Job Nature Complexities

My day of work began with a surprise e-mail about a meeting that my supervisor & I had to attend at NTUC Centre. We came into the office at 8:30am & suddenly had to rush off in a taxi there at 9am!

It wasn’t a very long meeting with the various unions & associations involved in a nation-wide Job Re-design Program (JRP). Minister Lim Swee Say was there, though it was chaired by the CEO of WDA & Director of NTUC. Somehow, these high profile people seemed to look different on TV, compared to when I actually see them in person, sitting right across the table from me.

Coming back to the office, my team & I went for a slightly early lunch coz it was almost lunch time anyway. I’m glad for the rapport built up so far, coz we got to chat, joke & laugh over lunch.

I have been noticing that Tony can have quite a split personality. At times he can be serious & moody, whereas on other times, he can be jovial & talk nonsense. And this can change a few times a day. I told him that I can pray for him, if he wants to share, but he just laughed & brushed me off.

The afternoon went by quite fast, with lots of work to do & seriously not knowing where & which to start with. In this job, it doesn’t seem that there are many, many small tasks to do. In fact, there are just a handful of tasks to do… but these are long duration tasks which are complex & may take weeks to complete.

After almost everyone had left for home, my team & I rushed back to the NTUC Centre for a short dinner before attending the briefing seminar conducted by NTUC for its union employee representatives. The seminar went quite smoothly, until the Q&A session where we heard & watched employees of mature ages raising questions at the panel of speakers. It can be shocking to see how demanding Singaporeans can be. And I totally agree that it’s the employees that are making things difficult, coz the Government & Unions are doing their best in the midst of all the situational complexities. We are trying to help, but the people are stubborn & resist change, even when it is reality.