PR Letter to MOM
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am in very difficult position. They are my friends and the other one is my boss. I cannot take sides very difficult. Company say want to terminate them because they find their work not good. They not performing up to standard. So my boss ask them to leave. When I know about this I also ask boss why. Because she’s in the company since the beginning for a long time already. Put in alot of hard work for company and all the bosses. I try and help her but don’t know why my boss don’t like. I no choice he’s my boss right? I cannot say no right? It’s not my fault! She cannot accept but if it’s me I will also find it hard to accept why the company treat me like this. Maybe that’s why she find union.
When she hand over to me I also hope everything go smoothly. I am not the one asking her to leave correct or not? I cannot blame her if she hates me. I understand but why she got to go delete the files? Even all those letters I cannot find the hard copy. She destroy them before leaving and I have such a hard time starting everything from scratch you know. I have to create all the template and formulas from nothing and stay in the office past midnight in the first 2 months. But I never complain. I cannot say anything to my boss. If I tell him he even more angry!
Last time we very good friends now because of this we can’t even talk. I wanted to use her computer when she still in the office and I can ask her where she keep all the files. But she so scared you know only the last day then give me the password. The computer is not hers ok it belongs to the company. But I never say anything I keep quiet. I keep helping her she don’t know. I tell the boss to let her stay longer she don’t want! Then after she leave she didn’t give me the security password. You know for the door one? I have to call cisco up ok to reset the password before I can use it. I call her so many times she never pick up. never mind. I solve myself.
Actually my boss and the big boss very angry. They threaten to sue her because last time everyone in company sign the security pledge. Staff cannot anyhow delete their files one because it’s all belongs to company. But I do my best and talk to them. What for make things become worse? She only a poor woman. She works so hard for company since the start. Don’t blow things up and everything still can talk. I try my best to persuade them pay her abit more. They very angry she go make trouble and report to mom. I think need some time but I will try to talk to them. She don’t know I still try to help her. It’s ok.
As for the other colleague she didn’t do anything. She hand over everything properly. I think if she fight this case one person stronger. Because my boss not angry with her. They may pay her more. But then now like this no choice drag her down. I don’t know. I hope she not angry with me. But I tell the truth. You decide she do this kinda things company should pay her or not?
Your sincerely,
PR King
disclaimer: this letter is written hypothetically in a first person narrative for better reading and all originality belongs to the owner of the blog who happens to have a rather fictitious and imaginative mind. Its entire contents whether appropriate or accurate lies in the perceptiveness of the readers and does not fall into the responsibility of the fictional author.
Letter (again?) to MOM
To Whom It May Concern:
I had been working in a Korean construction company as an Admin and Personnel Manager for 15 years, literally since it was founded in 1990. Recently the Finance & Admin General Manager cited restructuring as a reason for me to leave the company. Effectively it was retrenchment in the worst possible scenario. There were 2 other colleagues involved. One colleague had worked there for almost 9 years. We were compensated a total of 2 months for our contributions and long service in the company. As we felt that the treatment was unfair, this matter was brought to the Union and subsequently referred to the Ministry of Manpower. The said company handled this issue poorly and let me state the reasons why I would want a chance of appeal:
- I had not failed in my duty of work and was terminated without cause. Even though restructuring was the reason, said company recruited again within 1 month of our departure and remuneration was awarded as per normal to remaining staff.
- All previous employees who were terminated the year before received compensation equivalent to the number of years of service in the company. If the precedent was set then, why should this not be the standard?
- It was reported on the Business Times 21 Feb 2007, said company has been awarded a total of S$675 million for 2 projects in power and wafer plants. If so, how is it that the company claims it is not able to pay out the retrenchment benefits?
I feel that a conglomerate such as the said company could have treated employees of the organization in a more humane manner. I soon realised that instead of wanting to settle the matter amicably, said company however, tried to discredit my reputation in front of the authorities. I was accused of the following and many untruths were willfully said:
- Destroying and removing employee records of the colleague and myself. Letters of termination and past record of previous employees’ termination mysteriously disappeared. Now why would I do that if you think logically? So that if I went to the ministry (which I had planned to do) someone would be able to conveniently accuse me of the above?
- Going back to format the computer after having left said company. If I were able to do that, I’d pray very hard for the security system the company has installed to protect its assets.
- Previous employees left willingly for better jobs and compensation were given out of goodwill. It is rather a huge coincidence to have 3 staff leaving on the same day and the benefits they received coinciding with their years of service, don’t you think?
Despite having documents to prove that I had done my job in handing over the work scope to the next person, I am now faced with the extra charge of sabotage when all I wanted was an amount justifiable to what the said company is capable of giving. A person with conscience will know it is wrong to accuse another in order to protect one self. It doesn’t matter to a conglomerate that I may have a family of three to feed. Nor did they consider the difficulties for a person of my age in finding a job now. The management in said company probably thinks I am creating trouble for them, a minuscule and pointless effort since they felt that I was more than duly compensated. Because in the end, they are the one with power and I am but one person.
