I'm finally employed by Public Bank after rotting at home for about two months. Was desperate for Public Bank, among all the jobs I've applied simply because they could afford a very high payment and I've been hearing a lot of good thing about them. Like benefits and good learning experience. I literally prayed so hard so that they get me in and ta-da! I'm in! Received the call the other day and I was damn happy and not listening to anything the person said in the phone.
After all the medical checkup, getting offer letter stuff, I was officially unemployed and start working on the 1st July 2013. A day to remember as it is also the day I started to lose my freedom of time. This job/position I accepted wasn't really my cup of tea afterall- Graduate Trainee: Senior Operation Officer. It's basically just a front line position, sitting behind the teller and do all the authorization job and checking of cheques. If you know me well, you could roughly guess why I say it isn't my cup of tea. It has nothing related to #PSYCHOLOGY, #HUMAN, #BEHAVIOR. If you ask me why did I apply this job, my answer would be "I DID NOT APPLY FOR THIS!" I actually applied for Human Resource or Training position but anyhow the job advertisement was just a deception. There isn't any vacancy for that I heard.
The first week was hectic because my branch has super large amount of customers because of the majority population are Chinese, senior citizen, rural residents (新村), lots of companies & factories around the area and these people are those who just trust local Chinese bank. I was asked by the OIC (I still don't know what it stand for) to stand by a teller and watch + stamp EPF, SOCSO documents only. I thought I was gonna be a teller so I tried to memorize all the keying system which is impossible to learn by watching because she was too fast! Thank god the other Senior Operation Officer pulled me to him and taught me things that I should learn. And so he became my sifu till now. Really thankful for his kind and generous helping hand in pulling me from the blur situation.
The offer letter stated that the working hour is from 8:45am-5:45pm. But it will never be true as I heard the earliest they could get is 6:30pm and this is a very rare occasion. The earliest time I left for this first week eventually is 8:25pm and the latest is 9:45pm. I heard from my high school friend that this is normal for working in banks even for Maybank. So I shouldn't complain much. Some people are not happy with the task, the insufficient of staff and the over time workload but it's still fine for me since it's only first week and I have LOTS to learn.
I have lots of conflicts happening in my mind but I'm always convincing myself that I should not give up fighting in the job. After all it's my first job and first two jobs are never easy, it's a job that test your ability to cope, to work, to adapt, to know your limit and capabilities. It will hardly be a job of your dream and interest because reality is always a challenge. Hence, give yourself a chance to learn and understand yourself better in preparing for a better future. Yes, I've decided to give myself a year time in this challenge! Hope I can do well and people can see what I wanna prove.
*resiliency activated*
Hope all my friends who are entering the working world soon be able to do well and get a decent job!
Nothing can beat us and no one should look down at us because we can do it!
Every week is a fresh challenge now, so no Monday blue ya!!
Fighting!
-wil-
Hoping for the best
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