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Have your boss ever banged the table when she/he was trying to make a point?
The point that he/she is the boss and you are not supposed to challenge him/her but to listen.
Uncalled for.
I'm sorry I come from a democratic society, according to my national pledge and I don't follow the nonsense where you originate.
Well, after the banging table incident, she got her way.
But she's losing it soon :)
And I will have the final laugh. HA HA HA.

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To those who want a job that starts from 10am to 6pm, including a 2hr lunch break, good news!
Please my boss and if she likes you enough, your dream will come true!
You don't even have to be competent because she always has a way to defend and protect you.
Too good to be true?
Not at all.
As long as you live really far away (although you claim otherwise and you drive), able to pretend you're working hard all the time (although you are surfing net and missed deadlines), have worked just ONE weekend or on A public holiday and well, as long as she likes you.

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When she's working, you as the subordinate needs to be work harder even if it's not necessary.
Actually we always work harder and smarter.
Missing a tiny bit of the event when there are already 4 in the team gets you the comment of, "ya, you're the ONLY one who's going over tomorrow anyway." Never know I'm that important...
And when you're on your honeymoon, don't think you'll be let off.
You'll be questioned why you're not back at work when you want to rest off the jetlag and do the unpacking.
You'll be chased for stuff that are not even urgent and the email goes, "I know you're not back at work yet but..." If you know, you wouldn't have asked.
Not only can you not enjoy or rest in peace, you will be blamed for not being able to handle social media 24/7 while the other (cough...incompetent) one can. Just because you flew off the next day after a big event.
You had no proper plans and have forced her to let you take up social media marketing and as much as she didn't like the way you did it, she would not say anything only because she's kind enough to let you try.
I'm sorry but fuck you!
YOU asked me to do it. No one forced you. We showed you the plans. I've cleared all my work before I left. I took leave so whether I was overseas or rotting at home is none of your business.

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Your lack of security makes you look pathetic at times.
You're sitting in the room. Where's the confidence?
Fake it even if you have none.
Don't you always claim to have seen and done this and that?
We left you out? Have you ever tried to be involved?
Department lunch is never just us in the department.
It was always be plus one or two or three.
Have you shown your genuine concern?
Perhaps only to those whom you like again.
I was sneezing like mad for a good two weeks and not once have I heard a "how are you?" or "are you feeling better?"
The handicapped one (I'm not mean, it's true) just have to sniff a little or chocked on a tiny crab bone (most likely due to his greediness - he said it and we've all witnessed it) and you'll go awww, poor thing...
Don't ask for a genuine relationship if you are not prepared to commit.

Guess what?

My boss wants me to work on a CNY Saturday when she said previously none of us need to go over.
What? I don't look Chinese to you or I don't seem to celebrate CNY?
FYI, we don't get extra pay. Not even voluntary day off - you have to ask for it!

And there she was saying she would stay if her event is the day before.
Wow, very noble and committed to your work indeed.
Why not stay for 2 days then?
What's another day if CNY and/or a Saturday doesn't seem important to you?
If it does and you are making your staff sacrifice, what kind of boss are you?
I can only think of selfish.
In the first place, you jolly well know that your event is NEVER on a Friday.
So don't give me such crap.
There's no IF.

She better not bring it up next week because I do celebrate CNY and she has no right to take away my joy!

Where do I even start?

Yes, 2 freaking years of grumbles I don't even know where I should start.
1st year? I was insignificant.
In the 2nd year when I was given a new function (bless me!), one of the managers left and the new person wasn't as good as we thought, I became important suddenly.
The more important tasks were given to me although I held a more junior position than the new person, clocked in more hours and obviously was getting lesser pay!
Fine, I got promoted a few months later and it kinda pacify me for a while.
Until the more important tasks and those that shouldn't be mine, conveniently followed me.
See this as an opportunity and that the bosses trust you she said.
I said, it's plain bullshit!
You don't take advantage of me just so I can do it.

Perhaps it's my last minute nature which works fine for me all these while, I'm never a believer of more hours = hardworking.
So don't tell me when you were my age, you worked late, came in early and worked on weekends.
We know that's only because of your inefficiency.
You being up there doesn't mean you can tell me what to do, really.
Your advices mean almost nothing to me and to be honest, whatever I've learnt from you is simply to NOT do whatever you have done or have been doing.
I am better than you in some ways or another. English is one.
And I'm not even fantastic so imagine hers, ha.

So was it your karma when those you hired all put in lesser hours than me yet perform worse than me?
And did you preach to those people? I don't think so.
Biased.
And is this how a boss should be?
It sure doesn't take a boss to know the answer.

Oh, when the two tendered at the same time, not only did you not reflect on yourself (maybe you did but as usual, failed to do it well), you blamed it on fengshui.
FYI, this is the 2nd team that left her. Doesn't it say something already?
Not fengshui for sure but YOU.
Ridiculous huh?
This is my boss.
It's never her fault but others. And when there's no one to blame, blame it on fengshui.

There's never "ok, this is what we/you need to do". It's always "we'll see how it goes/ let me think about it (which of course, nothing will come back to you)".
Yes, this is my boss.
Unable to make decisions.
Be it big or small.

Alright, that's all for a starter.
Hope you have enjoyed it.

Sneak preview for next entry:
- banging of table
- obvious favouritism over incompetent workers
- her sarcasm and insecurity

I can see some great ideas there!

Oh please! Most ideas were ours, not really yours except for one.
And you were so blind with that idea that you'll do anything to make it happened,
for your benefit or at least make your job a little easier.


While i think that idea sounds great, I'm not entirely convinced.
There are plenty of good ideas on the plate but knowing you well enough,
you'll not likely see them. 


Is this what a good leader should be? Or are you desperate to show the world, 
I'm the boss here. 

Great minds think alike?

Really? Does she really think we think alike?

Unfortunately not. Never.

My working style is completely different from hers.

And i mean totally different. 

For once, i like concrete plans. It's either YES or NO

and never see how or let me think about it.

To spearhead a project is not about bossing around

or simply writing an email to tell everyone what to do next.

We are no intern here except for one. 

We are working adults with plenty of experience, some more than others.

That email kind of get me started

I certainly hope this is the first and last from her

Otherwise, i can't guarantee how i may feel or react next.

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