Wednesday, January 19, 2005

open forum in the team

Jibbs (known as Joy in real life) sent me an SMS that they sppoke to our coach and raised some issues in the office. Coach said to come by at their house, have a free lunch and talk things out y'know have an open forum for the umpteenth time.

To be honest I have a lot to say with what is happening in this motherfucking office, with the management and my coach. But then what? Would there be changes on the office after we voice out our grievances?

Marj, another teammate of mine, and I had a chat in the service van (thanks to Mr. Patrick Dicang) on our way to work where it's supposed to be our day-off (new policy: we have a 5 hour mandatory rest day OT since we are so @!#$& understaffed). And found out the real reason why our schedules were resumed to the Blue Pumpkin. We enjoyed 2 weeks of block schedule because the site director (who is an asshole American) was on a leave. He came back and found out what had happened. He got angry and resumed it back to the blasted software.

So the crap that we are understaffed is not exactly false. We ARE understaffed. The rate of the resigning agents are much bigger than the rate of agents being hired.

Open forum. Again.

I replied to Jibbs's SMS and it goes like this: "Talaga lang. Sige punta ako." This shows that I'm in the borderline of being hopeful and being cynical.

Now here I am in the office taking calls and I have the next 2 1/4 hours to endure idiotic customers on the phone and also decide if I should go to the forum/lunch with the team. We only have one day-off and I am going to the bank to make my usual salary deposit. Plus I wanted to stay at home and rest, maybe do some laundry (I have a reall big load of laundry that rivals the Smokey Mountain..I am waiting for the new washing machine actually...heheheheh).

You want an honest opinion? I don't believe that voicing out our concerns would bear fruit. We just rant, rant, rant, but nothing happened. Going to DOLE would be the last resort but we need concrete evidence that we are being oppressed. Damn government!

Or just quit my job and go to a company that REALLY takes care of you.

2 comments:

betyoulovethat said...

Gosh, that's really a tough situation. I know it takes a lot for one person to notice another's abject misery. Well, maybe you really are at the crossroads now where you have to decide if you could put up with more of the company's crap or listen to your mum's advice. She has a good point.

Anonymous said...

Isn't it weird? That one day, out of the blue, you start searching your full name on the internet...and suddenly... just suddenly..you read something..something unusual...YOUR FULL NAME POSTED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE STORY!...Anyway... if i were you..i just quit...QUIT BEING A MISERABLE DIPSTICK! And try...just try...to forget the details... live on to enjoy life...the way its supposed to be enjoyed...