cheap rates. The best part was, they had to put it in one BL even if they have 10 separate bookings with us. That was really `smart` thinking on her part. Logically speaking, if her client booked 10 separate shipments with us, that would have translated to $500 in earnings from BL fee for the company. But based on her `brilliant` marketing plan, the company was making only $50 but more work to service her client.
However, after bringing this matter up to Johnny Boy, her client`s support dwindled immediately. Gee, I wonder why.
Whether she was benefiting from the arrangement we do not know. But who is the soap salesman now?
Jenny - Part 2
When Jenny was frustrated that Hokkien Peng and me were beyond her control, she started making life extremely hard for us. It was especially me because Hokkien Peng would only rant about her behind her back but would not speak freely when in front of her.
There was one time when she tried trapping me but her sinister plan did not bring her the desired result she wanted. In Vietnam, there are a multitude of ports, each being operated by different owners. Our vessels were calling at one particular port, port A. We also had a partner`s vessel that called at port B. We were accepting bookings to both ports but for port B, we could not accept bookings on our own vessels. So one day, I had a client who wanted to book a shipment on our vessel but to port B, which wasn`t allowed. For my part, I have already informed my client that if they wanted to book to Port B, they have to book on our partner`s vessel which was a later vessel. While I was out for sales, Jenny called me and clarified with me if I have clarified with my client regarding this and I dutifully told her that I have explained things crystal clear to my client. But lo & behold, she actually allowed my client to book to port B on our own vessel. In actual fact, the transfer from Port A to port B does not cost the company a single cent. So I thought that Jenny made an exception for my client. A few days later, Jenny shot and e-mail to me and said that because I have not done my job dutifully, an additional cost has been incurred to transfer the shipment from port A to port B. But she will write to the head office to appeal for a waiver for me.
I replied her e-mail with cc to Johnny Boy. I refuted her accusations with facts and I told her that there is no need to appeal for a waiver for me, I will just bear the cost on my own and asked her to take it from my salary. No reply from her.
Next day, Johnny Boy called me for a private chat. He felt that I was personalizing the whole matter and that it wasn`t good for the working environment. So I just explained to him that I could not understand why he arrived at that conclusion as in my e-mail reply, I clearly indicated that I want to close the case and move on. Johnny Boy said that he knows me well enough and he isn`t making a big deal out of it. He said that mistakes are made so that we learn from them and help them refine the work process. Then he began dissecting the whole situation. I felt so compelled to scream the answer to him. But thank goodness on this occasion, he was smart enough to conclude that the customer service should have been the first line of defense in preventing such things from happening. Case closed.
Well, what Jenny did or planned on this occasion, what would you call it? Sinister? Her intentions were rather obvious don`t you think so?
There was one time when she tried trapping me but her sinister plan did not bring her the desired result she wanted. In Vietnam, there are a multitude of ports, each being operated by different owners. Our vessels were calling at one particular port, port A. We also had a partner`s vessel that called at port B. We were accepting bookings to both ports but for port B, we could not accept bookings on our own vessels. So one day, I had a client who wanted to book a shipment on our vessel but to port B, which wasn`t allowed. For my part, I have already informed my client that if they wanted to book to Port B, they have to book on our partner`s vessel which was a later vessel. While I was out for sales, Jenny called me and clarified with me if I have clarified with my client regarding this and I dutifully told her that I have explained things crystal clear to my client. But lo & behold, she actually allowed my client to book to port B on our own vessel. In actual fact, the transfer from Port A to port B does not cost the company a single cent. So I thought that Jenny made an exception for my client. A few days later, Jenny shot and e-mail to me and said that because I have not done my job dutifully, an additional cost has been incurred to transfer the shipment from port A to port B. But she will write to the head office to appeal for a waiver for me.
I replied her e-mail with cc to Johnny Boy. I refuted her accusations with facts and I told her that there is no need to appeal for a waiver for me, I will just bear the cost on my own and asked her to take it from my salary. No reply from her.
Next day, Johnny Boy called me for a private chat. He felt that I was personalizing the whole matter and that it wasn`t good for the working environment. So I just explained to him that I could not understand why he arrived at that conclusion as in my e-mail reply, I clearly indicated that I want to close the case and move on. Johnny Boy said that he knows me well enough and he isn`t making a big deal out of it. He said that mistakes are made so that we learn from them and help them refine the work process. Then he began dissecting the whole situation. I felt so compelled to scream the answer to him. But thank goodness on this occasion, he was smart enough to conclude that the customer service should have been the first line of defense in preventing such things from happening. Case closed.
Well, what Jenny did or planned on this occasion, what would you call it? Sinister? Her intentions were rather obvious don`t you think so?
Sunday, November 4, 2007
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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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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