As for the increment, well, as expected, both the IT Manager and i got a "high single digit" increment.
Strange enough, i have no feeling about this at all -- no happiness nor unhappiness. I am not sure how this indifference came about. Perhaps it's because i've more or less expected it; perhaps it's because even after the increment i'm still underpaid by the market standard; perhaps it's because money has never really been a motivational factor in my life, especially more so now. Frankly, i really do not know why.
Anyway, more money is always welcomed. It means i can now pamper myself a little bit more.
Oh, and our department is having a little crisis now. Boss is going to KL tomorrow evening for crisis management -- two of our staff in ex-little boss's team had tendered their resignation, and boss is going to KL, trying to change their minds.
This kinda held back my little brother colleague, who told me that he was still contemplating about his future over the weekend. On one hand, he felt bad to resign now, not wanting to add more problems unto ex-little boss. On the other, he's worried that all the workload will be on his shoulders once the other two leave, and he would be even more demoralised than he already is.
My only advice to him was to talk to his superior, i.e. my ex-little boss. I felt bad for ex-little boss, yet i also felt that little brother has every right to act for his own good, for i doubt the company will appreciate his kind-heartedness in withholding his resignation to prevent the collapse of the entire team. So i told him to at least give ex-little boss a heads up, and then after that he will be free to do whatever he wants without feeling guilty.
See, the thing is this -- bosses will always act only when the staff resign. They do not take the situation seriously before things happen, and only react when things have already gotten out-of-hand. Now, no amount of pep talks or team building activities can help anymore. It's similar to the programmer from my team who had resigned; i've already told boss about my team members' unhappiness of having bad remarks thrown at him, and boss didn't do anything about it until the programmer threw in the towel.
Oh well, i guess this is part and parcel of our working life -- there are always hellos and goodbyes, whether we are the one at the receiving end, or the one who's giving it.
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