Workaholic boss
Im in a marine lubricant business support unit, my boss is an extremely workaholic person… he can blast emails anytime, anywhere… he sends email and calls even he is driving, he sees every enquiries like gold…
our KPI is to respond to every enquiry within 3 working hours… after working hours, he will still call or text asking for the costings… it is endless…
I joined this company last year Oct… still less than 3 months, but i have been trained to work like an old bird, ot everyday… the first 2 weeks i already couldnt take it, no work life balance at all, i have to work on weekends as well… i wanted to quit but i was bonded by recruiter’s contract hence must at least fulfilled 3 months employment otherwise to compensate 1 month pay… #FML
i was told this is a 24/7 standby role however it is never a “standby”, it is literally working 24/7… the enquiries never stopped, the workload is extremely high, one word – endless… I took up this job because the package was good (at least i thought it was good, 25 days annual leaves, 2-3 months vb, work location near my house) now i regret max, my previous job was a much easier role and it was just 20% increments than previous job… still my annual pay is less than 60k, working for 24/7, totally not worth it…
I hope my boss will see this post (i doubt he has time to read any others thing than his emails) i wanted to tell him to treat his staffs like a human, we are not robot (even robot needs to re-charge) everyone has a life, dont think so big about the penny he is paying to us can buy 24/7 of our time… 25 days annual leave is overrated, cant enjoy fully…
Here are what netizens think:
- Better to have wasted 4 years than 4 decades if you still go in with both eyes closed. Now you are smarter. Yay!
- Some people do change for the better but not all. It’s good that it’s only 4 years and no longer than that.
- Take the time to work on your personal finances and allow that guy to do whatever he wants xD