.Wednesday, April 09, 2008 ; 7:50 PM -
.His Mercy is New everY mornInG.
Found this article in the latest GLOBE ASIA. Totally agree with it. Such potential yet acting like an overgrown kid. I mean the country as whole.
Indonesia is fast gaining a reputation for being a nation where nothing works - a country where a days's heavy downpour can paralyze the capital city and shut down its international airport for two days. (Hey, it's the culture. What's new?)
We have become a Never Never Land where the only certainty in business is that it will take forever to get the job done. (Yep, even a simple decision takes 1 week to make)
The term "high cost economy" has taken on a whole new dimension in Indonesia as business are faced with payinh bribes and watching their capital drained by inefficient infrastructure. (Welcome to Indonesia)
Anyway, the day in office started innocently with a training event. Yeah more like a lashing out session. The management wants to slap a few people but they don't know how to do it. So they chose to slap their entire division. Those who are innocent must be feeling indignation all over. It's not their fault. It took one hour. How do I feel about this? I was indifference to begin with. In the end I was frustated and irritated. When I feel frustated, my tear glands decide to be extra hard working. So I cried. I feel really sorry towards my team that I am not contributing at all. 0 sales from my side. Waking up everyday, hoping that things will change for the better. People giving me "janji surga" a.k.a promise that will never be fulfilled. What can I do? I don't like to fight. When I do, desperation seeps in and it will only make things worst! What can I do??? seriously, What should I do? Somebody, anybody?
The day ended with a good dose of "indoctrination" on Marcus evans brand. They want to find out how we, the new ones, feel about the brand name. Seriously, they don't want to know the truth. Live in denial and we will definitely got kick out of the competition. Proceeding to the rest of the session, I decided to keep quiet. Just listen and learn. Yeah, I got a few tips here and there. It was quite a good session. Credits to the pretty CRM manager and super cute CRM Director (he is married, darn!).
Let's be objective here. Marcus evans has a lot of potential. It can even be the best biz intelligence provider in APAC. People can actually feel proud to be in this company. Oh well, poor management really works. I mean in bringing down the entire image of ME. Some may beg to differ but this is how I feel as an employee here. Lousy QC on event production coupled with lousy service from operation and client servicing side plus aggresive sales person spell D.O.O.M. Like it or not, Asia business culture is not like Europian or American's. How?
