~ the art of leaving ~
Sun Tzu has his art of war, Mozi has his art of fortification / defence…i believe i m soon making a name for myself for the art of leaving…well, every job interview that i have been too would definitely notice one and only one thing…"job hopping trend" and questions would usually centered around that for the remaining hour of the interview or so…
as always, my template opening statement.."look, i know it doesnt look good on papers, but hear me out, i have my side of the story…"….as always, so far ( keeping my fingers crossed / touch wood ), by the end of my answer, i would always just get a nod AND get the job…but of course, getting a nod, was not really a satisfactory reaction in my point of view…until recently, i had a response that went, " ooo, well, for the record, i just wanted to know and understand because end of the day, its fair and square, some ppl leave for good reasons, some leave for bad reasons…thats all right "…i was certainly taken aback by these comments and of course in my heart i was thinking, " this is the type of ppl whom i wanna work with…totally professional about things and no 2 ways bout it "….of course i hav my reserves as well, cause ppl will always make everything sound nice during an interview..who doesnt??
its exactly like 1 of the forwarded stories i got many years ago…i remembered it clearly and i even printed out a copy and put it on my cupboard display…the gist of the story was, 1 guy died was stuck between heaven n hell cause dont know where he should belong, then he striked a deal and visited both heaven and hell…heaven was of course boring, and hell was like damm happening !!..so this guy finally chose hell since it was so happening on the day he visited both places…then 2nd day he went back to hell and everything was the opposite of what he has seen…and the devil greeted him, " welcome to hell, yesterday we were trying to recruit u, so we made everything looked beautiful…today ur officially a recruit in hell, welcome to my playground !! "…
anyway, today i overheard some disturbing news and i decided to go through all those unread emails which i hav dumped aside and to my surprise, i found the email containing those disturbing news that i overheard…it was in the form of a presentation slide from the project’s steering committee…steering committee presentation slides and guess what?, they werent even using the standard presentation slide pack of the company…i totally cant believe this..since the negative incident last month, i cant help thinking about everything thats happening around me especially when it comes to senior managements and the middle management….i totally understand the fact that, this is their first project and they are trying hard to make an impact, get positive feedbacks from the customers, make a name for themselves in the process BUT, they are doing it at the expense of 2 very important elements in any project management…PROFESSIONALISM & RESPECT….i hav been telling ppl around me that this organization is totally missing these 2 important elements, but ppl just gave me the look…and today i hav a proof of my point…the presentation slide itself…the layout, the background, the contents…and this is suppose to be a formal documentation where its supposed to be archived for future references, etc
as i was bathing in the toilet after seeing this pathetic presentation slides, i had 101 thoughts of how my "R" letter’s content is going to be..i was even contemplating if i should start writing a draft now and work further on it on a daily basis so that it would sound like a solid email that hopefully will knock on someone’s head to finally listen to an "employee’s" opinion…as i walked out of the bathroom into my room…i decided since i advocate strongly on professionalism, i should perhaps lead myself by example..K.I.S.S and not waste time / effort to write grandmother stories educating them where / what should be done since end of the day its just going to either the dustbin or designated folders in their mailbox…its not gonna be an added value effort anyway….so, by K.I.S.S principle, i hav decided that its just goin to be either a 1 or 2 liner letter / email…and in the event IF i am to be called into the room for "re-negotiation", i guess my answer would just be, " u and the management hav made their decisions, i respected that, now i hav made mine…:) "
of course i hav had this discussion with 1 or 2 ppl, and one of the feedback i hav gotten which at that point of time, i felt was rather insulting and absurd, was, " of course, nobody cant say that u havent put in your effort, but did u stop to think what u could hav done or what u hav done "….of course i hav, i m not a stubborn person altogether…and my past records hav definitely proven that fact….i always feel that, ppl who hav these thoughts are ppl who hav fear in leaving or they feel that its something common that happens everywhere so u just hav to persevere…i mean common on man…( i cant blame these ppl with these thoughts cause they never had a guru like i did ), my master educated me with the knowledge that in any organizational structure, it is always a pyramid structure,..only difference is how flat or how high is that pyramid…and base will always be bigger than the peak
without a strong base, ur peak will never be stable…translate that into organization structure of a company, base = employees, peak = managements…i mean we are the building blocks man…we form the base for ppl to sit up there comfortably…we hav power, we hav rights, and we need to use them wisely…having thoughts like the above, i.e are we doing enuff of our part, etc will just mean we are suppressing ourselves to the peak and let them hav the power over us @ the bottom….that shouldnt be the case !! its supposed to be a give and take situation WITH PROFESSIONALISM & RESPECT in place…
but then again, humans will always be humans..like my doc uncle says, when ur young, u hav the age of immortality…as u age, u start to hav the age of mortality….in order words, u transformed from being fearless to fearful due to commitments, responsibilities, etc basically anything and everything that grows with age
ahhh..well, life goes on, job hunting goes on and the search for a perfect job & life continues on….
goshh..i feel that i hav just given a "Ceramah" for the upcoming elections !! such lenghty and wordy blog..
