Work Attitudes

A few days ago, my boss and a colleague were having meeting with other Consultants in our office.

I told another colleague to attend a weekly site meeting on the project that he’s in-charge of. But he totally ignored me. This same colleague called in sick one time and took a half day off to go and wash his car another time just to avoid attending the meeting. After my boss finished his meeting, he commented to my colleague that he did not attend the meeting. My colleague just laughed it off! I was totally stunned.

A few weeks ago when my boss told me to tell an Assistant Engineer to attend the meeting, she told me to tell another colleague to attend simply because it was raining at the time. Two weeks ago, my boss also told this same person to attend the meeting and said that he will meet her at the site meeting once his meeting at another place ended. After my boss left for his meeting, this Assistant Engineer was making loud noises. I was busy and did not have time to find out what was going on. Five minutes later, she threw a leave form in front of my face and left. She applied for two days off. One of my other colleagues heard her saying the word ‘sh*t’ so many times and she wrote on a piece of paper ‘bulls**t’.

Well, this is the kind of things I have to contend with at work among all other stuff. Working relationship is so complicated when people do not think what they are employed for.

I mean when I was asked to go to Customs Department to give explanations or attending seminars organised by the Inland Revenue Department and Social Security Organization, I wished I could stay in the office to continue with my work but I had to go to these places because it is within my scope of work and therefore it is my responsibility to be there.

If we shirk our responsibility simply because we do not want to face something, aren’t we acting as if we are even in a higher position than the bosses? The mind boggles!