Wednesday, January 9, 2008

A Happy Workplace


SO so I've been working for nearly a week now minus the casual work during last semester and this is what I've found about the Benefits of Working in a Smaller Firm :
  1. Your director buys you ice-cream on a very hot day like today, 41 deg :)
  2. You can wear nearly anything you like on a very hot day like today; walk around barefooted, wear shorts
  3. You get a secret Christmas present
  4. You go bowling together & says "Imagine the pins as your boss" to your boss
  5. You get less exposure in terms of the big clients but you get to do more and try out a bit of everything ie. HR, Audit, Tax
  6. You go home at 5.20
  7. You get RDO every 2 weeks
So basically, there ain't as much benefits compared to bigg firms but you get so much more at the same time ! It's almost like 1 big family minus the work of coz :P

On a different note, over a dinner conversation, friends and I were discussing bout how we're sorta nearly adults now, soon we'll be talking differently :
  1. Talk bout buying car/house/investments
  2. Talk bout getting married/honeymoon/wedding stuff
  3. Talk bout kids (shudders in horror) ie. eh which school your son going to? what results did he get? Oh yes ar, my son did this this this wor, what your son did ???
OH MY GOD !!! Can't imagine....First touch of reality, over lunch in the office today, "This house is how much, how much....you should buy a house near a supermarket.....this area is better...." Arrrr....save me!!

8 comments:

Cleverkiwibird said...

more important things to think about...for now..

1. Best angle to be taken photo of...VERY IMPORTANT !

2. What food NOT to eat... eg..Potatoes drowned in Cheese...

3. The colour to wear NEXT season...(green is so last year)

4. When is the next holiday/weekend/off day/terrorist attack...

5. What to buy keewin for his birthday.....

Jeannie said...

hahaha...
veron.. so active your blog. i'm proud!
i just attended another cousin's wedding... i think we have a bout 8 to 10 years before those conversations lah. chilling.
at least i don't feel ready for them yet.
i miss you!

Junie said...

veronica must get married soon so I can be her bridesmaid! :)

xoxo,
ernn..

Damien Wong said...

it's sooooo true...i was calculating how much i need to earn a week to be able to afford downpayment for a house here...buy it..rent it out till i finish paying the loan!!! hmmm maybe i should stop dreaming and try to get a job first... ahhh...dreammmmmmmm

Daniel said...

hey!

what is RDO every 2 weeks?

yeah, eventually we will reach that point where we talk about those 'big' things in life at the dinner table.

In the meantime, there is plenty of time to be mischievous on the weekends!

isaac said...

yeah, i attended a cousin's wedding a few days ago too.. not too much older than me... looks like most of us are gonna walk down the aisle in maybe 5-8 years time (in your case, maybe cut that time in half..?? *wink* hehe).

yeah, it's scary that we're all growing up so fast.. it's like a totally whole new phase of our lives...

Damien Wong said...

i think veron will be one of the first few to get married followed closely by cc..i didn't say to who..it can be anybody!!! muahahha...

anyway RDO=rostered day off..you work an hour extra each day to get one weekday off!! geez dan..but i don think u r gonna get RDO!! u r going to be a slave for kpmg!!! LOL

Soliloquy said...

Hello Keewin!! wow..never knew you can generate so many ingenious ideas and thoughts during the idle times of work :p hehe..technically, u wont get a day off unless the terrorist attack happens in your country rite? hehe.. & how do u think of which angle to take the best shot of unless u try with a mirror or a camera & that would be obvious rite? Pls advice oh wise one ! hehe..

And shot gun not getting married 1st....I think it'll be the person that we least expect like Eddie or Kee Hong, nothing to do with their current status tho :p hehe..

And I might buy a van and live in it and be a hippie :)) Jeeannie, wanna be roomies then??