d sculpted work culture

its already 2.43pm, friday..sumwhere on 33th floor.....in one of d buildings located sumwhere in d heart of kL...

as i was pacing back & forth looking for one of my anak buah...i sat down and think abt all the preparations needed for my first ever meeting regarding to dis finance thingy (sorry, had to b discreet). when suddenly, i juz realised....damn....dat meeting is in another 1 week...not dis monday as i thought....today is 11th, not 18th!

kenapa jadi mcm ni?

yes, i did get d date from d senior officer who advised me to do d meeting on 22nd. and yes, i know 22nd is monday....but, i thought dis coming monday is 22nd. and, because i will only have dat particular monday to settle d meeting & prepare feedbacks for my deputy dg (tuesday-cuti, wed-friday kursus), i was quite tensed.

truth is, i shudnt. and, d ugly truth is, im preparing all of d contigency plans for almost everything dat might backfire on monday.

sumtimes, i wonder, did my previous place really had sculpt me to be d person i m now? im very2 sure, a normal person wudnt accept the fact that u have to conduct a meeting, with a 1 day notice....im sure, a normal person wud choose d best time for dat meeting to take place...

but, the way i was sculpted, NO. u work on dateline. u have one date. u work towards it. and dat's why, when i thought i only have 1 day to prepare everything for d meeting, i was relatively calm & my mind was thinking how to get through it.

and, now, when i found out dat d meeting is set in 1week;s time, im quite worried... in my opinion, its too late. but, i dont know whether i shud raise my concern or not. if i raise it, im afraid, people might say, "aper minah ni, dh le baru, nk paksa2 orang pulak". but, if i dont raise it, it might turn out "lembapnyer minah ni wat keje".

warghhhh...., ke culture kt sini mmg bkn mcm tu?

a previous discussion with d senior officer...

me : owh, kta boleh reduce kpi kiter? i mean, lower down d level? boleh ke? xpe ke?

senior officer : buat apa kita janji utk benda yg kita tak mampu buat?

me : ooo....ok2. (kalau kat tmpt lama aku, ko bg jawapan mcm ni mmg nk kena la)

truth is, i dont know whether to stick to my current sculpt, or, change with d current situation...in my previous office, u think hard, beat the impposibilities....bnda plg last minit pun boleh. hari rabu petang suddenly decide nk wat retreat kt melaka on friday d same week...proceed!

hari rabu petang inform kna wat paper utk mesyuarat pengarah2 on jumaat, and d meeting is held in johor (which means, kna siap sebelum jumaat), proceed!

im sooooo used to ad-hocs situation, it has sculpted me to always respond on time to almost all d task given. (bukan nk bangga diri). truth is, i dont know whether dat is a gud thing or not...

when ur in a workplace where adhocs is normal, slow pace, sometimes, might drive u crazy.. but, u cannot force ur anak buah to work like u. ke aku ni dh jadi workaholic sebenarnya?

ke, sebenarnya, tmpt lama aku tu yg sgt2 xorganize?

OP

dis blog entry is specially dedicated to my dearest friend... (although currently, im in a panic stricken situation, i still want to write dis blog entry)

office politics......yup, dat's normaL... as normal as having a cup of tea or coffee every morning at d pantry in d office (although, sad to say, current pantry does not have d same function as d previous one, but, who am i to complain abt it....mental note : next entry about pantry).

okie, back to d discussion...where was i....owh, office politics...heheeee...... i truly aware of office politics...and, do understand it quite well....and, i wud like to stress here, I AM NOT PART OF ANY OFFICE POLiTICS. when u've been attached for quite sometime in a workplace, u'll get to know d office politics dat is being practised at that particular place.

office politics r unique at every place. it differs frm one place to another...and, d severity of it also differs as well... there r places with little office politics, but has a severe impact of it...and, there are also places with massive office politics, but, little impact... well, actually, d severity of it actually depends on only one person...yes, truly one persOn.... d head of d organization in which d office politics is being practised, or let's call it as CDO (chief director of organization). (penatlah nk type office politics bnyak kali ni, so, lets shorten it to OP)

to most CDO, sumtimes, they r not quite sure abt the op dat is being practised....of course, once ur up above d rest, ur perspective might be shifted at least, 90 degrees. so, when ppl (director of each division in dat organization, let's shorten it to DD) start to tell u this and dat...saying " decision A is good" or " our mergers with company xys is good for our profit maximizing policy" , u might tend to accept it without thinking d impact of it (yelah, dh kt atas, bnyak bnda nk pk...mnader msa nk pk yg kecik2 ni)..

well, actually, i dont deny d fact of d positivity of OP.....especially to those involved....and, of course, the ones that enjoy d most, are actually, d anak2 buah of those DD.... or, we can simply call these DD as the favourites.....or the special ones...

to these DDs (sorry, i hate to call them as special), they sometimes seems to be immune to any problems...or difficult tasks....and, sometimes, they even have the VETO power against almost anything dat crosses their path....

example...

one fine day.....after weeks filled with hardwork, staybackS, screaming, shouting, kutuking (which only applies for stress relief), d day has come for a programme to kick off... all representatives frm all over malaysia has either checked-in to their respective hotels or already boarded d flight...when suddenly,

DD 1 : why r we having dis programme at ***? on dis date?? postpone it to another week!

organizing committee : aaaaa????(perplexed, confused & cudnt believe whut she juz heard)

juz imagine, all d hard work & weeks of preparation were simply useless, simply bcoz one DD does not favor dat particulare date & venue (whereas, e-mails regarding the programme had been circulated for weeks, and, of all d day dat u have before dis day, PESAL KO TAK CKP AWAL2??)

so, minutes later, e-mails will be sent to all participants (and, phone calls, of course to those who already arrived) informing d postponement of d program. yes, everyone was soo upset, angry to the organizing committee (whom, in dis case, is innocent, only did as whut had been told, with no power to say no, only have d power to say "Astaghfirullah").. examples:

participant J : aper korang ni. sker2 panggil...sker2 postpone...ktaorg kt state bnyk keje tau takk.....

participant K : saya dh check in hotel dah ni....pesal x ckp tengah malam je???

organizing committee : nk wat mcmana...ni arahan...

kepada orang2 yg sker wat OP ni......its up to u....tapi, janganlah smpai aniaya orang...

kepada sahabat aku yg tgh sedih, sabaq bnyak2 dear.... Allah akan tolong kau....kitaorg doakan yang terbaik untuk kau...walau di mana saja tempat tu.....amin....