Being an ex-employee who first helped the company throughout the years to its present establishment, I have no wish to see things turn out this way either. It is sad that said company has treated me as such in the turn of events. I understand retrenchment and restructuring. I was after all in charge of human resources the whole time. It’s not that things should be different if I myself become the victim. I only require a fair judgment of my past contributions and adequate compensation in return.
Yours truly,
Someone in desperate need of justice.
disclaimer: this letter is written hypothetically in a first person narrative for better reading and all originality belongs to the owner of the blog who happens to have a rather fictitious and imaginative mind. Its entire contents whether appropriate or accurate lies in the perceptiveness of the readers and does not fall into the responsibility of the fictional author.
central the new mall!
they have alot of cute jap stuff at central including the mini red bean fish n mini donuts complete with a mini automated donut fryer how cool is that?
best is this shop called girl's talk! when i was in the wonderful land of arigatou i remember lamenting why can't someone bring in their exquisite jewellery into sg and now my wish has been answered! most of the jewellery here are silver and zirconia thus affordable and they even brought in a brand for couple jewellery (not the usual chunky types) N I C E ^_^
a rather disturbing fact
Dear Colleagues, In recognition of excellent performance and contribution to the company, a total of 34 colleagues have been promoted with effect from 1 March 2007. You can view the promotion list by clicking the hyperlink : VOE / HR Connect / HR Announcement / Promotion List for March 2007 (after the hyperlink, please click on HR Connect, then HR Announcement to view the list). Please join us in congratulating our fellow colleagues. Please also click the hyperlink : VOE / HR Connect / HR Announcement / Annual Salary Review Communication Pack (after the hyperlink, please click on HR Connect, then HR Announcement) to view the SAPL's Annual Salary Review Communication Pack for details of the 2006 Annual Salary Review and changes made to the 2007 ICP.
Regards
SAPL HR
that i would receive an email from samsung!
that i would receive an email from sapl hr samsung not senc!!
that i would receive an email from sapl hr samsung not senc on my personal mail!!!
kns
the quintet
went to yisan's new abode but kinda far (not far it's near jb retort her) it's the new EC but i totally heart everything there is there. the pool is really great with jacuzzi and it's 1.2m throughout the whole length so i can stand up at anypoint hee. they have 2 storeys penthouse with floor to ceiling windows. and the ground unit. the ground unit is to die for becoz they have a spacious courtyard at the back which opens straight up to the pool! can you imagine that? u can bloody well lounge on the deckchair in your own backyard lor! so u can imagine how great that is for families...
before & after
*my new die die muz sing karaoke song! yz's 我怀念的! quick! partyworld sat 11-2 cheep cheep let's go!*
Cheng Ho III
melchers being the very kind 包租婆 invited us to their company D&D on board a junk boat. it's called cheng ho III and in theme with the cheesiness 2 belly dancers performed for us that night. after that they bought cover drinks for everyone at st james power station!
treasure hunt, lucky draws and sunset =]
my colleagues sitting in da same room as moi...n the very shapely belly dancer
i'm a genius
because i'm so eng i've been surfing endlessly till my brain cracked for the html codes to insert a table properly for the stuff on the right of my blog so that it will look exactly the same on any other browsers mainly firefox at home (being the perfectionist i am aesthetically-speaking i can't stand things being not pretty or lopsided). *does a little dance in the own confinement of my workstation* anyway problem solved! quick tell me i'm a genius =]
kellogg's crunchy nut is really ludicrously tasty
i was so bored in the office that day i went jalan jalan @cold storage (so auntie huh?) and lo behold found out they stocked my fav cereal of all time! ...remembered it was my stable food in aussie and i could eat drink crunchy nut for bf lunch n din din any excuses i get i'd be munching on it with fresh milk then when i came back to sg only certain supaa like jason's mkt stocked it for ludicrously high price. nowadays they came out with honey nut/banana nut but this my fren is the real deal! because the milk soaked in the cereal becomes diabetically sweet thereafter =] which i'd have no prob slurping it up. now offer @$7.15 only haha
erm excuse me what were you saying?
i've been thinking....what do people like you and me normally talk about in an average conversation? i mean we are after all a small dot on the world map surrounded by territorial states and over-zealously protected by the government with one ruling party. this blight we readily admit with aplomb which makes us a little rigid and all defensive on how we can change the world. does this make us true conversationalists when we drag up topics of self-criticism? are we real persons with topics to discuss? well here i am at the ripe old age of 28 i go out with my friends so let's see what on earth do we talk about?
# work. yuup that bitchy boss PMS today. i know i can't stand her too. hey let's go holiday i'm too stressed liao.
# tv/entertainment/movies. did you catch that last episode of 'da chang jin'? what movies did you watch recently nice or not huh? yeah i heard jay chou broke up...
# family & friends. my lil' brother's definitely a pest an irritant if i may add. yah you know XXX is getting married le at shangrila! shotgun ah? XXX got ang moh bf (nothing derogatory of course ;p)
# ourselves. aiyoh i'm having a breakout again. look i need to cut my fringe liao. see the tires on my stomach? i have no work clothes i need to go shop! where you want to do your manicure?
