Juz a normal guy in this whacky world... Striving to have a "normal" if there is one in this world...

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Am I a teacher or a manager in a MNC?

Today I feel like I was a teacher in secondary.
Where you have kids ponteng school and classes and all that.
Then you have to call their parents to iron things out.
Damn I don't like it but this incident made my day :)

I have chinese guy reporting to me recently.
He's actually from the same college as me, actually same year as well.
When he came for the interview he was surprised that he was being interviewed by me. Eventually I hired him as I thought that he would be okay the interview went fine and all that.
Little did I know I was gonna get the ride of my life as manager.
He started work soon after all the training we put him through.
He had a lot of problems following instructions and he had communication issues as well as some attitude issues.
One of those guys that always have to leave early, always a NO man, never YES.
So being his manager of coz I have to lecture him and all that but I also tried subtle ways, as a friend, telling him about his problems and how to improve it.
Guess what happened next? He went missing on me.

He was on medical leave on Friday, the following Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday he took emergency leave, then on Thursday he went on medical again. This actually got me very pissed off. Being a friend and manager and the person who hired him, he just made me feel like I was an arse for hiring him.
So I decided to call him but he wouldn't answer my calls for 2 days I tried.
I then had no choice but to call his house which his mom answered.
Told the mom that I was worried about his well being since I have been trying to contact him for a few days now. His mom was, of coz, shocked that his son hasn't been to work for so long. Then the mom called the dad and the dad called me. Now here's the funny part.

The dad was so worried about the son and all that. Saying that probably it must have been some bad influence that has made his son acted this way. His son if a perfectly good boy never ponteng kerja one. He asked me to forgive his son lar... take care of his son lar... teach him and help him grow...
Fu yoh... suddenly feel like a teacher :(
Then the funniest part the dad said this, "I'm gonna punish this boy! Tomorrow onwards he wont get to drive the car anymore! I'm gonna fetch him to work every single day!"
I was like, OH. MY. GOODNESS!!! AHAHAHAHAHAH
A full grown man getting his car taken away by his dad?!?!
How pathetic can this guy be.... hahahahahaha
Funniest story by far I've got being a manager...
Being a manager is so fun :) I love my job... NOT!

11 comments:

TiBuN said...

LOLzzzz

I just curious want to know ONE thing, just ONE, UNO...

-=| how old is he? |=-

P.S. Hope you can disclose this information as it will truly make the laughing process complete.

Alvino said...

He is around my age

Anonymous said...

U ain't a teacher;U ain't a manager..U are a nanny...hehehe.U are too kind hearted to hire him. U should hire me, I got self discipline, I can work independently, OT? no problemo! If u wish to improve your talent search skill, I can intro u one program... Football Manager 2007. Play the games to improve your talent search skill...hehe..

P.S. Can u fetch me to work?? :p

Anonymous said...

pai seh...forgot to leave my name. Above comment is written from me.

~betterman~

Alvino said...

Neebs: good one but I think keebs recently is very distracted. dunno whats wrong with him... i think it usually happens when people lack of sex :)

Alvino said...

betterman: fetch u to work? dont get it... u r working at AMD! AMD is enemy of intel~~ i cannot hire u :P

Anonymous said...

I'm working for Spansion not AMD. They already split out....

-Betterman-

Union CafĂ©® - Penang said...

Keat ! samething happens here as well in byber J .. 35 yrs old man ... kena lecture by mgr. + call his mom so damn funny...

Anything can happen in this world eh !

Alvino said...

bman: spansion amd whats the difference?

kcb: well 35? damn pathetic

Anonymous said...

Spansion is selling flash memory while AMD is selling microprossesor.

-betterM@n-

Anonymous said...

seong koko, who is tat keat fella? y din show me one? i wonder when my mom will take my car away :s eh, did u watch borat??? the last phrase... "i love my job... NOT!" sounds like borat...