Job Hopper

WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE ORGANISATIONS ?
- Azim Premji, CEO- Wipro

Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile. Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.

He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office,and the very best technology,even a canteen that served superb food.

Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined.

Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.

Why did this talented employee leave ?

Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away. The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called "First Break All The Rules". It came up with this surprising finding:

If you're losing good people, look to their immediate boss.Immediate boss is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization. And he 's the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge,experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.

"People leave managers not companies," write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.

Mostly manager drives people away?
HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable. The first time, an employee may not leave,but a thought has been planted. The second time, that thought gets strengthened. The third time, he looks for another job.

When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information.

Dev says: "If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don 't have your heart and soul in the job."

Different managers can stress out employees in different ways - by being too controlling, too suspicious,too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit - often over a trivial issue. Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn't. "Jack Welch of GE once said.

A company's value lies "between the ears of its employees".

Worksite

I just took some shots of the site using my phone.

This one is from a nearby HDB Lobby, 8amfrom the nearest bus stop 4pm
night time view from the gate, 7pm

Breakfast @ work

I seldom have breakfast, usually just a cup of coffee and a bread. After that, I have to leave the house at 8:30am and rush to the bus stop. Now I have to leave the house at 7:30am to arrive at the MRT station at 8am. No more bread and coffee at home, no more breakfast, no more free time, no more privilege of being late.

Actually, things get better. Now I leave home at 7:30, and will reach work at 8:20am after a 10min walk from the MRT Station. This morning I realized that even we work so early I can still have breakfast. This morning I tried to have a Kuay Teow w/ egg and coffee at the canteen. I was amazed! afterall this years I thought breakfast is nearly impossible to do with this kind of work and schedule. And now I can concentrate on work, and finally throw all the junks and biscuits in my drawer. And never bother if its lunch time already
This is the Fried Kuay Teow, it’s a common food here in Singapore. A source of carbohydrates ( and oil) that I need every morning. After the meal, work starts at 8:45am

Construction

This day i was so bored in work. I dont know, I'm actually busy counting and classifying doors & windows and doing details for curtain walls. And im rushing it for the meeting this afternoon. I just have this feeling of incompleteness. Thats keep on nagging in my mind all day long. Im not comfortable. I'm not sure. I dont want to ask myself if I am happy or not with this work. I dont want to open that topic. Some people just ask me,what am I dong here? Maybe they are not happy with the kind of my work that I have. I dont understand them, they also have their own work problem but still have the time to bother about my work. I prefer to be here than to do the same things as them. From a very comfortable interior design office (where all you have to do is to use your illusions and you get paid) I transfered to a construction and greet the concrete mixer drivers everyday. Its a reverse path they said.

OF COURSE I AM HAPPY!
I'm not that stupid to force myself in this then have regrets later on. I've been in this job eversince I was in college. I ran away with this job so many times because of the uncomfortable kind of environment. But I still end up working on a container van office everytime. I manage to stay in a clean and comfortale interior design office for 6 years. I said to myself that this is nice and cool. But there always something tells me to move on and learn more. Drag yourself in dirt and see what I got. Learning doesnt stop somewhere. I hope you aggree with what I am saying.

This is my work, I love it, this is my life. This is what my father have given to me. The education that i got from his love and hardwork for me. He was once a construction worker. A mason. When I was a kid, we used to help him mixing conrete, carry sands and gravel, assemble timbers until we complete our home. He show me that this is the kind of work he dont dream of for me. I studied hard, I got the inspiration from him. I didn't make it in a degree in engineering. But I manage to be employed in the industry.I give all my best to work in a construction company. And I stay this way for almoast a decade. And I was very happy. I was tired but happy. At least, my father wont see me as a construction worker like him.He will see me fulfiled his dreams and for sure he is proud now. I know that is his dream for me. That is why im happy with this work. I know he is smiling whenever he see me going for work. Everything is alright now.

But still im uncomfortable, just for for this day. Maybe he is just trying to say thanks to me.
By the way he passed away almost 5 years ago.

Farewell to IWA

This photo was taken during my first month in my 1st company in Singapore. Its fun here, alot of things learned and understood about Singapore. A lot of things learned about Chinese,Malay,Thai etc etc. Its a small but diversed world. The day I arrived in Singapore, i understand why they say "its a small world after all". People can get easily inter-connected form both ends of these world.Making it really small. Its really fun here, safe, but the time flies. Im having fun working here.

That was almost 3 years ago. But now I have to leave them. For reason only me,my family, and special friends know why.

Where would I be heading?

When I will be back?

Were you will be able to see me again?

I also don't know.Only the heart knows.

All I know is I'm on the way to there.

Goodbye, Goodluck & Keep it real.