Recently meet up with 3 ex-colleagues, 2 of them have changed a job, 1 is with me in the same company, the other 1 just started a new job not more than 1 month. Asking her how she feel, she said she has no regrets at all and was glad she made this decision to change. Paywise much higher and normal office hour job, which means she she have to work on weekend, also admin job. She feel she have alot of new things to learn, like before to others, what we do in the old company, the experience we have can only go into customer service line.
If you want to find admin job, not that easy as we don’t have enough of admin experience. When our only ex-colleague who is still staying said she want to gain more admin experience, the other 2 laugh at her and tell her impossible. The little bit of admin things we do are nothing to the outside world. To the outside world we are considered no experience at all, its only you go into that line than you will realise there is so much to learn, and learning are never-ending.
Of cause till now i am still learning, gaining experience, i am not sure how long i will stay in this company, but confirm have to stay at least 2 years to gain the admin experience. I suddenly remember what all my ex-colleauges told me when they left, they all say the same thing, there is so much to learn, so much that you will never learn in my old company. I now agree with them. I didn’t say much about changing job to our this ex-colleauge, afterall she has to make her own decision, our ex-company afterall still ok, i can only say everywhere is the same, only is to see what you really want.
She wanted to change as she wanted a normal office hour job too, sat and sun she can have time to spend with her 2 kids. Thats what she say, but she didnt really take action in looking for a job, but i feel our ex-company is also ok for her, as she often need to take leave as her mum wants to go back and no one could help her take care of the kids, she can actually arrange herself to off or take leave, as long there is someone to cover for her. But because of shift hours, she will not have much time to guide her kids in their studies. So there are good and bad points, if she change to a normal office hours job, all sat and sun off, work till 530pm and go home, she will have more time for her 2 kids, but if she have to take leave, will the company be able to allow her to take so often? There are times when she need to take alot of leave within the same mth, others might want to take leave too, sometimes in a department cannot have 2 person go on leave on the same time. So she really have to think carefully. Up to her to decide, no one can make a decision for her.
I could see she feel very stress, she have to learn to overcome that. If she cant take this stress, how is she going to face the stress in the outside world? For me, i like the freedom there, only the hours i dont like and i dont like to face those customers, bosses seldom come, only my manager comes. And for bonus wise, they are quite good. As for politics, everywhere is the same. Only see how you handle it. There are also good and bad, so it doesnt really matter that much, what i want is the experience, if i happen to want to change a job, at least now i have experience in being a admin.
Duing our recent meet up, we heard there are some changes, don’t know its good or bad, but the one to suffers are also the front desk, as we are the one facing customers. Somehow I feel abit glad I was no longer there to handle those customers. Other changes i feel is abit funny, but if i am still there, i wont really care. I will still do what i want haha. I really should go update my resume, add in this new company haha. In case I need it in future, I might forget the date I start work. So its best to update it 1st. Where did I save it in? Must go and dig liao.
Anyway I like to add that recently I heard one colleague kena disturbed by ghost, I just wonder why don’t the ghost disturb that HRM hahaha…..I would like to see her scared looks… :p
