Selagi Belum Tutup Mata, Kerja, Kerja, KERJA

So I had a discussion with a few co-workers this morning. It's about re-writing a piece of interview another colleague has written for a big person that is related to the company I'm working with. This colleague's English is so-and-so. (This story actually prompted me to write this).

So, when the unit's big boss read my colleague's Q&A, the big boss flipped. English was primary-school level, the answers prepared for the big person were shallow. Like, and this is a very poor example ya, but here it goes.

Situation : You're interviewing Al Gore
Question : What do you think of global warming?
Answer : (Which you prepare, just in case, not really expecting Al Gore to follow your answer, just that in case he froze or something, I dunno) I think it's bad and people need to recycle more.

Apekah?

Okaylah, mungkin aku tak berada di tempat colleague tu. Mungkin bukan aku yang kena marah dek big boss kitorang, tapi still, aku faham apa yang big boss aku cakap tu. Colleague aku tu menjawab sikit lah, dia kata, "Tapi, ini semua feedback daripada [lagi sorang big boss], saya ikut je." Hmmm. Okaylah, fine, big boss lagi sorang tu kasi idea, but still, when it comes to writing and wording the questions and answers, you're still responsible. So, pandai-pandailah jugak kan?

This is the dilema lah, pada aku. Sebab hakikatnya, Q&A tu bukannya guna sangat pun. Sediakan just for the sake of sediakan je. Formality. Tapi kena lah ada, kalau tak de, lagi haru. Tak ikut protokol (or whatever). Tapi bila sediakan, kena shot down, cam haku pun kena gak. Susah lah.

Tu lah, masa interview dulu, the biggest boss here tanya aku, soalan standard sebenarnya dalam interview, what is your biggest weakness? Aku cakap, aku tak pandai handle different expectations from different people, i.e. bosses. Bos yang ini nak aku independent, bos yang itu nak aku refer dia tentang apa-apa hal pun, bos yang sinun couldn't care less aku tergolek dog pun. Aku tak boleh. Pada aku, bosses kena ada united front. Kalau nak workers yang independent, then let me be. Give me the guidance then trust me to make the right decisions. Kalau nak suruh aku dependent pada bos, then jangan suruh aku fikir.

Susah sangat ke?