Firstly I would like to say ‘Alhamdullillah’ as I’ve been promoted to a more senior level management, hence my new job title would allow me to use the ‘Senior’ designation. So far in my working life I’ve been entrusted to be a manager, whereas there has always been some subordinates, ranging from 30 to 120. With this promotion, I’ve been pulled out of Operations and more into setting of policy for my division. But with the new portfolio, the task is expanded to nationwide whereas the number of subordinate become none, zilch, nada, kosong, big fat zero.
For the first time in my working life there’s nobody reporting to me…my realm has been expanded nationwide but I have to rule it alone. I feel so ‘alone’ in the sense that nobody for me to give orders to.
In my last post, I’ve been given two new execs to groom to my liking, plus about 120 of technical staff to manage. Hence I could just my orders have them executed, whether they like it or not. Granted that I still have a boss to report to (even now), the smaller units have their own leader to handle the daily operations but nothing beats the sense of power that you have over them. J. Now even though I’ve gotten a promotion, but in my new place I’m the second lowest ranking officer around. Even the clerks yield more power than me. I remember one Senior GM remarked that his PA is even busier than him as she was always MIA and he couldn’t do a thing about it.
So far I’ve been coping with it although there’s still no signs of PDS ( Power Deficiency Syndrome ), but along with the moves there’s some benefit especially on the family front. For the last year and a half, I’ve been commuting almost 100km daily to and fro the workplace, hence it was a 7am-8pm job. That does not include emergency where you’ll be called out in the middle of the night or on your day off. Now it’s only about 10 km trip to the new office. It’s great to have more time to spend with the family esp. the lil ‘un is growing rapidly everyday.
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