I seldom get the chance to talk to my friends and keep them up-to-date with what's going on with my life...
well, this is it. My online journal. Yah, another personal blog,just exactly what the world needs now. Let's be realistic, it's cheaper than overseas calls. Less tiring than novel-like emails.
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Name: celgee Home: Philippines About Me: just read through my entries and you'll get to know me :) See my complete profile
I am currently deployed to a capability area in the IT company I work for. (Translation: Bench Pool). For the past weeks, I have been studying and taking trainings, and yesterday I was asked by one of the managers to complete the feedback for the other bench resources. Mike and I have divided the work to complete the feedback forms for all 17 resources on time. I have asked the resources to create self-assessments and I also sent out input requests from the people they have identified as input providers.
Now, this is where the exciting part comes in... today, someone approached my cube around 9am in the morning.
Ms. X: Hi, you are Cel, right?
Cel: Yes, ako po yun. (Yes, that's me)
Ms. X: I have received an email from you asking for inputs for ApplePie (not her real name). What is that for?
Cel: Um.. I have been asked to create a PFF/DCF for the bench resources and I am just gathering inputs from the people they have worked with.
Ms. X: Does [name of one of the managers]know about this?
Cel: He is out of the office since yesterday, but [name of another manager]did advise Mike & I to proceed.
Ms. X: As you know, I am a manager and it should be the leads who should be doing this. We follow a process here and You should not be other people's secretary. Hindi mo dapat makita ang inputs ng ibang tao. (You should not see the inputs coming from other people)
Cel: (slightly getting irritated, I already felt my face getting red, but still continued to be polite) I have been asked to do this as the other leads no longer have capacity to create the PFF/DCF. I am just gathering inputs for the PFF/DCF that I will be creating for them. Actually, ApplePie asked for her PFF from Pinkerbelle (not real names), and since Pinkerbelle is already in a project and no longer has capacity, this task has been delegated to us, both Mike and I.
Ms. X: Kasi si ApplePie, nde ko sya naka-work.. (Because for ApplePie's case, I didn't get a change to directly work with her) I was just her onshore manager and POC when she was sent onshore to malaysia for a month.
Cel: Oh, ok. Actually, I have just been informed that she already has a PFF for Jan - Feb. So I am just working on the Feb-May inputs.
Ms. X: Ah, ok. If that's the case, hindi na ako magbibigay ng input. (If that's the case, then I don't need to provide any input for her)
Cel: Yes, no need.
Ah, ok. So basically the purpose of her "visit" was just to tell me that she doesn't have any input to give for ApplePie. Ok.. she could just easily replied to me via email and say she doesn't have enough exposure with the resource to comment on her strengths/areas for development. I just couldn't understand why she had to tell me her title nor the comment about being a secretary. Someone told me that maybe she thought I was just a new hire or someone with a different position (meaning someone who doesn't create feedbacks, a JSE or SE maybe... and had no idea what my role was). Even so. I don't think it was appropriate. Ok, I understand she has a higher position than me but that does give her the right to brag about it and belittle people. This is the first time I heard that from someone at that level -- my guess, maybe she wasn't a home-grown manager and maybe she got that attitude from a previous company... cause she sounds like someone who used to work for a government office waiting to be saluted or greeted with "Ma'am".
Nice. Hehehehehehe.