The Meeting

Met up with ET and my boss today to go through my 'overspending'.. it was done over two sessions. 1st session started at noon and ended at 2:30pm. It resumed at 5:45pm and ended at 7:30pm. The main area in discussion was my labour costs which was at RM53k. I justified RM50k of it and it was accepted. As far as I am concerned it is good enough. But they thought otherwise... so I told them in not a very polite way. You allowed me to have 35 people in this department. But then you imposed a hiring freeze. I ended up with 22 people and I had to compensate with part time labour. Replacing with 13 part timers does not give you the same efficiency as 13 full time hence your RM3k extra.

These people will never admit their mistakes. My boss says he didn't stop me from re-hiring to the 35 which is true. However, someone else did and said that I had to get approval which I also managed to get after a couple of weeks. And even after I got the approval, people don't just appear at the snap of the finger, ok? I am pretty sure I am still sane. I'd have to be insane to not want to hire IF there were no restrictions. My boss calls the person to clarify and judging from the conversation there was denial or some kind of denial. Ok, as usual... I am the liar... it's ok... my conscience is clear... and I have my team as witnesses.

After the meeting, my boss asked me what was different with my meeting with ET on Monday and now? I said... you're here... she has to follow your pace and you allowed me to present my case and justify unlike her. So, he suggests that he be present for the next meeting as well. Up to you... I'm fine.

Throughout the meeting, I was not as nice as I have been in my 10 years here. I was... feisty? I can tell my boss knew I was not in a mood to be messed around with. I guess after 10 years of working together we both know each others' temperament. He was very accommodating and extra nice throughout.

But... I'm still sticking to my decision... the countdown has started...