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5 simple rules...

This was in the mail...Let's be happy, juz follow the rules..





Trying to be happy now...but it's a sad day today (no..not only because I don't get my usual pay this time - on the 22nd every month) but...my heart goes out to Putri Intan and family, who just lost her mum today after a long year of struggle in coma...my condolences to all family and friends...

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Birthday's in April

Last week, 15 Apr 09 to be exact, was full of birthday celebrations, first, it was celebration of Tini & Shanta's birthday in the office, Tini was generous to buy pizza & it became a pizza party..there were lots of left overs...I think we ordered too much for tea time :)

Happy birthday to Shanta (15 Apr)& her staff Tini (02 Apr)

Next, was a family affair, my sis Zahira's birthday dinner, three of her friends joined us, more cakes & of course the northern indian cuisine that we always go for Aryan restaurant at the weld..


And here's all of us...

yeah...3 secret recipe cakes for the day...wow! their business must be good! :)

Belated birthday wishes to my friends Dina, Aisyah & Wan Saarah also my cousin Shereen who turned a year older on 13th April...

& Happy birthday in advance to my colleague Farrah (24 Apr)
May all the April babies dreams come true...

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~appraisal term meaning~

Forwarded stuff...which one are you? :)


Average Employee - Not too bright

Exceptionally Well Qualified - Made no major blunders yet

Active Socially - Drinks a lot

Character Above Reproach - Still one step ahead of the law

Quick Thinking
- Offers plausible excuses

Careful Thinker - Won't make a decision

Plans for advancement
- Buys drinks for all the boys/girls

Uses Logic on Difficult jobs - Gets someone else to do it

Expresses Themselves Well - Speaks English

Meticulous Attention to Detail - A nit picker

Has Leadership Qualities - Has a loud voice

Exceptionally Good Judgment - Lucky

Keen Sense of Humour - Knows a lot of dirty jokes

Career Minded - Back Stabber

Of Great Value to the Organisation - Gets to work on time

Relaxed Attitude - Sleeps at desk

Independent Worker - Nobody knows what he/she does

Loyal - Can't get a job anywhere else (thank god I'm no longer loyal!)

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lesson learnt...

yeah..so I have been down & demotivated inspite of trying to move on, most people still tell me not to bothered to do anything more for the bank...and today, I told one of my uncle about how the bank is treating me by taking away my bonus

Uncle M: Dear SHAZ, All the best to you and have a good BREAK before you start. NAK PI MANA 14 HARI???

SMZ:Thanks…I’m going to Singapore from 1st to 4th of May, and then no plans till I start on the 12th… Can’t do anything much, the bank is taking back my advance bonus given in Dec 08, so this month I’m working without any pay for them to recover back the 1 month bonus paid. They are disgusting..! I resigned after the financial year ending 31st Mar 09, which means that bonus, is rightfully mine for the last year performance.

and this is a good advice and nice to hear...

Uncle M: Dear SHAZ,For what they did to you, they will be answerable to ALLAAH and they will pay heavily for this….

More so if the bank is owned by a Muslim… Since the money is rightfully yours. So now you know WHY we should not slog like a dog when we work for companies – may it be ANY company.

In fact I tell my own staff always that they should NOT work 1 min more than the 5pm deadline to go home and on Saturday and Sunday unless they are PAID for the extra hours and time taken…. I make sure my staff get their bonuses even if they are leaving HALFWAY the financial year just to show that we are DIFFERENT from others and to surprise them with our way of ‘giving”…..

These are small things they will value when they experience the other side of life….

Again we ask ALLAH to make our employees benefit from what they do and we pay all our staff a commission for their sales done to others and friends. I have a clerk who earns about RM300-350.00 per month on commission…. It means, not only sales staff enjoy commission, but all so as not to deprive them of an income based on selling our products and taking the trouble to do so!!

