There Are Good Days...And There are GOOD Days

The year 2004 is the year of the Monkey...they say that if you were born on that sign then this will be a good year for you as well. In my case, I really hope they're right.

Honestly, the year is starting off pretty well. My new boss has shown that he can be trusted and that he actually trust my judgement concerning the people that I work with. That includes the people who would actually be moved up. It is really up to me whether they would be going up, stay where they are or let go. It's really a big responsibility. I really hope that I live up to his expectations. So far, he's been giving me good feedback on my performance. His only complain...I'm too nice.

Honestly, most people tell me that I am too nice. It's even a bad thing too, or so they say. So, as a challenge, my boss wants me to "professionally mature". I guess balance the way I treat people, my relationship with them and how I assess them. Take for example the people we were promoting. I'm really happy to say that I have a hand on getting the the right people promoted...or so I think they're the right people. Aside from myself who will be the one-woman Training Team, two shift coordinators will be moved to the "upper management" (as "up" as we can possibly climb in this new company at the moment). One of the shift coordinator volunteered his services for the position that he is in right now. The other one wasn't planning on moving, but I was the one who recommended him to climb up because I know that he is very capable of the task that was given to him. When I went to talk to this office mate of mine, he was shocked to find out that he was being promoted to a "manager's position".

"He said something about, 'the need for an operations manager is really a necessity for the company at the moment and you were highly recommended.'" That officemate told me when I asked why our boss wanted to talk to him privately. Actually, that made my spirit soar because at least now I know that people listen to what I have to say. It actually feels good to find out that what I say gives an impact of what our company would become in the future.

So with these two climbing up, there is a need to actually move two new people up to the Shift Coordinator's position. So, I made evaluations on the whole team and recommended two people in the process. Which my boss again considered. And I really hope that I think I made the right decision again. But of course, I took into consideration how other people see them, and with that I am glad that again my voice was heard and by the end of the month, all of these things will take effect.

Now of course, part of my job now is not only recommend people to move up, but also evaluate people's performances and release them from our services. And honestly, as much as I hate to see people leave the company, there are times that it really has to be done. And in this case, as much as I would be really happy to let this person go, it really pains me to do it.

Take for example this other office mate of ours. Everyone doesn't like him. Everyone would try to avoid him. Everyone just pretends to like him but stabs him at the back. In my case, the first time I met him, there was this feeling I felt in my gut that I need to stay away from him at least 5 feet. The last time that I had that feeling about someone I met for the first time saved me from a really horrible accident. And as I have been observing now, I guess I'm right again about this person. He really scares me. Honestly, if I was the one who interviewed him, I think that I would have said no in hiring him. But we have been observing him, he's been more trouble than help in the office. So, as much as I hate putting people down and actually would have wanted to give him a third chance (people were already telling me not to include him in the training way before) he really needs to leave if he wouldn't improve himself.

That's actually a challenge for me. Write something to that person so that he would understand the circumstances and that he wouldn't be hunting me down and kill me when he finds out I will have a hand on letting him go.

Oh well, as I've said, there are good days...and there are days that are just...days...

The better days...I get to spend some "alone" time with that guy I really like here in office. Though the conversation was mostly talk about work and stuff, I'm really happy about it in any case. I got to spend time with him alone and that's the best thing! Now if I could only get him to like me...