My new-boss came to me yesterday and asked me a question,
New boss: “So Michael, do you have the projected spending for this coming new quarter?”
“Yeah”, I thought. I’m gonna need a bigger car that guzzles less fuel. And perhaps a new pad to go with it. A petrol subsidy from the company would be nice. And I also would like a personal masseur in the lab to give me a backrub when I need it (a hot girl please).
Ridiculous as it may sound, the outcome is still the fucking same – the sore miser director (boss’ boss) is not going to fucking approve anything we request anyway. We wanted to buy a few cheap cabinets to store our shits a few months back but, we got rejected flat. They were only 65 bucks a piece. That should be nothing for a 50 billion dollar multinational company. But still, the management decided that we should save that mere few hundred bucks and piss some engineers off. That question about projected spending, was probably just a half assed effort of a ‘feel good’ question to keep us in check (oh I’m gonna ask him anyway it makes me feel good). I might as well give it a pass to make myself look more prudent…
Me: “Not that I can think of at the moment. We don’t need any major upgrades. In fact, we have bigger things to worry about now. Like batteries for my meters. I requested a few batteries a couple months back for my dying meters, and I still haven’t got them. I was about to ask for your permission to get the damn batteries off shelf, and file for a claim.”
File for a claim. A claim that literally takes weeks to reimburse. Fucking ridiculous, isn’t it? They can’t even fucking get me my batteries, let alone to upgrade our equipments? And this is only part of it, a few months back, the doctor smacked his forehead when he saw me in the clinic – the guy told me that Company X had defaulted the medical payment for its staff for 6 months. Just yesterday, I even got chased by a local vendor for a bad debt. Many more horrid tales. I wonder what next. Getting beaten up by apeshit doctors for not paying? Loan sharks giving my car a red paint job? Mahai.
Sometimes, I wonder if these people are taking the word ‘cost saving’ a little bit too far. I’m so fucking pissed and demotivated right now. I could use a little backrub and a cream bun.
well at least u guys are not rationing pens, pencils and toilet papers………….. When it comes to cost saving those nincompoops would go for the no-brainers cost cutting instead of improving and optimising processes… I left my company months ago when they decided to discuss what to order for lunch meetings .. which mamak stall has the cheapest Beehoon. *faint*
errrmmm dude, we don’t have lunch meetings any fucking more.
tend to agree, might just be the directors in penang though. I’m sure a certain budget gets assigned every quarter one lah, then just because the directors all ‘kiasi’ or just wants to look good that’s why give all the shit ass reason for not approving request. It can be very dulan one, i know.
The financial controllers or the auditors are not in the operation line. They have absolutely no idea of what is necessary. In my opinion, it is your superior’s duty to fight for this kind of benefits, or necessities. Not just asking for budget projection and present it for the sake of presentation only.
My company used to have a bell curve for gauging performance. When I asked if that meant our assessments and subsequent increments were pre-determined, they said it’s a necessary benchmark.
Companies, much like our government, have pretty much free reign to do whatever they want unless there’s an uproar.
B.H.
Standard shit la… This is what happens when a person is put in charge of the finances of an operation that is not related to his/ her qualification. I had a similar problem in my lab before. We needed ethanol from Sigma because its high grade and gives good results in HPLC/ AAS/ AES testing, but its expensive. Finance person couldn’t understand why need to pay more when can buy cheaper grade of ethanol so the purchases were not approved.
Then we got roasted because the analytical results were bad! :| Damned if you do, damned if you don’t….
Fuckers…
hahaha. you sound so much like a dell employee
When I was an employee, my fucking boss rejected my request to send a wreath to our major customer whose dad passed away. It is not like this customer’s dad die every month. Fuck.
i think in all companies, the purchasing dept never understands why we engineers prefer certain brands over others. i work in the transportation industry (LRT), and when i want MAGNA welding rods (which is f-ing expensive, RM1k++ per kg, but very good quality), they ask me to justify why MAGNA, and not other brand, because for them, welding rods are all the same. hell, do they want my guys to do build-up welding on the rails using cap ayam welding rods?? lucky for me, my boss always fight for his subordinates.
Hummphhh! Us in gomen… perbelanjaan berhemah!! Hemah my arse!!
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