We do things differently. Some of our staff benefits include:-

1. Interest FREE loans up to RM5,000.00 paid within 12-18 months based on their salary and affordability.

2. The above loan is applicable every 5 years after first loan. If the amount is less than 2k, then every 3 years.

3. We pay for down=payment for house loans to banks and car purchases – also INTEREST FREE.

4. We pay them MINIMUM 1 month Bonus even if we make a LOSS for that year.

5. We give all workers in the factory a FREE Annual PAID Holiday for them and their Family to any Malaysian destinations including Insurance coverage and pocket money. (Only applicable to those production operators and supervisors earning below 1K).

6.We give them RAYA Money based on what we can give – maybe 100-200 per worker during their own festive celebrations.

7. For HARI RAYA we give them extra 4 days FREE HOLIDAYS to make the closure a full 1 week with the 4 days weekends making it a full 9 days off over and above the 2 days of Public Holidays. (ONLY for HARI RAYA AIDIL FITHRI).

8. For those who work on Saturdays or Sunday (especially for the exhibitions and Fairs) we pay them RM100.00 per day for ANY staff. On top of that we give them FREE Lunch and Tea.


JUST to share some of the benefits my employees get. Some of the have worked with us for more than 15 years and still going. So our staff turnover is almost ZERO. We train and re-train them always and they become smarter and smarter every year!! This is our pleasure in seeing them reaching better positions within the company. We have built for them a Surau that is fully made of wooden paneling and they always look forward to go for prayers there (Opened only from 1.00pm to 2.00pm & 4.00pm to 5.00pm – so that they don’t misuse of make it their Hotel room!!)

All our Muslim workers who join us will eventually wear the HIJAB based on their seeing what is practiced in the company and become good muslims based on the weekly “ceramah” given to then ladies during the FRIDAY 3 hour break we have ( One hour for Ceramah and 2 hours off). On Fridays, we close from 12 noon to 3 pm to allow all male employess to go home to bathe and go for prayers. The ladies can also go home but they prefer to stay back for the ‘ceramah’.

I’ve never shared this with anyone but just to tell you we have such companies in Malaysia….


nice to know that there are good companies in Malaysia and that the staff is being appreciated... I wish my next destination have at least some this quaities...

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biting it & moving on...

Status: biting the bullet and moving on...my last day 28th Apr, my new place start date either 7 or 12 May 09

I have to say, its really difficult doing work and performing your best when there's no motivation...they took that away (u know...HR & their stupid memo)...as much as I want to complete my work, I can't give my best, I'm really trying though...

Well...it's just another 3 weeks...I'm trying to come out with my handover list on top of completing this outstanding methodology manual for FTP (the project I didn't want to be involved in fully, but am at the moment handling)...arghhh!!

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I'm boiling inside...

OK..so the thing about the paying back the advance bonus is true...see what I got from HR today..

We received your Resignation Letter, dated 3 April 2009.
Attached forms are for your further action..bla bla bla

We reserve the right to offset such sums duly held by us to satisfy the value of any Bank property not returned by you and any monies owing to the Bank.

Please be informed that HR will withhold your last salary (April 2009) and amount due to you will be credited to your Bank Account by first week of the following month (May 2009).

Refer to memo issued by HR on ADVANCE BONUS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2008/09 (Ref : HR/IN/what everrrr), please be informed that
“In the event that an employee were to resign and/or be terminated from the Bank’s service prior to the payment of the final bonus for whatever reason(s), the advance bonus paid earlier would be treated as debt recoverable from the employee. The employee would have the repay the advance bonus paid before the last working day with the Bank.”

I have no intentions to complete my outstanding work, like why should I? It's not like the are paying me anything this month - obviously my pay is gonna be witheld to pay back the advance 1 month bonus (like for last years performance which I did perform!!) ...they can go to hell for all I care! Burning bridges..? maybe I am...but who started it?

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Selamat Pengantin Baru Mich & Nairul

Mich tied the knot with her highschool sweetheart (Nairul Aifelrizam)..the Akad was on friday 03-04-09..but I couldn't make it...well I almost couldn't make it for the rest of it, but thank god I had Ija to accompany me to Kuantan...

