Last week, I am being bombarded with two shocking news that are related to the company that I am working in. Due to the sensitivity of the issue on hand, I shall not mention what is the news about. But these news made me realised that changes are the only constant in this business world and business world is so practical and realistic that we are only keen in dollars and cents and when one cannot work, we have no choice but let it go. This explains the term "Only the strongest will survive" very well.
With these changes in hand, nobody will know whether it is a better move or not. Only time can tell the answer. We can only hope for the best.
2008 seems to be a gloomy year for us. Economy is not so good. Every day we are bombarded with negative news. Stocks prices are dropping like crazy. Cost of living is getting higher but pay increment is very little.
"When the going gets tough, the tough gets going".
Hopefully we would get stronger when we are facing tough environment, tough situation, demanding boss, etc.
This reminds me of a channel 5 show that i have been watching. It is "Hell Kitchen" on every Friday at 12am.
This is a competition where contestants will compete with each other in cooking. The winner will get to work in a very high class billions worth restaurant and become a chef. There are two competitions in every episode - one is for individual and one is for group. For group, you actually work in the restaurant and cooked for patrons in real setting. The kitchen is a open concept where patrons can see the chefs in action.
What is so shocking about this show is that the chef who is testing the contestants. He is a very demanding and bad tempered chef. When the contestants make any mistake, he will just scream and scold the contestants in front of the patrons. When the food they prepare are not up to standard, he will just throw away the food and ask the contestants to prepare again. When the patrons wait for too long and start complaining to the chef, the chef will keep pushing the contestants to be faster and faster and this adds more stress to the contestants. When a few contestants fail to meet his standards and make him fuming mad, he will just stop the whole kitchen operations and stop serving the patrons.
He is just like a boss from "hell".
Maybe we should have such bosses too, so that we can "wake up" from our sleep and become a better and smarter employee instead.
Hmmm ... Maybe ... Hehe
So remember to watch the show, Hell's Kitchen on channel 5 at 11pm!
You will feel very blessed that your boss is not like that!
Attached is some of the highlights from Hell's Kitchen.
