June 16, 2006

Letter to Boss

Dear Boss,

I have been here for two months and I must say I’m getting frustrated. Allow me to elaborate.

  • You assign me to projects, and then you pull me out and then you assign another project that I know nothing about.
  • You send me for knowledge transfer for Project A, Boss, but you’re assigning Project B to me and give Project A to someone else. I am confused, could you please shed a light?
  • I have been here for two months, Boss, but there is no work for me to do. Read: you assign me completed projects with absolutely nothing to do.
  • I am bored boss. Days are spent with updating my blog, read other people’s blog, read emails, read online newspaper and… chatting, Boss.

Please, I am requesting you to give me more work to do. I am getting restless with nothing to do. Even if you adore me so much and do not want to burden me, I think this is a little bit unfair for me. My colleagues have tones of things to do, boss. I don’t. I’m jealous of them. Please give meaning to my hours in the office. I’m feeling undervalued.

When you interviewed me boss, you promise that I will be very busy. I was really ecstatic. Now that I’m here, I wonder what your definition of ‘busy’ is. I asked for your time so that we can talk these things over but you offer me to view your schedule. Boss, I really don’t want to see the proof that you’re busy. You have one willing staff here, could you please delegate, then?

I appreciate you taking time to read this, Boss. I’m ready for the next possible task that you want to assign to me. Please do not hesitate to email me the load. I look forward to hearing from you.

This is also a reminder that failure of task assigning will prompt me to work harder in distributing my resume. I am sure there are many employers out there who are eager to employ such motivated staff like me.

Thank you.

Yours truly.

10 comments:

gravtkills said...

wah u so the dedicated la...got yr resume ready?

Nazrah Leopolis said...

waaah...but it sucks when u start feeling redundant kan?

Nour said...

Hiya,
why dont you tell your boss how u feel? Sometimes they tend to overlook when they are "busy" ;D

Hajar said...

gravt: it's definitely ready! where should i send it to? :-D

nazrah: big timer. sigh.

nour: like i said, i told him i want to talk to him and he ask if i want to see his schedule. to show that he's got not time laaa.. :-p

D.N.A.S said...

Jade,
if your boss is so busy, catch him during breakfast. Pegi le breakfast sama2, borak2 kasual je, pastu selit2 lah your work problem. Some bosses dia sebenarnya phobia ngan staff sendiri and rasa guilty bila dia tak tau nak assign apa kat anak buah dia. Maybe you'll be able to shed him some light so that he'll get some ideas on how to 'utilize' you... hahahahahah.

The Momster said...

wahhh makan gaji buta ke? once in a while is nice, until u feel waiting for the 5.30 ciao time takes too long then dah tak best laa... ask your boss to let u work from home, then u can go wherever u like, sleep anytime u want! hehehe...

Hajar said...

dnas: my boss doesn't go for bfast. he's not always around in the office. he's the kelam kabut type. not organised. i feel like banging his head most of the time. he's a... psst... singaporean.

nahlah: there's no such thing as working from home in this company. we have to clock in at 8:30 and out at 6. without fail.

Anonymous said...

jade,
company mana tu?
ada vacancy lagi? :)

Hajar said...

adieza: vacancy ada. but i don't recommend to join. hahaha...

UglyButAdorable said...

same shit everywhere eehh?? well anyway undervalued is way better than devalued..tell ya girl..sucks big time..