I just came back from a 4 day holiday in KL with K's family.. it was a well deserved break.. and i really enjoyed myself.. anyway, will talk about it in my other blog entries..
Just finished clearing my emails not long ago.. had a short call with my boss and this guy from Global Planning in Fairfax.. I had missed the telecon earlier this evening because of my trip (was on leave) so i thought i will chat with my boss to follow up if i missed anything..
Anyway, my boss and this guy called to ask me to make some changes in the system as they were going to freeze / lock the system for mapping in a few hours time (which was their afternoon in USA). Normally, I will give in and do it even though it's like 12midnight over here, but just now, i was just simply too tired, and frustrated to do so.. So i applied my assertiveness skills, and told both my boss and that Planning guy that i am not going to do anything or make any changes in the system tonight because i am very tired. PERIOD.
I actually surprised myself when i said that. I told the Planning guy to freeze the system tomorrow night instead so i will have time tomorrow morning (my time) to make the adjustments.. He sounded relunctant. So my boss said he and the Planning guy will try to make changes from their side, and let me know if they need my help.. 5 minutes later, the Planning guy called and said they will freeze the system tomorrow and let me make the changes instead.. It sounded like he was doing me a favor by extending the timeline for the system lock, but the fact is, he did it so HE don't have to be the one to make the changes..
I am just so fed up with all these stupid changes that these people are asking me to make.. it's like they can't make up their fucking minds how many heads they want in their team, or how much salary and travel allowance they want to give to these heads.. Of course, it's not my boss or the Planning guy's fault cause they are just analysts like me.. it's those top mgmt level people who think they can just change the numbers whenever they want, without realizing that a change in even one headcount requires a lot of time consuming work and coordination.
ANYWAY.. it's been quite a while since i have been this assertive.. and i'm glad i did what i did.. at least now the Americans won't think we Asians are pushovers.. = )
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