Facts of Life

Advise from Song Xian Shen...

"Actually, I believed that our lives are defined by moments. Moments when things happen, good or bad, you will discover for yourself, what you stand for and what you stand against.
When you moved from one company to another company, you will learn loh. hahaahhahh not every boss is as good as us leh, hahah just joking lah. Don't be too close to your colleagues in the beginning and don't treat everyone as your friend. Work is still work. Once you crossed that line, its harder to come back. Its not that you shouldn't be yourself, you could probably be just 50% of yourself first. If you enjoy the work but have disgusting boss and environment, Im sure you won't work long there either. I read that Happiness at work is defined by 3 things. First is 'Passion', second is 'Skills and competencies', that is are you learning something you like, that makes you happy and fulfilled' and third is 'economic viability' means salary the intersection of these three things will give you happiness at work. So even if you like your job but money is bad, you won't be happy OR salary and bosses environment are good but you don't like what you are doing (maybe when you are working with us), you won't be happy also so you need to find out what makes you tick. But im very very sure, money is not everything. Of course the salary cannot be too low lah. "

heh actually i got terminated by my boss from EV. Experience a lot of stuffs, the other side of human beings. a very dark side which I never experience in my previous job. If there is a chance, i will vote this as the worst working environment. BUT i glad i have the courage not to sign the contract. imagine workin in a workplace where people eavedrop wad u are talking and telling all that to the boss. the boss will then tao the words out of you. I dread going to work. should have heeded gla advise in the first place. and now i know why the turnover rate of the company is high.not being smart enough, i confronted my boss straight in the face telling him that he is lying. i did not know that he was angry until the very next day. learn how to protect myself more. not wasting my 2.5 months in the company though. i learn something that can last me for a lifetime. a verbal consent is no diff with in black and white. No more contract job in the future of my working life.

gan dong that song xian sheng never give up on me, sending me the above offline message. i see truth in them. the working world is not as good as i thought. sadly, i still haven grow much. will work harder next time de.