BLOG REDISCOVERED

Only been a few days since my last log and yet a lot things went by just like that. I'd try to put as much information as I can and recall the things that had happened.

Christmas Dinner Held by TRANSCOM at the roof deck

Christmas Day…

It was fortunate that Aunt Milen will be joining us for Christmas and that she granted our invitation, to be honest It's really important to me and my sister that Aunt Milen joined us in Christmas eve.  Aunt Milen is currently undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week just to keep her alive and I'm not exactly sure how long will she hold up on that kind of situation nor even sure if this will be her last Christmas, That's the main reason why Christmas is very important this year because of Aunt Milens situation.

On work…

Since this is holiday , I decided I should try out my new outfit I bought from the local mall along with the new shoes I bought (Pictured on my last entry). Honestly speaking I really look great after I tried it out , though in some ways it has brought me criticism from my co-workers on the fact that the attire outfit on that day was "all red" in the office and incidentally I was wearing brown - so I got the general idea on how misfit I was on Christmas day but nevertheless I paid no heed on that and no one is stopping me from wearing what I want in Christmas eve aside from that I also tried to wear a red Santa hat as a head gear , kind of ridiculous and childish of me but I always wanted to wear one when I was a kid.

Unnamed Person wearing a Santa Claus Costume 

Well TRANSCOM was a bit generous in some ways to give their employee's  a sort of Mini Dinner at the roof deck of TRANSCOM Building, Unfortunately I never enjoyed the said meal in the sense that the quantity  and quality of the food given wasn’t that great as what the company is bragging about on the company email network. I find the food a bit less and short on my expectations. Frankly the only reason I could think of  why TRANSCOM put up such a banquet was on the fact that they don’t want to be put on the position that their company will be branded "Stiff" to their employee's during Christmas. Honestly if TRANSCOM is going  to put up a Christmas dinner with their employee's  then they should have to the very least had considered the "Generosity" Factor to their employees rather than the "Saving Grave" one.

During the latter shift in the early morning , there was a raffle about getting two Samsung Galaxy phones in the office and I can't exactly remember who the guys that won.

Fast forward to December 26th.

Since the lack of calls Talktalk Account has been receiving during holidays , It was decided by TRANSCOM  that they would give out GHE ( coined term as "GO HOME EARLY" ) to teams and agents. The team that I belonged with was given a GHE and of course immediately all except me went out early on work, Me being left out later decided that I should avail of the GHE , after all GHE of two hours early leave isn't going to hurt my pay check at all ( GHE unfortunately is similar to unpaid leave ) . Anyway since I had nothing to do for a few hours a decided that I should join the rest of the group on a drinking session in metro walk  ( I think its somewhere located in ortigas area)

We went to a usual club there and got down to drinking , Midway in the drinking session I was asked by "Rose" along with "Dustin" if I had a diary of some sort, I did replied to their question that I do have one and it has three versions - Paper form , Electronic , and Online journal. I puzzled why they ask such and immediately they asked me the said question, "You don’t like us ?" I didn’t replied to their answer as it was too personal.  In reality my answer is half right and half wrong, and lets just say that I had trouble getting along with some folks but not all and frankly the three previous teams I worked with on three  different companies in the Call center are very different from this one , and I had no problems with my former teams mates considering that they do respect my privacy.

Then "Renee" bought in the subject in the table when she was I think half drunk that I was putting up a blog , to my surprise I didn't have a clue that "Renee" has an idea that I do have a blog . Then it hit me "BAM !!!" , she must have read this this blog.

The whole Gang and my co-workers in a local Pub having a drink

Anyway it never mattered on how she got access or discovered my blog ,but the fact is that she saw it and read it and I have no idea on the extent she read on my blog but I do have a guess that she read the part where I was saying a lot of negative stuff about her and even to my teammates. She said at the drinking table that I should be careful on what I put in the cyber space and that "I owe her, something" . Yeah point taken about it but if she expects me to retract everything I wrote about against her or to anyone on this blog then , she's making a big mistake. I do admit I said a lot of nasty and negative things on people but you can't stop people from what goes on in their minds. On my case you may put down my blog or hid it away but you can never read or stop on what's going on in my head.  Aside from that I do have my right's in putting up a blog and I'm old enough to get it my way  (PLEASE read my introduction on the top part of this webpage)

Frankly I don’t see any big deal about me putting up a blog nor would it make a big issue out of it. So what's their point ? Got a problem with that ?

