a day of sad jokes

A lot can happen in just one day, non?

A calm morning doesn’t guarantee you a calm evening.
Storm might come in a split second! Err, no, I’m not talking about how angry our mother nature is now.
I’m referring to my life, as an employee of the Company.

Yesterday was the annual meeting with the Management.
This is the time where they announce whether we’d be rewarded with bonus,
how fat (or thin) our increment would be and also promotions of employees.

I’ve been with the Company for 4 years now.
To some, it might not seem that long.
For me, it’s like forever in freakin’ donkey years!
So much of things had happened; so much of unethical things had been witnessed…
I must say, not really a rosy experience, but has helped me grown to be more matured in the corporate world.

I still have not forgotten of my new year resolution.
I’m not talking thrash about the Company.
I’m just sharing my frustrations… not the same, oui?

To me, the annual meeting was a joke, a circus, as far as promotions of staff are concerned.
Of my 4 years of employment with the Company, yesterday was by far, the most number of staff being promoted.
I should feel proud, seeing my colleagues moving another step up from their existing positions.
The higher their positions are, the bigger responsibilities that has to be carried by them.

However, what I don’t understand was, some of the colleagues that were promoted yesterday,
they were NOT really 'qualified' to be given the recognition. Not just yet. Not ever, maybe?

I love to observe people.
And with every chance that I get to work closely with them, I will surely observe how they do work, how they manage things, how they communicate, bla bla bla…
Now, I’m not saying I’m the most perfect person.
I have my flaws, lots of them too.
But, some who have been promoted, they honestly don’t deserve the promotion.
They really don’t!

To some, the titles matter.
Titles make them feel more powerful and superior than the rest.
Some works hard to get the titles, and once they achieve that, the satisfaction is beyond what words can explain.
The reality within the Company, employees can get promoted just because they ‘master’ the art of ‘polishing shoes’ and ‘buttering up the right people’.
It's mortifying!

What happens to others who really deserve the recognition?
Is hard-work not enough now, that we must add ‘kissing arse’ to the resume.
Maybe there are some courses that I can enrol myself into – “Mastering the Art of Kissing Arse”!

Err, think again…
I’d rather climb up the corporate ladder the correct way – my way – the honest way.
I might ‘get’ there later than anybody else, but at least, I EARN it!

p/s: why am I sad with these jokes??