virus, part I

This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation. Anonymous

This is not good. Four seniors and two associates tendered their resignation today. Uh oh. NOT good. Do I need to ask anyone if something is wrong here??? Is this ‘phenomenon’ an annual thing? In our group???

It doesn’t help at all if you feel like a drowned rat from clocking in more than 18 hours of work a day for the last few days just to produce that all-important four-page report.

As if to assuage our fears, one of our Group partners is dispensing wisdom about work-work balance. You read right, my friend. That’s how I understand his speech. Sacrifice now, reap the rewards later in life. Oh no, please don’t say that THAT will take us 30 years!!!! :(

I fear that at the rate we’re going, we’re all going to break down, one way or another. The working environment is a lot different here. Their 'seriousness' is very palpable you can actually touch it. Yup, this might be the irreverent side of me in full throttle but I can not help what I see. For one, I now fully appreciate the automated/electronic way of doing a lot of things. Saves you time and a great measure of your sanity. Out here, people are obssessed with manual cross-referencing, casting, cross-casting, etc. of files. They have elevated this art to science. And I often find myself freaking out. Well, not only me, there are my ‘pearl of the orient’ friends who know whereof I speak. I mean, does EVERYTHING have to be cross-referred? Yup. Everything has to be filed and in order. At times, I have this twisted feeling that they are more critical than, say, disposing of the issues of our clients. Deadlines be damned but we gotta have the files spic-and-span. Then there’s the manual process of monitoring time and costs chargeable to our clients, as in you have to go through the flip-through-the-thick-folders-then-add-up-the-numbers-for-your-clients process. By the way, the files are sorted per month not per clients, so…

I have a theory for this apparent obssessiveness to the cross-referencing thing. This attitude is simply a microscopic represention of what they really are. They need directions. They need instructions. It is a way of life. They will be lost if you pull out a signpost or two from the road or the MRT stations. Maps are practically everywhere, free for the taking. So that no one gets lost. So that they know where to proceed. I am willing to argue this self-proclaimed theory. :)

Now, this is not what I was initially driving at. Oh well, I guess I gotta keep part II of my confession (my apologies to usher).