Part IV – Showing Faces
Apr 21st, 2009 by papabear
I was called for an interview with an accounting software company somewhere in Petaling Jaya. I was introduced by one of my vendors who happened to know a manager working there.
I came in about 15 minutes early as I usually did with any interview session. I was sent to a small room and asked to fill the normal form that we need to fill when applying for a job. I really hate that form since I believe that interview can be based on the resume itself and we only need to fill that form if we are accepted for the applied position. If not, it would just be a waste of paper and time. “Save the Earth!” echoed in my head for about an hour while waiting for someone to interview me…
Finally somebody came and apologized that the person who was supposed to interview me was busy with some meetings and therefore, she would be doing the so called first round interview.
After exchanging some answers and questions, she looked at the application form and look at the salary that I wanted and she gave me the Oh-My-God-face. A face showing how unbelievably high was my requested salary. Then she asked how much was I earning from my previous job and I gave her the figure. She gave me another OMG face… That didn’t feel good at all…
She told me that my application would be forwarded to her boss and I would be called for a second interview.
A week later I went back for the second interview. I was again made to wait in the room that I was waiting for them previously and I spent those time wondering whether I would be seeing anymore OMG face or not.
Finally the head of the department a.k.a the boss came in with a side kick. Just like last week, after exchanging questions and answers, they scanned the salary part on the paper. The the boss gave me his OMG face. He then showed the figure to his sidekick and he gave me an even bigger OMG face. Jerks!
Finally he gave me a figure to think about. The figure was almost 40% off of my last drawn salary. He told me that if he were to offer me higher than that, a few people would resign from his company.
The way I read the situation, based on the amount that he offered me, his own salary might be lower than my previous salary and definitely much higher than his sidekick’s. Duh!
I was given two weeks to consider…
After two weeks, I told them I accepted the offer and they went quiet for another two weeks.
Then I decided not to go for it.
Two weeks later the HR Manager called and I told them that since they did not respond on time, I assumed that they are not interested…
A week later, one of the Directors called and I told her that firstly, her people failed to respond on time and secondly, the amount offered was a joke… That’s the end of this episode.
To be continued…
OMG. A Joke?
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
not a joke la bro…haha
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haha…how much was ur expected pay anyway?
And wht did u quit from ur prev job?
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|1f34|-|1r3 replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:51 am
YM, you should read the earlier parts for the whole story…hehe
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
how much… ok la… why I quit? read the previous entries…
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cuba lagi
nanti adalah rezeki tu kan.
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
baca smabungnya nanti arr…
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aku takleh pikir berapakah salary ko pada masa ko kije dulu…period !
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spatt replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 am
i think, every OMG that papabear get is worth 5k…haaa
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
hahaha… nice try spatt!
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
life4hire… x yah fikir2 lah… haha
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hoho dah jadi macam dama bersiri plak.. tak boleh miss episod depan ni.. oohoho
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
tunggu…
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Oh dear… What a company..
They should have kept their faces to themselves.
Anyway, my advise to you is if times are really bad, just accept whatever’s given to you. BUT don’t stop looking for a better paying job. When you find one, you can leave the current one. That is IF times are bad. Otherwise, feel free to look for a better paying job. I hope you got one already though..
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I agree. there was no need to show me those faces… and times are bad…
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bro,
u shud open ur own compny lah tandanya tu..bila bos dioarg pun gaji kecik lagi hehe
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
serik with own company already laaa…
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hmmm….pulling faces like that would have made me think twice first….they must have had a figure in mind immediately bear and could not afford you….pay peanuts and you get monkeys….screeeech!
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
monkeys and peanuts… may be those were what they were looking for…
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papabear replied:
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
why can’t i access your exf2blog tony?
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OMG..there another OMG for you..
but I really hate to wait for other people..
yeah I also hate when they asked me to fill the form…
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papabear replied:
April 27th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
OMG hahah…. forms… OMG…
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wow
!!
* salam ziarah ~
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papabear replied:
April 27th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
thanks for the ziarah!
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Hahhaha.. This whole OMG face is just hilarious. I can imagine how they must’ve looked like. Just like how some people found out about my monthly incomes, look at my face and jaw drop. Hahaha..
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papabear replied:
April 27th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
exactly! jaw dropped to the floor! haha!
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otai resume always make me OMG!.. haha
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papabear replied:
April 27th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
ya ka? haha!
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hoho.camtu pun ada ka..
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papabear replied:
April 27th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
memang ada…
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This is sad.. I can’t understand why some of the companies treat people like this!
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papabear replied:
May 25th, 2009 at 11:55 am
yup… something that we just can’t really understand…
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