New Life, New Site---a new way of thinking–on its way!---

I’d consider March as one of my greatest this year. I used to hate the beach, the sand and the sun but I’ve grown to love them, every single of it! I started March beach hopping, sunbathing and getting drunk in Bantayan Island. I couldn’t believe to have survive the sun for 3 agonizing hours without sunblock protection. We were on the beach front intoxicating ourselves from 7-10am. Beach and Beer is a perfect match. Two weeks later I was, again, in Moalboal getting drunk under the summer sun. Worse, I still haven’t recovered from my sunburn and there I was sunbathing with beer in one hand. So far, I still have a week to go before I complete the list of beach itinerary. Camotes Island, here I come. I’m crossing my fingers coz I still don’t have word of it is a GO. The month wouldn’t be really complete without my friends and colleagues. I’m sure there’ll be more surprises this summer and I couldn’t wait for them. All I could say is “Beach and Beer is a Perfect Match!” haha. 

As for work stuff I’m about to throw-up but I can still manage. So they say “You can never please everybody” and I agree. Working for an Outsourcing Company is tough, Politics and Predators come hand in hand. We should know how to play the cards right or else we get eaten by predators. I’m still a newbie when it comes to playing the cards right but I guess I’m learning quite fast. Lol. Some of my colleagues are grazing off to greener fields but I’m still waiting for more signs if I’ll join the herd. I’m about to falter my momentum at work, I’m almost ready to throw-up but I know this too will pass. I am hanging on. I still believe in the company - but for how long? lol. As of now, what matters most would be the present. Let me reiterate, I am holding on. Let me also share a quite “good to know” article from www.fiveoclockclub.com.

“According to Richard Bayer, Ph.D., chief operating officer of The Five O’Clock Club (www.fiveoclockclub.com), a national career-counseling network based in New York City, you would be smart to leave before you get sacked, or you lose your sanity, or both.

Over the years, Bayer has compiled a list of eight signals that usually mean your job is in jeopardy. “If you’ve noticed three or more of the warning signs, it’s time to update your resume and start job hunting,” he says.

Check this out.

1. You don’t fit in. Your values don’t match the company’s. If your colleagues are “dishonest and focused on getting ahead regardless of legal or moral barriers,” Bayer says, it’s time to quit before an Enron-style scandal sinks the ship.

2. Your boss doesn’t like you and you don’t like him or her. If your boss never asks your opinion, and never wants to chat or have lunch with you, and if you disagree with her agenda and dislike her style, your days are numbered. Adds Bayer: “If you’ve ever done something that undermined your boss, you might as well get out now.”

3. Your peers don’t like you. Feeling isolated, gossiped about, and excluded from the inner workings of the organization is a very bad sign, as is feeling that you’re not part of the team and wouldn’t socialize with your colleagues even if they asked you.

4. You don’t get assignments that demonstrate the full range of your abilities. “Watching all the good assignments go to others, while you’re given the ones that play to your weaknesses or are beneath your professional level, should tell you something,” says Bayer. Likewise, if it seems the boss doesn’t trust your judgment, you’re in trouble.

5. You always get called upon to do the “grunt work.” Everybody has to take on a dull or routine task now and then, but if you are constantly being singled out to do the work no one else wants, alarm bells should ring.

6. You are excluded from meetings your peers are invited to. Sound familiar? If it’s painfully clear that your ideas aren’t valued, why stick around?

7. Everyone on your level has an office. You have a cubicle in the hallway. Bayer notes that, whatever your title, your digs can speak volumes about your real status in the organization. If your peers have offices with windows and you’re asked to move into a broom closet - no matter what the official explanation - start cleaning out your desk.

8. You dread going to work and feel like you’re developing an ulcer. Ah, here’s yet another of your symptoms, and a particularly nasty one at that.

“If the idea of going to the office makes you anxious or physically sick, and you’re counting the hours from the time you arrive until the second you can leave, it’s time to move on,” says Bayer. Do it before you do serious damage to your health, or get so demoralized that you can’t be upbeat in job interviews, or both. Once things have deteriorated to this point, being perceived as a job hopper should be the least of your worries. Get out while you still can.”

So much for that….I’m enjoying Summer.

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