I stop at red light, and run when it turns green. Although I go to work after 9 in the morning (late), I leave the office after 6 in the evening (still maintain 8 hours of work each day). So what is the problem?
In the morning, I went to RMIT university to collect my undergraduate certificate, which was postponed because of some error with the order of my registered name on it. When I entered the room, I looked around and did not see the appointed official. One other academic assistant asked me who I was looking for. I turned back and recognized immediately the familiar face. After very light greetings, I heard she whispered, “you just come in and sit.” I had to admit that I was not happy with her words; however, I skipped them because I was in a hurry. She then found my certificate and checked the list. She looked at it for a while and accused me that someone or I had already picked it up? She required me to sign a sample for her examination. I would have been more than happy in case she advised me there was something wrong and she needed to double-check. In fact, she chose to blame on me or anyone whoever had signed that list. This once again made me upset. I have had some bad experience with her. I will like her if she opts to manoeuvre things professionally, especially when she deals with students in an international environment.
In the afternoon, I received an email message stating that salary payment for January might be made tomorrow (uncertain) and 75% of 13th month bonus would be made the following week (25% will be kept without a reason). After some thinking, I decided to respond to my boss, aslong with a CC to everyone. In the reply, I had two questions to ask. Firstly, why it is not absolutely tomorrow (today) that full payment for January will be made? Since the company already had a long discussion about always-late payment months back, it is supposed (despite never officially announced) that the 7th day of each month is the payday. I do think payment may be late for some reason, but it must be stated clearly. Secondly, I don’t understand why the company wants to keep/delay an amount of 25% of the bonus? In general, I can’t accept anything proposed as-is without an explanation or a reason at minimum. A company producing standards-compliant Web sites is considered to operate professionally, isn’t it?
Life is not simple. Or am I so complicated? Who knows?
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