Thursday, August 10, 2006

promotioNOT

at a one-on-one sales performance meeting with my boss today:

boss: actually, i don't think i'll put you up for promotion next year.
moby: oh ok.
boss: if i could, i'd promote a and r...firstly cuz a just got transferred to our team, and she didn't get a pay raise...which i'm quite pissed off about...
moby: err...ok...
boss: and r, well...i think he'll be suffering quite a lot this year, so i'll give him something to look forward to next year...
moby: right... *glum look*
boss: aiyah, don't like that lah...as long as you're getting the money, what for you care?
moby: different people look for different things boss...
boss: no lah...if i were you, i'd just look for the money lah...
moby: and it's been almost four years leh...
boss: we'll see...

what the fuck. how motivating is that? i look forward to working for yet another year without any significant increment. that's just great...superb in fact. =|

14 comments:

blinkymummy said...

=(

Anonymous said...

haha... i just have a similiar conversation with my boss feew days back!!! @*%#@ still cannot fathom how the promo thing works, if it's not based on performance...

Lawrence and Alicia said...

Obiviously u need to change a job.. working under this boss bring no prospect to ur career..


How can anyone be a boss with a thinking like that? Either he doesn't like u or he got a peanut brain..

Anonymous said...

v strange yr boss. Almost felt like he is panning out the promotion to the others cos he 'pited' them~sunshinepal

Anonymous said...

leave your job right now. it's pointless staying on because obviously there are no good career paths.
the management also bypassed you for a promotion, which can mean a number of things.
if you really want to stay, either explain to him why you deserve a promotion instead of looking glum, or if he really has nothing to offer, fill out the pink form and go look for other things to do. staying any longer might make you too comfortable to want to move.

Anonymous said...

leave? change job?

U all think so easy to get a job now?

-unwise-

Anonymous said...

find a new job and leave.

Anonymous said...

why yr boss so lydat? irritating lei....never care how you'll feel. wahliew....

Anonymous said...

wat kinda boss is he, when he purposely say things 2 demotivate u?Wat is the purpose for this sales performance meeting?
i totally empathize with u :(

4 yrs without promotion? its ridiculous! U know wat u shld do...

miss ene said...

How completely blatant and insensitive can your boss be?

And why are you still there?!

Adrian said...

There, there.

BigBrownBearBear said...

Mega Ouch.

Anonymous said...

Better not let HR see the post. I read that some big companies trough the net for employee's blogs. not sure how true it is.. but just be careful about stuff.. ~sunshinepal

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