I started to work at the age of 19. This does not include the freelance jobs (before and after that age), which I was not "fixed" at any place for certain period in a day, having to report to a boss.
Today, I suddenly wonder why I'm always having extremely different boss, when I switch from one job to another. Basically it's like this:
(1) super stingy
(2) greatly open-minded, flexible, casual, appreciate his staff
(3) unimaginably dodgy (never expect, not easy to accept)
(4) extremely knowledgeable and nice
Nonetheless, I always get along very well with my colleagues. This is something which makes me quite sure that I'm an approachable someone :)
Last week, I was working on a RFI (Request For Information) together with my boss. The client wishes to have a meeting overseas this coming Friday. My boss, who is now in Pakistan (yesterday at Karachi, just arrived at Islamabad) is unable to fly over. He then requested my going-to-leave senior to attend the meeting, because my senior knows the product fairly well (something similar has been implemented in Taiwan).
Just now, he explained to me, why he made such an arrangement. Needless to say, he's afraid I might have any hard feelings.
His explanation was in time, before I meet my senior tomorrow and know it from her. It's always better to hear from the person instead of a third party. Don't you think so?
You might be wondering what are the reasons... I don't mind to tell...
He wishes to attend the meeting together with me, which allows me to learn directly from him about dealing with clients. But this time he just can't make it. My seniors did tell me before that some people from certain countries are very hard to deal with. The senior assigned has been working for years and has pretty good product knowledge. Therefore, she can definitely handle without the boss around.
This is true. I know how excellent my senior is after working with her for 0.5 year.
There are some other encounters with him that make me feel, I'm again having a nice boss. Anyway, I don't plan to list everything out here.
Apart from not being bossy (as what my seniors have said, and I've "verified" by myself), his speed is also fast. And I'd say he's kinda workaholic. Honestly I don't mind, coz all these will force fast-learning, which is something I'm always looking for.
What else can I look forward... apart from learning more, tremendously from him? I do wish I can cope with his pace.
Wish me luck :)
To wrap up:
About how good is my 2nd boss, maybe can share it some other time, if anyone is interested to know. I just realized that, all the bad bosses are Malaysians. The good ones, one is Irish, one is Hong Kee.
What a sad realization!!
I was urged (by unknown source) to write these as my MSN messenger tag line:
或许真的不能避免选择错误，但对曾经放弃的，我从不后悔
(translation: perhaps making a wrong choice is unavoidable, but I never regret with what I've chosen to quit or anything I've given up).
Of course, it also applies to other aspects of my life ^_^
Today, I suddenly wonder why I'm always having extremely different boss, when I switch from one job to another. Basically it's like this:
(1) super stingy
(2) greatly open-minded, flexible, casual, appreciate his staff
(3) unimaginably dodgy (never expect, not easy to accept)
(4) extremely knowledgeable and nice
Nonetheless, I always get along very well with my colleagues. This is something which makes me quite sure that I'm an approachable someone :)
Last week, I was working on a RFI (Request For Information) together with my boss. The client wishes to have a meeting overseas this coming Friday. My boss, who is now in Pakistan (yesterday at Karachi, just arrived at Islamabad) is unable to fly over. He then requested my going-to-leave senior to attend the meeting, because my senior knows the product fairly well (something similar has been implemented in Taiwan).
Just now, he explained to me, why he made such an arrangement. Needless to say, he's afraid I might have any hard feelings.
His explanation was in time, before I meet my senior tomorrow and know it from her. It's always better to hear from the person instead of a third party. Don't you think so?
You might be wondering what are the reasons... I don't mind to tell...
He wishes to attend the meeting together with me, which allows me to learn directly from him about dealing with clients. But this time he just can't make it. My seniors did tell me before that some people from certain countries are very hard to deal with. The senior assigned has been working for years and has pretty good product knowledge. Therefore, she can definitely handle without the boss around.
This is true. I know how excellent my senior is after working with her for 0.5 year.
There are some other encounters with him that make me feel, I'm again having a nice boss. Anyway, I don't plan to list everything out here.
Apart from not being bossy (as what my seniors have said, and I've "verified" by myself), his speed is also fast. And I'd say he's kinda workaholic. Honestly I don't mind, coz all these will force fast-learning, which is something I'm always looking for.
What else can I look forward... apart from learning more, tremendously from him? I do wish I can cope with his pace.
Wish me luck :)
To wrap up:
About how good is my 2nd boss, maybe can share it some other time, if anyone is interested to know. I just realized that, all the bad bosses are Malaysians. The good ones, one is Irish, one is Hong Kee.
What a sad realization!!
I was urged (by unknown source) to write these as my MSN messenger tag line:
或许真的不能避免选择错误，但对曾经放弃的，我从不后悔
(translation: perhaps making a wrong choice is unavoidable, but I never regret with what I've chosen to quit or anything I've given up).
Of course, it also applies to other aspects of my life ^_^
4 comments:
It is not easy to find a good boss, and you are very lucky that you find one that is nice and hardworking. Of all my experiences, I have met only one good boss, and that she left an impression on me for a long long time.
So take this time to learn all you can because I am sure you can learn a lot from him that will be useful to you in the long run.
Good luck!
we have to be unlucky before, only we will know how lucky are we now :)
I myself been hopping around a few times since I was thrown into the working engineer life.I agree with you that there are the reallyx2 good boss and there are the reallyx2 bad one,making you think.Both encounters shape who we are today as part of growing up.If i am to be a manager one day,i will never forget role modeling the good practices.
i think the same, although i never imagine being a manager or superb leader. i think i'm more suitable to mind my own matter instead of taking care of a lot of people.
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