Never in my life have I ever imagined myself working in this 'development' workfield. Yes, I found out that my work is not actually humanitarian based since we're in the developing era. But hey, I got the job and this is my second project with the PR team. Never in my life have I ever imagined myself planning work plans and drawing flow charts for experts. That's what I have been doing for the past few days. Never have I ever imagined I would be transferred to another country with airflights charges, accomo charges and perdium paid and here I am with a 90% of going to Thailand next month for a week to work on a task with one of the experts in Thailand. Never have I imagined I would end up in an interview room interviewing people.
I don't really know the mentality behind an interviewer but the last time I interviewed a person was during Med Revue, when I had to interview some people to see who could make it in the cast. I had to reject some, I had to put some in and I had to think like none of them are my friends just to be in the safe unbiased zone.
It's weird being in a room with three other colleagues with questions I was about to ask these enumerators who were going to be data team assistant. I was the mental good cop. I made sure I let them know there's no such thing as the right answer. I gave them scenarios; those who's worked with us before would get scenarios that had to do with data but those who hadn't worked with us would get questions according to their past experiences.
The downfall of all this was the Burmese hierarchical mentality. Aunty wasn't happy that I was in the same position as her judging the candidates. I really don't know what her problem is to be honest. It's true she was responsible for the operational part but as someone who's responsible for the technical division of work, I have every right to interview whoever I want. She felt like we have violated her plan. The thing was she had always been stubborn with her plan and she had not taken any initiatives to discuss with the higher boss.
Ok, the flow charts and the modules that I came up with were all part of my intiatives. As someone who's done this project last five months ago and as someone who's been promoted to the data analyst assistant level, I have more responsibilities now than ever. So, I've taken the initiatives to do work out all the stuffs and revise all the details we did in the last project just so I can be on the touch and go for any questions asked during this new project. The thing was Aunty felt left out but it was only cos she didn't ask around. I do feel like a bit of a goody two shoes or an apple polisher asking my boss and others about what to do but I rather I'm prepared than left dumbfounded when the time comes. So yeah, I handled things my way.
It was not long after I sat interviewing 11 people that I was asked to interview this dude for a database assistant with the highest boss, ToyBoss. I was honored to be honest but also nervous but after that interview, ToyBoss treated me as her friend and asked me what I thought. The moment she said that, I felt my eyes tickle. I just couldn't believe I was in this position where people could rely or depend on my point of views.
I'm modest I know but I'm just glad how much of a long way I've come and even glad that I've been doing a great job for both my bosses. It's hard work manhandling tasks one by one and going against time, but god damn, it's a good feeling once you know you get everything done.
Workaholic much? Indeedy :)
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