New Job Snippets

Want to hear about my new job, well... checkout the email below I sent to my ex-colleagues.

Dear Servcorpians,

I miss you all!!! It's been over a month since I left & I am slowly seeing light...
For one - I know that it's never going to be crystal, marble & leather in my new workplace...

I am slowly getting accustomed to the work pace, work culture & new team. We will be shifting office probably September - upgrade to a higher floor in the same building... Maybe I should put forth my suggestions - IP phones, espresso machine, reception with views & maybe a guardian angel by the entrance (not a shining knight/terricotta warrior* though. I was thinking of a horse since our it's part of the company logo.. Hmmm... Maybe borrow the bronze horse* from Anna?) I wonder if they will think me pampered or rebellious...

Let's talk about work culture...

CULTURE SHOCK 1: The never-ending email trails
It points everywhere, cover everybody's ass & is encouraged upon...
Emails are no longer a tool to effectively convey a message, it bombards the mind unnecessarily. AND IT INCLUDES THE WHOLE WORLD!
I have never hit "Delete" button so often in my life - equivalent to how you delete the junk Viagra emails every morning.

With over 80 emails a day (in/out), how will I know a "FYA" is not "FYI". I never use that term before!!! If it's "For Your Action", then spell it out for goodness sake & include my name in BOLD! Stop cc the whole world, I will start to think the email is not meant for me...

CULTURE SHOCK 2: The fantastic communication system
I pride myself using IP phones in Servcorp - the ability to answer the call by announcing the callers name first (yes - freaking sometimes) OR the ability to deliberately miss a call...
Here in my company... No, I do not use digital phone.. I use an analog phone... R

Multiple Choice Question: How will you know you have got voicemail?
(A) Red light on phone
(B) Auto call back every 15 minutes
(C) Pick up the phone & it announce "You got voicemail"

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ANSWER: (C)
Yes, this is worse than digital phone era - you will know you have got voicemail the very moment you need to make an urgent phonecall. Good news is - you can still proceed to make the call even if you have not checked the voicemails. Let's just hope I remember! So if you called me, sorry.. I will have no idea you called unless you leave me a lovely voicemail....

Anyway, these are little snippets into my new working life... Funny at times.. And it always makes me think of you gals.. always bring a tiny smile to my lips...Feel free to share this email with my fellow ex-Servcorpians...

Looking to catching up with you gals soon!!!
Take good care of yourself!

*Just in case you wonder about the knights & horse. In Servcorp, we have knight in shinning armour (Six Battery Road), terricota warrior (Prudential Tower) & bronze horse (Six Battery Road) gracing the reception area.