# the opposite sex. go out only la there's nothing between us.i saw HIM today! my bf/husband's at work. yah you think he cute or not?
then once in a blue moon we'd touch on things like
# religion. now all things being equal why would god want me to go to hell? would you let someone who's not your friend into your house aka heaven? *yes so smart answer a question with another question*
# life/dreams. next time i open my cafe hire you ok? i want to get married and have bb. i plan to be retired when i'm 55. my life has no meaning *after gotten ditched sacked or humiliated*
# the past. yeah remember we used to go ghim moh during GP breaks? can't stand the 2/6 people. she used to be in XXX's class last time damn havoc one. yah he was my godson when we were schooling (i never seriously understood the logic of adopting god brothers/sisters in an academic class when there's no blood relation at all and whereby after graduation you are so not going to keep in contact with them. it just seems to me the elite way to recruit people into your 369 gang. how about being blood brothers next? haaa).
rarely, we'd do topics on
# sports. aei wanna play tennis?
# arts. aei wanna watch da vinci code?
# politics. pap won. again.
# economics. they ran out of codeine.
# environment. yeah i think tissue goes in the recycling bin.
# social. eh wanna join sdu?
# sex. whenever it was on the topic of the forbidden fruit we'd say anything was better than sex like after gorging on a tub of ben & jerry's choco fudge brownie.
so here i am with shallow topics and appearing more frivolous than ever. wishing i'm less of a joker than i really am because when you're with other cultures or overseas the differences really show. if you're with strangers do you have anything interesting to share? if you're in a group do you always fit into whatever discussions others have? if you're in a conversation do you always initiate or lead the entire process? and there are times when i have absolutely nothing to say at all and there will be awkward silence. haha anyway thought you'd be sick of seeing my pictures! meanwhile i'm just a girl living my own life entitled to be narcissist and concentrating on the smaller picture. heh. erm so what do you people out there talk about?
antarticaaaa
do you know how freezing cold it is in my office? 20°C le! kee siao lor....this kinda working environment makes my skin super dehydrated and dry then spend all my salary on SKII also not enough. feels like winter in hk walk in the streets still ok try sitting down to type for 1 solid hour and my fingers confirm drop off from frost bite X_X
cycling at ubin is hard work!
u really need certain people to initiate n organise such trips such efforts such coordination...like the wakeboarding we keep putting off coz not any tom dick n harry wants to be ferried to pulau ubin at 8.30am on a sat morn. oh well i haven been there since secondary 4 (eh for a photography trip i know so yesterday!) which would be more than 10 years counting. n now changi jetty is so atas! ahahha for the tourists i guess but it was hard work to actually peddle/trek abit up slope (could feel the latic acid burning my thighs) n then was blissfully sunburnt! =p
ubin is basically made up of...quarry mines which had been filled up like a reservoir ..the only 'scenery' there is to the isle ...besides the leng lui on the right ha!
chilling out with 100+s n coconuts at their local kopitiam
see advertisement at its most primitive! sharks i'm so worn out after half a day's workout (。_゜)〃old already can hardly move now! spent $4 on the ferry $4 on the bike n $10 on our lunch (for 5 dishes per table of 8 pax wasn't really filling tho') we settled for their set menu but next time better not let keng boon order hor? guys seriously lack bargaining powers heh
anyway on a side note: waruku is my favourite jap restaurant from now on! their set meals are so economical with lotsa variety yuuumy (^～^)
dora A mon
i saw this cute lil' creature prancing ard in the dhoby ghaut mrt with no hands only fists...*recruitment - midgets and dwarfs apply within (height limit)*
tremor (not the movie ok)
i couldn't blog for a few days coz after unwillingly switching to the new blogger it locked me out as a spam blog! what an insult...anyway then i *kacheng itchy* go upgrade to XP with the automatic updates thingy n gasp i couldn't log in to messenger today! drats! now i'm totally blocked by the company server liao sigh so had to go search for web msn..heng certain websites are still undetected by the evil IT administrator lo but the one i'm using sends spam mails to anyone i msg so sumimasen >_<
anyway i can't seem to work today becoz at noon i suddenly felt the blinds of the office window (right next to me) sway! like some invisible wind (ok i know u can't see wind but u get the idea) blowing from nowhere. and i really did see the window sill shake (relatively speaking) n my head went woozy momentarily. then i found out there's a 6.6 earthquake like 430km away from SG. well apparently at united sq there's no need for evacuation but the second time i saw my blinds sway again *blimey* i took off with my hp n wallet. =p
i mean how many times can a building withstand tremors? i'm not sure about the tilted one (andrew said maybe it's straight now haha he's such a clown) but even i am having serious doubts on this bldg? maybe there's cracks or something anyway nothing like a first-hand experience to throw life back into reality. ok i'm evacuating myself to home early...
to all ex-empoyees
forgot about this...fwd by ah hoon some time ago i wonder who the artist has been speaking to? hummm
whatever makes me happy