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angst angst
this week has been brutal so far.
just wrapped up some work that i brought home. i broke down at work this week because i guess it was too steep a learning curve for me and i hadn't expected such a tsunami of work to land. left the office at midnight on Monday and at 11pm on Tuesday with work still hanging over my head. that's the thing about work - it never ends. so you either have to make a conscious effort to push it out or it will subconsciously hang at the back of your head.
either way, i told my colleague today that i was facing a bit of unexpected stress at work and expected a tinge of sympathy at least. however, apart from a totally indifferent reply, i even got a chiding and i was lumped into the group of 'millenials' who can't endure hardship. that, made me flare up. i was biting back my comments because it was really unfair to compare said person's internship experience to mine. apparently this colleague had stayed long nights during his/her internship and chionged work till 3-4 am before without complaints and doing very mundane tasks. so he/she didn't see why i had a problem doing mundane tasks as it's something that is expected of me. so there was a lot of talking down and at the end of it he/she asked me 'why don't you think about your work ethic? you just expect the company to give you something and you're not doing anything for the company.' that was the last straw. obviously i held my tongue back but really, i was this close to exploding.
i think it's really unfair that you put a blanket term on the 'millenials'. things have changed. we want to add value in ways that are different. just because you had to stay till 4am previously doesn't mean we should. there definitely is a more efficient way to do things and if this ahem no.1 agency in the world isn't realising the value its employees can bring to the table, i don't see why i should be giving my 200% when it probably isn't going to be valued anyway. i'm not a machine.
either way this comment has spurred me to want to work even harder just to prove you wrong. just as how you're 'value adding', i'm going to do the same. i'm going to take classes and add value to all my clients. just you wait and see.
also, i'll miss you.
just wrapped up some work that i brought home. i broke down at work this week because i guess it was too steep a learning curve for me and i hadn't expected such a tsunami of work to land. left the office at midnight on Monday and at 11pm on Tuesday with work still hanging over my head. that's the thing about work - it never ends. so you either have to make a conscious effort to push it out or it will subconsciously hang at the back of your head.
either way, i told my colleague today that i was facing a bit of unexpected stress at work and expected a tinge of sympathy at least. however, apart from a totally indifferent reply, i even got a chiding and i was lumped into the group of 'millenials' who can't endure hardship. that, made me flare up. i was biting back my comments because it was really unfair to compare said person's internship experience to mine. apparently this colleague had stayed long nights during his/her internship and chionged work till 3-4 am before without complaints and doing very mundane tasks. so he/she didn't see why i had a problem doing mundane tasks as it's something that is expected of me. so there was a lot of talking down and at the end of it he/she asked me 'why don't you think about your work ethic? you just expect the company to give you something and you're not doing anything for the company.' that was the last straw. obviously i held my tongue back but really, i was this close to exploding.
i think it's really unfair that you put a blanket term on the 'millenials'. things have changed. we want to add value in ways that are different. just because you had to stay till 4am previously doesn't mean we should. there definitely is a more efficient way to do things and if this ahem no.1 agency in the world isn't realising the value its employees can bring to the table, i don't see why i should be giving my 200% when it probably isn't going to be valued anyway. i'm not a machine.
either way this comment has spurred me to want to work even harder just to prove you wrong. just as how you're 'value adding', i'm going to do the same. i'm going to take classes and add value to all my clients. just you wait and see.
also, i'll miss you.
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