The drinking session was finished on at about past 7am and I went home again walking my way to cubao.

The following day…

There was still a lack of calls coming on the office and pretty much everything is still boring, and the avail time is about more than 45 minutes.  During the long avail, TL John Rivero called us for a quick team meeting which I early assumed to be work related. The first part of the meeting was that "TL John Rivero" announced was that our team will be extending our stay in the customer service department for another week as said  by the brass in TRANSCOM, " Ok Fair enough " I said to myself and guess that customer service department really needed some guys and that they can't put us back immediately until things gets stable enough for them and aside from that I think we will be one of the last teams to be put back to plus TV department after this new years holiday.

Second part "John" announced was there is no word yet on the 2000 PHP TECH allowance on our salaries , and that It cannot be put up on discussion until after new years day since HR COMPENBEN department is still in holiday. I also said to myself "Ok Fair enough"

The night is quite in Fan Ranch Park nearby TRANSCOM

The third part of the meeting was a bit disturbing on my part in the sense that TL John said that he'd be making a few changes within the weeks to come , specifically in the seating arrangement and  in the fact that he noticed that some of my team mates are not joining the dinner tablet . Based on what he said there is some grudges going on within the team and mentioned something of a blog which directly refers to me

Apparently he said we should sort the difference and work together as a group.

Had no idea why my blog was the subject of discussion among my co-workers . the new members of the group had no idea what TL JOHN is pointing out, but my other co workers , Dustin , McVin, Renee, Rose, Mark and Gwen know what kind of shit John is referring to. What I put on my blog is definitely non of their business whatsoever and what I ever put in there ,I take full account with. However I still don’t see the fuzz why my blog became so controversial about it and it doesn’t make any sense on what's the deal about it. I feel terribly annoyed on this on the fact that they are encroaching my personal space. I just find it simply distasteful that they even bothered to go thru so much trouble in finding out personal details about me. Really bloody awful.

I'm not exactly sure what will happened next , now that my blog has been discovered and I fear that it might brew trouble ahead. I do hope this matter will not escalate further and that I'm going to "Lockdown" this blog until my further decision.

Picture if the whole Group "TEAM Awesome" (includes also the new members of the team) , I'm on the lower right wearing a Santa hat. Leftmost side is our TL John Rivero 

Two days later……

Did enjoyed my 2 days off from work in the sense that I needed some time to relieve myself on those horse shitting office politics, I do deserve a personal space and break , now that my blog has been discovered. So what's going on in the office then ?

Well first off , it seems that our former co-worker Richard Regidor is now hanging up with McVin as a love interest and based on what I heard in the office. McVin and Chard had a passionate tongue to tongue kiss a day earlier in a bar (Based on what McVin is bragging about). Wow guy to guy romance huh ? Well not my problem - its their lives' not mine. In relation to this "dustin" even added to Mcvin's statement by making joke comments like "hey , McVin it looks like you hit a jackpot on Chard's good looks"

In other news ......

Email Transcript of TRANSCOM employees in their MS outlook

Dear Employees,

 

Greetings of Yuletide Season!

 

To supplement Sir Siva’s email regarding keeping up with our tradition during Christmas and New Year’s Eve, we have prepared free meal for our employees who are on duty during Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

 

Please be guided by the following procedure:

 

1.       Look for your name in the reception area.

2.       Each employee on duty is entitled to one meal voucher worth Php 50.00.

3.       If you brought one of your family members or friend, you will be given one additional voucher. The family member/friend must be present upon retrieval of the meal voucher.

4.       Distribution of the meal voucher is from 7:00pm – 12:00mn of December 24, 2012.

5.       Meal Vouchers can only be availed from 7:00 pm of December 24, 2012 – 6:00 am of December 25, 2012.

6.       Food will be prepared by our concessionaires in the Roof Deck for Tiendesitas and Second Floor Pantry for Filinvest. This occasion will emulate a Barbeque Party during Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

7.       On New Year’s Eve, everyone is welcome to view Firework Displays in the Roof Deck (Tiendesitas) while having a sumptuous meal with your loved ones in Transcom.

As previously stated by Sir Siva, this is Transcom’s way of thanking all our employees for their dedication and hardwork and for choosing to celebrate Christmas and New Year in Transcom.

 

 

Trully… Transcom, I’m Home…

 

Thank you and Have a Merry Wonderful Christmas!