I realise that since I’ve started work back in March, I didn’t really bother talking about it. Now that I think about it, time really flies working in a stressful environment. It has already been 2 months but my first day felt just like last week.
The amount of work at my desk
Like what Tianci said (and I must add that is by far the most sensible thing I have ever heard him say), social life only starts after 5.30pm (6.00pm for my case) for weekdays. Sometimes, I get so tired from work that I actually doze off unknowingly at 10.00pm, making my social life spanning for only 4 hours for that day.
Many may have think: You are just a temp staff, the most you do is data entry, despatch and filing only what, where got stress? Well, I’m currently covering a full perm staff portfolio, who is away on maternity leave. That makes me kind of like a “temporary permanant staff” (blatant use of oxymoron there).
Working there makes me feel like I’m back in army. The thought of NSF doing regular work but earn peanuts is so similar to temp staff doing perm work but earn peanuts.
So what exactly do I do there? I am in charge of the deployment of Executives and Administration Staffs. The list includes counsellors, executives, managers, assistant directors.
Over there, I also learned salary computation, which brings about my next point. University students, if you want a starting pay of at least 2.2k, there are two things you need to do:
1. Get at least a 2nd lower honours
2. Never work in a government sector.
I shall not elaborate more as these are confidential matters, but heed my advice.
I vividly remembered the first week I started work at that place, I was amazed by how the perm staff over there is able to remember every single name and where their current posting is. Better, they are even able to remember when will their next posting be effected, as well as their CV. It was on that day I knew I was en route to a superhuman memory. Though currently I still cannot match their current standard (it takes years to master such a skill), I am proud to say that my memory has increased tenfold. Give me a school and I can tell you whether there is a vacant post. Show me your qualifications and I can give you your starting salary.
I may earn peanuts, but the things I learnt and the exposure is good, and its near my place (I spent $20 on transport once a month). Sad thing is, it has nothing to do with my future work.
