sobz...everything is classified....either confidential, secret or top secret.
everything is encrypted and all staffs need to clear cat(category).
acronyms flying across.
laughter, complaints etc.
one piece of advice..DONT COMPARE! you'll just feel worse.
i guess i cant blog much abt my job but well generally....
i've got a gd boss...dynamic and onz..open to ideas. a man who works with efficiency and high eq. tat's wat i've observed for the past wk at least.
colleagues are virtually divided into 3 cats.
one , my induction grp. only met up once. cos i'm outfield most of the time. but the topics we chat over tea are super different from those i;ve been interacting most of the time. sch and random stuffs. light hearted.
2, within my own dept....the same few acronyms. work. talks are all abt work...else pple. both gd and bad comments. but on work, who has praises? those younger, only one or 2 grad batches be4 me, shared with me valuable info...on nature of job and certain taboos when dealing with customers. manz i even haf to think of layman terms. those terms used, non-staff will nv understand.
3, customers and upper levels...work, family, views on issues..soo different. complaints, disagreements...laughter but its genuineness is questionable. sarcasm and then "just joking, haha".-_-" skepticality and speechless...
anyway boss even said it himself. a super steep learning curve for me. super. and he told his frens abt it, they also ask why he tekan me...but he's real bz.so those under him will be likewise.and as wat everyone says here...neng2 zhe3 duo1 lau2 meaning those who are capable will have more duties. but anyway he din leave us to die, he guides us closely and gives us lots of exposure and experiences.
i think for this wk, i've seen more than any normal nsf. congrats..
in this wk, 4 camps, 1 immed small proj, 1 long term big proj, assisting 1 proj. and i also i've not socialised so much for a long time...went to a few offices, shaking hands with pple. and manz i'm damn lousy at rmbering names and not to mention matching names to faces. thousands of stories, advices, complaints i've heard. technical terms and acronyms to rmb. settling admin stuff which i haf only a full fri and a half thurs to do so. i dun bother to read those induction guidelines to orientate myself...i'm alr lagging and it's not fun reading all those also.i'm just declaring forms when pple reminded me to, thanks peers..=)collecting stuffs and trying to make my table look like a habitat. it's super empty. guess this is better for me cos i'll need to tidy up if i've things. very amazed at how most of the desks are so neat though it's over populated with files and papers. and to imagine these cubicles belong to guys. one sad thing is there arent many gals ard. and as i said i really dun like any single gender dominating the area. nvm i just need to concentrate on my own work. and maybe try to like socialising. cos it's gg to be very pple oriented and specific pple oriented....
and to my induction frens..enjoy ur honeymoon...but i also ke lian them having to read reports after reports, guidelines after guidelines..and maybe i prefer outfields but tired from overdose of such trips and no chance of sitting comfortably at my office desk. but somehow witnessing those places and things are cfm more interesting than staring at comp screen and papers. but u'll need to wait and stand. wait..the thing i hated most..not productive and constructive at all..sighz just need to get used to it. and esp if i've a pile of notes to read and learn and things to write and submit. can be more efficient or not?
tea breaks and lunch hours...pls dun work talk. sighz
and as my colleague says WELCOME TO THE WORLD, a particular type of world.
though i think every org and every coy will experience somewhat similar things and as i said, work...who wont complain plus pple complain more than they compliment cos pple are stingy on praises and generous in shooting arrows. welcome again to the working world.
