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Tuesday, July 19, 2011


Jul 19 2011 --- The Talk


Its been a talk week these 2 days ... on monday we had comms session which announced details of a change of scheme within the organisation which merge the cleical officers together with diploma holders ... from the sound of it ... one can expect to go further with just the diploma ... nothing much changes in terms of benefits in other areas ... a slight widening of the pay range equates to us having a longer time to reach ceiling in the event no promotion comes along the way ... thats probably welcoming i guess ... also with the revision there is a slight pay adjustment too ... a 3% for those below the median and $50 for those above the median ... thats probably an attempt to close the gap between officers within the same grade ... well ... there is an option to opt in or to remain which i didnt even had to consider ... actually to me ... this is a no brainer option ... back then when we were on fixed increment scale there is a change to opt for merit increment based on performance ... yes ... thats an area to consider carefully as opting in will means being at mercy of the person doing your appraisal while being on fixed means that ur performance bonus is affected but ur increment is fixed ... thats something to think hard about ... for this time round ... its really just telling you that if u opt in u will see a slight increase in ur pay immediately whereas if u choose not to ... u r stupid ... i filled up the option form and was offering to collate those who signed up for submission to HR ... ok ... i guess during the july increment run there is alot of talk about the lousy increment etc etc etc ... then come this little 3% extra ... guess it did pacify some pple abit ... personally ... i guess i aint impressed with wat was offered and i surely did slam the whole thing up down left right centre ... especially amidst the talks of those who promoted and gotten shitty increments ... i guess i just couldnt help but feel wronged for them given the pathetic increment vs their efforts put in ... well ... regardless of wat the case is ... its kind over for the time being and as usual ... being singaporeans ... we kpkb kpkb kpkb then forget about it the next day ... *shrugzz*

today DH had a talk with the section heads wrt to the scheme thingy and had officers from each sections attending ... i was arrowed to go and during the meeting its the usual blah blah blah on views ... good or bad ... make sense no sense thingys ... i said my piece in a way ... and somehow the section heads seems to criticize the scheme till like shit and well DH was apparently pissed off in a way ... coz to her she felt that its free increment which officers are getting for free and y are we complaining ??? ok ... i kinda gotta agree with her that indeed its free money lah ... but actually its like make up for the sucky increment initially ... so all in its merely a fair package rather than excessive ... so ... ya lah ... its not alarming that pple arent overly appreciative actually =X will probably sit on the fence for this thing lah ... cant really be bothered ...

wat bothered me most was the exercise on job sizing and it caused abit of alarm when i heard that HR is under impression that finance is abit underworked ... i mean ... for God sake ... that doesnt even sound fair ... at least ... when compared to HR ... i m sure we didnt fair that badly can ... benefit of doubt to them ... at least i m sure we are doing operational work at a level which is constantly contributing to the company ... as for themselves ... *snigger* i shant comment ... anyway that impression sorta made our DH jump the trigger too ... end up she had to personally draft the JD for the vacancy that my team have to ensure that we have sizing of job that justify the headcount we are trying to fill up ... ok ... my GJ gave her a brief writeup and erm ... probably it didnt serve her purpose totally and i keena international call up into DH's room to shed more light ... knn ... GJ is really pro at disappearing at critical times ... WTF ... or rather she always have official reasons not to be around when the need arises ... sigh ... anyway it was not a bad thing too ... coz after the international call up ... i spend the remaining time talking to DH about how things are ... voiced out my comments and views ... it was a very open chat ... i was darn frank in saying wat i wanted to say ... she recognised the displeasure i had about GJ and well ... call it diplomatic or wat ... i can feel that DH is also trying to speak up for GJ and made me feel that actually GJ does shield her team although her methods seems aloof and high handed at times ... ok lah ... i didnt read too much into it ... but DH cited an example which confirmed my opinion that she is trying to score points for GJ and from the example i know that she is also saving grace for me ... she is basically trading her 'close eye on my issue' in return for my 'close eye on GJ issue' in a bid to ensure GJ and me dun become outright enemies ... i mean ... ok ... point taken ... when the rebellious kid in me strikes ... i guess its rather terrifying at times coz the kid is always prepared to sacrifice himself together with any obstacle along the way ... to see it in a better light i deem it as DH still having faith in me in discharging my duties and thus i m still useful ... or at least useful until she can get herself some similar officers who she can always be proud to showoff to when it come to appraisal ranking fight with other divisions ... ok ... i m not trying to hao lian ... with all due respect i do not think that highly of myself ... just that i m counting my blessings that the calibre of fellow officers are not that great ... not that i m complaining of course ... anyway its just about making use of each other lah ... dun have to get too serious about this ... anyway i m thinking of my exit ... but then its saddening that it seems to get further n further away sia ... i gotta hope that some surprises come along the way ... if not it seems improble that i can get out before year end ... ARGH ... pek chek sia ... GOD !! HELP ME!!!


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