Why i felt so lonely these day ? Is it one of the characteristic of Aries with the personality of Popular Sanguine and Powerful Choleric? May be these days,there are not much "fresh" things for me, as usual routine work, liasing with vendors to expedite the delivery of our packages, chased for documentation from our suppliers, updating equipment list bla bla bla....sound boring isnt it ? But this is the phase one need to go through at the end of the engineering phase waiting for the vessel to sail off and hopefully by then will receive my project completion bonus as a token of appreciation from the management to all the employees who stay loyal until the ship sail off.......this is my 1st ponder.
At this time round it is also the most critical time for all employees as it decides who will stay and who has to leave the company. Not not for me, the "little prawn" who just learned to swim in the ocean of the working world. But it worth to stop & think about the criterias that the management value most to determine who stay & who not staying. --------This is my 2nd ponder.
This is a cruel world,those who are chosen to stay will start thinking of negotiating for better salary/remuneration package while those who have to go will need to hunt for job. So, this is the most unstable stage in a company ( i think i need to explain that there are a few project phases namely : Conceptual > Bidding > Engineering > Construction > Commissioning > Production) ...u get to see new employees joining the construction team or commissioning team everyday...where it also means that someone from engineering department need to be relocated if there is a suitable position in the company else good luck to him.
So you get to see employees talking to phone during office hour apprently it is not about work as they tend to walk out of the office for phone call or will close their office door ( for those higher rank one )while talking to phone...i need to say that the higher rank you the more dangerous you will be at the end of the project. This has been the topic for us during our lunch time for the past 2 months and i believe this will still be the main topic for the coming few months. Peoples are trying to look around for job opportunity since company couldnt confirm whether they are going to stay or leave....so human nature to look for safety place to park themselves b4 it is too late start to take control. Why the management allow this unstable to happen ? How to avoid this unstable from happening ? (The ans lies on the number of new projects we will secure in the coming few months...but one thing to stress is that there is no need to have so many employees at the beginning of the project. It is only in the later stage where more people are required.) So, how to keep the people at this point of time ? -------This is my 3rd ponder.
My next concern is what next after this project ? -----My 4th ponder.
I will be meeting with the HR on coming Monday morning to discuss about the training program that im currently enrol. But sad to say,i know that nothing is laid out in the company plan yet at this moment. Seriously, i dont mind if they dont have any plan for me but provided im allow to choose for / decide what i want to do next. I have been thinking of this for some time. And now i think i know what i need so that after the training program (now is the 11th month of the 2 yrs program) i have equipped myself with sufficient knowledge + experiences to negotiate for better remuneration package/ career path for myself. It is related to my 1st ponder of how to increase my own value, it applies to my current company and also to other companies in the same field. For the past 11th months i have many chances working with engineers from various back ground ( (1)pure design type, (2)those with offshore or sailing experiences )and i discover that it is very important to have offshore / sailing experience ( experience to operate the equipment / systems of vessel ) for someone who will be doing design of the system and buying the packages on for the vessel. Now that i come to appreciate the experience of those who have sailing / offshore experiences as it comes in handy to decide / justify the quantity & type of equipments we are buying ( apart from fulfilling the international/ local regulation). When come across a problem, those who have working experience on board the vessel can imagine ( there is a clear picture of the location of the equipments, thus the estimated quantity, type of equipment etc) in a split of sec .But i didnt say that the 11th months working in office is a waste of time as i come to appreciate the need of working offshore/ on board the vessel after i gone through the engineering drawing which sometime i really couldnt understand even after a few attempts. But from the drawings and specification i learn to what to pay attention to when dealing with certain equipments. So i believe i can quickly recall the drawings that i have seen before next time when i come across it onboard the vessel. It is like going through the questions 1st b4 reading the long comprehension.
But will i have the chance to go offshore ? What am i going to do next ? All will come to know after Monday discussion with the HR in-charged. The discussion is just the beginning , there are still long long way to go ...but atleast i take the 1st step to approach the HR..Cheers n i will need to start planing for meeting on Monday morning..LOL!! Finally something fresh come to my mind ya...by the way tomorrow still will go to company to settle some stuffs as i promissed to send to my lead on Monday...Bo pian , sendiri cari punya pasal. LOL!!
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