Yup... i'm up and about around 9am this morning, excited to get up so i can have my cup of coffee and some treats before i can pour out my thoughts....
Its been a stressful week.... work was the same, tons of calls to be answered. what was sad about the past work week is its our last time to be together with my teammates under the helm of our dear TM .... starting tomorrow i'll be reporting to someone else. That's one of the sad realities of working in a call center industry. You are reshuffled from time to time just like chess pieces controlled by just one hand (in our case its the Operations Manager) and you have no choice but to follow. As they would put it, "trabaho lang, walang personalan"...... The good thing is our account is relatively a small group so no matter what team you get assigned to, i will always see my former teammates.
One thing you can't get away though is office politics. No matter where you go, you'll always have to deal with it. Its just sad that you are trying to work and others dont give as much but they get away with it and worse, get the credit. So one thing i've learned when i was promoted, just go with the flow and just show them what you've got because at the end of the end, that's all that matters. It doesnt matter if they're more senior, bottomline is people will see what you're really made of and that's want counts. No Office Politics can stop that....
Tomorrow is a start of a new week..... Honestly, its not something to look forward to but at least there's something to keep me busy, sane and grounded. And the best thing about going to work is the thought the day will end soon and you'll be heading home to be with the people you love.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
GETTING THRU THE STORM
Two weeks ago Benjie got the worst treatment from his work. When he was about to finish his work for the day, the Manager's Assistant/Magnified Alalay Paul approached him and gave him a memo suspending him for 30 days ("preventive suspension" as they termed it) for "Malicious and Slanderous Text Messages" sent to his boss' husband informing him that his wife (who happens to be Benjie's boss for the last 8 years and a half) is having an extra marital affair. According to them, said messages came from Benjie's prepaid number that he was using. They confirmed this when a staff borrowed Benjie's phone to text their Big Boss. To make the story short, he was accused of something Benjie never did and will never do not even in his wildest dreams. He even reasoned out to the said Assistant that he is not stupid to send malicious messages and still use the said sim card.
When Benjie told me this the following day I literally blew my top especially when I saw him in tears..... yes, tears of pain and anger roll down his cheeks . Imagine after more than 8 years of working with them, this is what you get. For quite sometime now management of 22nd st has been treating theif staff badly. No overtime pays, no benefits and most often than not their paychecks are released late a day or two but never did Benjie complained and instead took everything in stride. But this accusation was the last straw to any decent employee could take.
We wasted no time and made phone calls looking for friends who can help us out. Luckily, a family friend (One of my brother's brad) gladly accepted the case and wasted no time in answering said memo, assuring us that we are in safe hands and that we will not give up a good battle since we are on the winning side, and two weeks into the said "case" it seems that things are going our way after we've confirmed with the cellphone company details and dates of activation of the prepaid sim he is using, we can now somehow breath a little. its still a long way to go but as our dear lawyer Rene would say... we will give them a good fight and make them pay back.
The best thing that happened during this stormy two weeks is we became closer and we started going to the adoration chapel... actually more than anyone, its Benjie who goes to the Adoration Chapel to pray (considering that he is not a catholic). He would deligently go to church every afternoon or evening to spend some time and pray. Julia and I would sometimes go with him to say a special prayer of thanks and request for strength that we may overcome this obstacle.
With Faith, hope, love and friends around us, we are getting thru this storm and we are looking forward to the day we will emerge as winners in this battle and eventually Benjie's name and reputation will be cleared and be vindicated.
When Benjie told me this the following day I literally blew my top especially when I saw him in tears..... yes, tears of pain and anger roll down his cheeks . Imagine after more than 8 years of working with them, this is what you get. For quite sometime now management of 22nd st has been treating theif staff badly. No overtime pays, no benefits and most often than not their paychecks are released late a day or two but never did Benjie complained and instead took everything in stride. But this accusation was the last straw to any decent employee could take.
We wasted no time and made phone calls looking for friends who can help us out. Luckily, a family friend (One of my brother's brad) gladly accepted the case and wasted no time in answering said memo, assuring us that we are in safe hands and that we will not give up a good battle since we are on the winning side, and two weeks into the said "case" it seems that things are going our way after we've confirmed with the cellphone company details and dates of activation of the prepaid sim he is using, we can now somehow breath a little. its still a long way to go but as our dear lawyer Rene would say... we will give them a good fight and make them pay back.
The best thing that happened during this stormy two weeks is we became closer and we started going to the adoration chapel... actually more than anyone, its Benjie who goes to the Adoration Chapel to pray (considering that he is not a catholic). He would deligently go to church every afternoon or evening to spend some time and pray. Julia and I would sometimes go with him to say a special prayer of thanks and request for strength that we may overcome this obstacle.
With Faith, hope, love and friends around us, we are getting thru this storm and we are looking forward to the day we will emerge as winners in this battle and eventually Benjie's name and reputation will be cleared and be vindicated.
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