this is something i wrote back then about work-life balance. i post it in a forum and it managed to catch some attention. here it goes.
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i've been in this forum for a while and i can see that threads about 'long working hours' is increasing. be it accenture, the big 4, advertising, engineers, lawyers.
i notice that every time someone raise this issue in this forum, people will start bombarding them with this:
1. young generation now days is always complaining
2. that's life. live with it
3. if want to be successful, that's the only way
i am concerned...
i believe in the beginning of civilization. we 'work' to live. people hunt to eat. people fish to eat. however now days, its vice versa. people live to work. people work 12 hours a day. people work on weekends. people sacrifice public holidays. all of their hours in life is spend at work.
and yet... people say: "that's life. live with it"
i am concerned...
the present companies are smart. they officially announced that "we don't force you to work in late/weekend", but yet they giving out workload at 6 pm on friday evening with a "please complete this by monday. this is important!" note attached to it.
and yet... people say: "if want to be successful, that's the only way"
i am concerned...
executives have no over time but we are force to work like hell. in the contract it is stated "the working hours is from 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, however SOMETIMES your may be required to work extra hours" which is eventually EVERYTIME. if our boss invite a meeting at 9 pm, we can't complain. although "hey, it's way past normal working hours!"
because we if we do... people say "young generation now days is always complaining"
i am concerned...
when we were young 'they' say "we want well rounded graduates". which are excellent at academics, actively playing sports, have a heart for musics, excellent leadership skill, never ending extra-curricular activities. but when we work, we dont have time to do other stuff besides work. we were raised to be balance. but when we grow up. balance is a crime. "generation Y" is known for their work-life balance preference.why? because we were raised that way.
ambitious yet balance.
hard-working yet balance.
work hard, play hard culture remember? you taught us that.
hey and yet... we can't complain.
i am concerned...
heavy workload, lack of resources, un-skilled work force, tight dateline are the common cause for this long hours. all of them are clearly a bad management mistakes/issues. but yet, amazingly we were brainwash.
work 12 hours a day? that's life...
and people DO believe in that!
why do you think in contract it's says 9 am-5 pm? why didn't say 9 am - 12 am? to be fair they should right? because...that's life!
companies now days are totally profit driven. especially in this globalize world. competition are tight. our cost of living is rising. inflation is high. so they thought about "let's use the desperate for jobs people out there!"
today, there are no longer hard-work slave labor. but there is the modern 'intellectual' slave labor. yes... same thing, different name.
i can't stop by laugh by myself. what a life :D
i am concerned...
i am concerned... Thursday, November 11, 2010
programmers are like... Thursday, January 7, 2010
programmers are like....prostitutes.
1. we work weird (night) shift...
just like prostitutes.
2. they pay you to make the client happy...
just like a prostitute.
3. the client pays a lot of money, but your employer keeps almost every penny...
just like a prostitute.
4. you are rewarded for fulfilling the client's dreams...
just like a prostitute.
5. your friends fall apart and you end up hanging out with people in the same profession as you...
just like a prostitute.
6. when you have to meet the client you always have to be perfectly groomed...
just like a prostitute.
7. but when you go back home it seems like you are coming back from hell...
just like a prostitute.
8. the client always wants to pay less but expects incredible things from you...
just like a prostitute.
9. when people ask you about your job, you have difficulties to explain it...
just like a prostitute.
10. every day when you wake up, you say: "I'm not going to spent the rest of my life doing this."
just like a prostitute ........
:):):):):)
365 days (looking back) Monday, January 4, 2010
5/1/2010 its my 1st anniversary as a working adult. weee! :)
remembering back on my 1st day of my 1st job at KPMG,
back then i really dont know what to expect.
of work, of life, of work-life.ha-ha. of anything actually.
its been 365 days since then. what happen along the way was just life.
i've walk the path i've choosen, and this is a look back
date: 5/1/2010
the title is EXECUTIVE.
at IT advisory dept - KMPG business advisory
my 1st project was with PETRONAS
doing IT audit. the 1st 3 months i was shadowing a senior.
check on system integrity, back up, disaster recovery etc
not much responsibility. the work in nature also quite relaxing.
then i was assigned to MICROSOFT team. doing a licensing compliance.
go to companies. check entitlement vs deployment
got the chance to travel a lot. go to lots of companies. interesting!
sometimes do require stay back but in really rare cases
i started playing tennis
and i played almost everyday after work (wah life so good this time)
actively playing futsal. we have KPMG groups who usually play once, twice a week
able to watch news at 8pm! ha-ha
oh, i also bought a new Blackberry phone for myself woo!
but i didnt like my work :(
13/07/2009
programmer at ACCENTURE
assigned to TM project - SIEBEL team
my 1st task was to do a DB import
which i know nothing about
i couldn't sleep for a week because of the task
its haunting me!
keep bugging the seniors on the how, what, do and donts
then i was assigned to BIP reports
the challenge was they is no BIP specialist in my team
no one to ask
really need to dig a lot of stuff from GOOGLE
i was responsible for BIP reports and the Subject-Matter-Expert
so it went from, development phase - testing phase - production phase
now its LIVE woohoo! (ofcourse i laugh, cried and scolded along the way ha-ha)
i like my work (atleast for now. he-he)
i like the challenge. i like the responsibility.
but i dont like the work-life balance
work late everyday. work on weekends/public holidays
i miss playing tennis, futsal, sleep, hang outs, holidays, friends, doing nothing
shit, i miss life! ha-ha
i trade passion for work with life. i dont know if its a fair trade.
life unfair. but life unfair to everyone. thats make life fair.
ofcouse there always a day when i look back and say
"i should've stay with KPMG" or
"i should've join ORACLE instead" or
"i should've join IBM"
but i believe in that its not about making the right decision but,
its about making the decision right
its the time to look forward instead :)
HAPPY START-WORK ANNIVERSARY TO ME!
my new year wish 2010 Friday, January 1, 2010
1.go to states
2.go to states
3.go to states
4.go to states
5.go to states
6.go to states
7.go to states
8.go to states
9.go to states
10.make a snowman
thought of graduating... Friday, October 17, 2008
its been a while since my last post... hehe. busy busy busy :)
28 days. thats all the time i left. for a moment i realized that i was just about to start a new chapter in my life. my feeling is rather mixed up. Making me confused.
If feel excited, relieved, sad, satisfied, lost, uncertain…
I hope there wouldn’t be anyone bothers to ask me “best ke nak grad?” or “how does it feel eh da habis?” Because the only answer they would get is “err…” + a smile.. hehe senyum tu sedekah
guess what? exam starts today! Friday, May 16, 2008
#include
int main(void)
{
int count;
for(count=1; count<=1000000; count++)
printf("yeay, i flunked my 1st paper!!!");
return 0;
}
damn -_-"