Comments on: Breaks provided for periods http://www.sungnyemun.org/wordpress/2006/04/19/breaks-provided-for-periods/ A diary of madness Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:08:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: dda http://www.sungnyemun.org/wordpress/2006/04/19/breaks-provided-for-periods/#comment-168 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:52:45 +0000 http://www.sungnyemun.org/wordpress/2006/04/19/breaks-provided-for-periods/#comment-168 Well experience taught me not to trust things like feelings in the workplace. Besides, an employer – even, or maybe especially, one who also draws a salary – will never be part of *their* team [and he better not be, after all]. My father in law told me a long time ago that I shouldn't befriend employees, and should "acquire weight" – 무게를 잡아야 돼 – [and although he didn't mean <em>put on weight</em>, this is what happened too :-(]. Not only I am – and always will be – a foreigner, but the goals of an employee and of a branch manager are quite different. Their own – far as I can tell – was to draw a salary, preferrably doing something interesting – and not too many hours; mine was to make this branch profitable. Fun was not part of the job description – but on the other hand I didn't have to worry about how to make ends meet. On the particular subject of secretaries, they usually like you when you leave them pretty much alone. When you start being demanding, your overall score starts to drop. So I never really cared about making the top-10 charts in the company. The P&L rather was where I focused my attention... Well experience taught me not to trust things like feelings in the workplace. Besides, an employer – even, or maybe especially, one who also draws a salary – will never be part of *their* team [and he better not be, after all]. My father in law told me a long time ago that I shouldn’t befriend employees, and should “acquire weight” – 무게를 잡아야 돼 – [and although he didn’t mean put on weight, this is what happened too :-( ]. Not only I am – and always will be – a foreigner, but the goals of an employee and of a branch manager are quite different. Their own – far as I can tell – was to draw a salary, preferrably doing something interesting – and not too many hours; mine was to make this branch profitable. Fun was not part of the job description – but on the other hand I didn’t have to worry about how to make ends meet.

On the particular subject of secretaries, they usually like you when you leave them pretty much alone. When you start being demanding, your overall score starts to drop. So I never really cared about making the top-10 charts in the company. The P&L rather was where I focused my attention…

]]> by: Christian http://www.sungnyemun.org/wordpress/2006/04/19/breaks-provided-for-periods/#comment-167 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:42:46 +0000 http://www.sungnyemun.org/wordpress/2006/04/19/breaks-provided-for-periods/#comment-167 And did you happen to know whether your employees (secretary) use to <i>like</i> you? Each time I hear of a good employer, it is never because he respects the law (well, who really does?). Koreans are so emotional, in my experience. And did you happen to know whether your employees (secretary) use to like you? Each time I hear of a good employer, it is never because he respects the law (well, who really does?). Koreans are so emotional, in my experience.

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