another rants of in-charges

alright, i must admit, Lis had serious mood swings but i thought it somehow got better. maybe we're beginning to be able to catch each other's lingo and blend as a team. so my life seems to be turning for the better.

i guess it's Mother Nature's doings, for things to be balanced. a man and a woman, a good and a bad. basically, when one side of the things are turning better, something else would seep in and starts spoiling plans.

as everybody knows, i'm going for my trip. and also, soon enough i'll be going for studies soon. as for studies, Wen called me on my mobile to discuss with me. it was my bad for not having to inform earlier. 1stly coz' i don't know what my schedule would be like. 2ndly, i'm presently transferred to Raffles to help Lis. however, with my studies, i'm not sure how i would be of help to her. because of that, it made me ponder till now. what that quite turned me off was the ignorance of Wen.

initially, she spoke with me about the studies thinggie and she asked me stuff which i don't know at this point in time till i've chose my modules. she actually proposed (in advance) to push my studies to choose my lessons on the weekends instead of weekdays. and to give me some leeway, she also pointed out days which would be better for me to have my lessons. which is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. it's like wah liew! how shallow she is about studies?!?

next! i told her that i need to take leave on the 26th coz' i'm going overseas for holidays. when she repeated that my trip has been confirmed, she bluntly put it to me saying:

"like that, you LL have to go already right...?"

like DUH! she expects me to check with them whether it'll be approved before i booked my holiday. it's also coz' another staff might be taking leave as well during the dates i've picked so her main concerns would be not having enough manpower. i'm quite pissed off with her mainly due to her lack of leadership professionalism by saying to me things like that. another is, i feel i've given HER ample time to work out her roster. so what's the fuss? furthermore, i'm taking UNPAID leave lor!

c'mon lo! when my leave would be confirmed, what if my trip is not? and also, rates don't usually published earlier than 1-month. even if i'm to inform them earlier but it would confirmed at the last minute, would it helped the situation by telling them earlier? NO!

maybe i missed the fact that Retail would be after all different from the Office society. where i would only need to inform about any leave no less than 1 week in advance in Office, i need to inform 1 month in advance for some incompetent 2nd-in-charge to plan their roster. which is no wonder why Retail would somehow perceived as a much "lower class" compared to the Office. with leaders like that, it's tough for the boutique to excel.

it kind of explain why Wen starts to irritate the rest of the team with her ever-changing roster even in the last minute. so much difference compared to the SM planning roster, where everyone gets their share of 2 offs per week, whenever possible. in simpler words, my current SM is really "ZHAI". everything is so stable with her. too bad, she'll be transferring...