You see, we (dora & her friend din together with me) were suppose to make this trip for Mich's wedding, but on friday, Dora smssed me and told me that she had fallen in the toilet & had injured her back, it was really bad that she couldn't move (kesian dia), leaving me all alone to go to Kuantan. Since I had already paid for the hotel, yeah using the voucher which requires 72 hours in advance for cancellation, but since this was less than 24 hours, I felt it would be such a waste if I didn't go as all the arrangements had been made. Moreover, I was the only one left to represent the Actuarial gang from UKM...didn't want to let Michelle down..not on her wedding day...thanks a lot Ija for being able to accompany me on short notice...

04-04-09: Merah Kenduri belah perempuan & 05-04-09: Hijau Putih belah lelaki





Pengantin Pompuan (mich) ni mmg suka posing...




Our stay @ Hyatt Kuantan...was really nice... I wanna go again!


We sat at the beach till late night, I was reading a malay novel (borrowed from Su) "Surat Ungu untuk Nuha"...It was really relaxing and great reading by the beach with the sound of the waves...I loved it! btw..that's Sh.Syikin...she was staying there as well...we hardly meet in KL..and we bump into each other there..!

Congratulations to Mazliana & Nairul Aifelrizam


Ija offered to drive back from Kuantan to KL, from Bentong onwads it was raining heavilly, there were quite a number of accidents along the way, thank God we reached home in one piece...

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I did it!

After 5 years & 7+ months of service, I finally tendered my resignation here with 1 month notice, I really hope my career path opens up to be better in the future...I hope I made the right decision...after all this complaining and whining about my job, suddenly I feel so berat hati...I thought I'd feel relief...hmm...Put says it's because I'm making a big & risky decision... the hardest thing to do is usually the right thing to do - she heard that in a movie somewhere (mana put?):)...I hope it's true though...
xoxo!!

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Blank document...

It’s a blank document for now, I can’t write, I’m very much de-motivated. Deadline after deadlines, all have been postponed due to reprioritization of other project and on going work. So now…how do I proceed? I have been de-motivated ever since I knew there was nothing for me at the end of the tunnel? There’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow (well not much of a rainbow anymore)… What am I working hard for?

Another thing that has been bugging me is the fact that the identified person replacing me (because I have requested for a transfer to another team) has actually lesser work experience (2.5 years) but is given my same position with a higher pay, now…what’s wrong here? Don’t you see…I’m just not appreciated, if one person who doesn’t know anything especially on the current project can come in and demand a higher pay, why should I bother completing the documentations anymore? As I said there’s nothing left for me, for all I know, they will change the author and take my documents as theirs...I really don’t feel like completing it! But still, I want the satisfaction of completing it... (Still feeling like I shouldn’t though)

Anyway…If I were to resign today, I heard that the advance bonus given will have to be paid back? Huh!!? That’s our performance bonus for the year, which was paid in advance, and it is the end of the year already (FYE Mar 09), so why is it that we have to pay it back? As it is, the actual payout is always late i.e. in June or July, and the fact that we are letting that go should be good enough, why ask to pay back what has been paid out? What kind of mentality is this? Anyway...this I heard from a friend who just resigned…I think its total garbage to take back what has been given based on our performance for the year which has actually ended
!

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sigh..something's not right...

Sometimes I feel like I’m in the wrong profession, I enjoy helping people, and I don’t see myself doing what I enjoy doing. So much so, that when people actually ask for help around the office, I wouldn’t mind helping, it feels great! I like helping them to understand things be it technical understanding or system or anything at all at work. I feel the satisfaction of having taught them to do or understand something. Having said this, I have come to like doing other people’s work as long as its not mine, I don’t like doing what I have to do, but I wouldn’t mind doing it, if another person ask for my help to do it, even if it was previously my work. Get it?

Gee what’s my problem! Get back to work Shaz...like do your own work! (Yes I’m yelling to myself)

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