someone kindly explains to me why the whole freaking world is so fucking selfish and overzealous to shrink responsibilities?
the affiliated flower shop tells me they refuse to do the hampers because they only do the cheaper versions. they have everything needed, so they'll give it to me and have me do it myself.
my accountant expects me to stock take the freaking shop full of 10,001 bottles using totally unrelated serial numbers. just because it makes her data entry easier. even though we had her personally come down to try doing a bloody stock take in the bloody cellar.
my dear assistant manager happily changes his appointment to today. screwing up my whole delivery shedule.
my own cousin, and aunt, come and bitch to me about how wrong i was to have them take the stock urgently. even though i had the neccessary documents and he himself said he'll get it tomorrow. due to the lack of manpower, i asked him if he could send the wines for me. answer?
'No. Its not my job scope. You got new driver, its you and him only.'
like what the fuck.
so the whole world is being underpaid and should do less work.
everything else is not part of the job so someone else should do it.
someone else being the sales staff, whom unfortunately don't have 'hamper decorator, genius serial memoriser, delivery man cum storeman' under my job title.
oh boy. just attended Borneo's little wine tasting.
needless to say, the wines were provided by us.
talk about shocking revalations. while all the while communicating via phone/email i had automatically assumed that the Borneo girls were all weathered, experienced, executive level woman in their late forties.
they turned out to be a bunch of young, pretty(?) vibrant girl who dont look much older than me.
though i wasnt directly involved in the event (having prepared the wines, documents and random backend stuff)
went down to have a glimpse of my new am's presentation skills.
and at the risk of sounding like a stubborn, snobbish, arrogant and overconfident brat
i would say i'd do a better job.
possibilities possibilities, i didnt exactly do it, so i'm in no position to comment
hmm I used to laugh off the people who come to me and say 'but you sure you wanna be a wine salesman for life meh?'
due to the common image of salesmen being lowly paid and all.
frankly speaking, the wine trade is truly one lucrative field. due to the lack of trained staff and the difficulty of training one.
so, the salesman are considerably well paid.
IF you're getting paid what you're worth, that is.
recently, I've been experiencing what is commonly known as dissent.
due to a understanding that all my new colleagues are getting 2k basic + 600 minimum commission.
well i guess i've lived past that part. at least i consider myself mature enough to know that while underpaid, the salary i'm drawing is still considerably higher than most my peers.
i had the mentality instead of relaxing since i'm getting less money, i tried to justify my worth by working harder, putting in more effort. all because i had to harbor the hope that i'm being overlooked and at least somewhere along my career i'll be paid properly soon.
alas. even when my colleagues start telling me to cool down so that they've got some work to do, and not appear totally useless, my pay doesnt seem to increase.
do note i'm not even asking for a higher pay. i'm merely seeking equality or at least somewhere near the amount they're getting, if you're gonna cite my lack of experience as an excuse for less pay.
but the last straw, comes when i actually discover that they're practically telling the whole world how highly paid i am.
and hearing comments from your own boss and cousin like:
1. wah lau, you so highly paid now la! commission one month about 1k right! minimum already like 600.
2. (refering to my ex-colleague) siao la! 1600 basic how to work! you think china labor ah!
or hearing from your figurehead boss and uncle going:
1. (refering to money for buying coffee) no need to give him la! you know he one month getting how much anot!
or hearing your own useless father complaining:
1. you know he one month only give me 200! they told me his pay 2.4k lei!
furthermore hearing your colleagues giving you false titles like:
1. wah employ new AM (assistant manager) liao, GM!
2. tomorrow later vincent don't come to work, the anchor for retail no more!
3. next month try not to take leave, cause the boss all not around
i have to admit, my one biggest fault is my ego. i refuse to be undermined. and i absolutely hate it when people start having their own ideas about me.
what truly pisses me off, is that they're trying to make it sound like they're treating us darn well, so that even if we quit, we'll be branded as ungrateful people because we're supposingly well taken care of.
more like well taken advantage of.
note the we refers to me and another cousin.
true, we might not be crucial to the company.
we might not have years of (unrelated) experience
we might not have double degrees, masters
but paying someone else, who's obviously doing less work, so much more?
to people who start thinking that working for your own family means an easy job and easy money, let me tell you this.
SCREW YOU.
just because the bloody fact that its family means i cant actually demand what is due to me.
i cant just march into the office and demand an explanation.
true. it does mean political immunity.
but the price of that immunity?
there was a time i would have considered my life long service, considering how they helped fund my studies here in Singapore. I wouldnt mind, if the pay was alright. in fact, i was pretty happy working the 1st half of the year, when all of us were paid almost equally, even if i did have extra work to do.
now? talk about time to start considering long term plans.
it might be ungrateful.
it might be dishonourable.
it might be a total bastardly thing to do.
but hell, i never was a person with a goody two shoes image anyway.
callous, heartless, cold blooded, unfilial.
compassion and mercy is but a luxury afforded to those who are top of the food chain.
those are fed full can afford to spare scraps.
people like us who are bottom of the food chain, like mere planktons?
honour is sure not something i can afford to keep.
just for the information? your's truly is drawing 1600 basic, pus minimum 300 comm.
