Friday, November 24, 2006
Do you have Stardust in your eyes??
I had a funny conversation with my sister-in-law earlier. Up to now I am still bemused by it.
She informed me that the other night she saw my nannies outside the gate, seemingly waiting for some guys. Aside from that, she told me to inform my nannies to please dress accordingly. I was aghast of course, what nerve!!! My nannies were just wearing short pants that were mid thigh and not the very short shorts, just ordinary shorts and tshirts. I infact wears that during my single days. In the city where I come from, that is ordinary get up. We wear shorts and shirts to the malls or grocery shopping. I didn't know that in a rural area like this, people put malice in that kind of outfit. I wanted to say HELLO!!!..have you noticed what your nanny is wearing?? pants with spaghetti strips blouse with back-less that reaches the mid section of the back. She also wears sexy blouses that shows a little of her cleavage. it is a good thing I held my tongue or we would be exchanging insults.
I asked my nannies about it and they told me that they were throwing the garbage. A simple task of throwing the garbage and it has brought about a lot of misunderstandings not to mention wrong conclusions.
The lesson here? Please take a look if you have stardust in your eyes before you tell somebody that they have stardust in theirs.
She informed me that the other night she saw my nannies outside the gate, seemingly waiting for some guys. Aside from that, she told me to inform my nannies to please dress accordingly. I was aghast of course, what nerve!!! My nannies were just wearing short pants that were mid thigh and not the very short shorts, just ordinary shorts and tshirts. I infact wears that during my single days. In the city where I come from, that is ordinary get up. We wear shorts and shirts to the malls or grocery shopping. I didn't know that in a rural area like this, people put malice in that kind of outfit. I wanted to say HELLO!!!..have you noticed what your nanny is wearing?? pants with spaghetti strips blouse with back-less that reaches the mid section of the back. She also wears sexy blouses that shows a little of her cleavage. it is a good thing I held my tongue or we would be exchanging insults.
I asked my nannies about it and they told me that they were throwing the garbage. A simple task of throwing the garbage and it has brought about a lot of misunderstandings not to mention wrong conclusions.
The lesson here? Please take a look if you have stardust in your eyes before you tell somebody that they have stardust in theirs.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Virtual Wise Guys
I have noticed something funny about companies looking to outsource in Asia. First, they want cheap pay, hey that is fine because after all that is the purpose of outsourcing. But this is really the funny part, like if they are looking for writers or call center people, one of the requirement is the person has to be a native english speaker or must be educated in the US.
HELLLLOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!........Am I missing something here or what???????
You are outsourcing to Asia, which means a lot of the citizens there are graduates of their native country. Those that have studied in the US, most often they will continue their lives in the US or of they return to their native country, most often they worked as Executives with high pay and prestige, after all, they are US educated. Look at Pres. Gloria Arroyo, she is a Harvard graduate, in fact she and Pres. Clinton were classmates. So look where she is now. The President of the Philippines and one of today's most Powerful women.
You want a native speaker? Fine, but helloooooo...you want a Native English Speaker and pay that person according to outsourcing rates????? What makes you think that Native English Speaking person will be agreeable to this???
One thing these virtual employers should know, you cannot have the best of both worlds. Or maybe someone should tell them there are a lot of us Wise Guys in this world.
HELLLLOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!........Am I missing something here or what???????
You are outsourcing to Asia, which means a lot of the citizens there are graduates of their native country. Those that have studied in the US, most often they will continue their lives in the US or of they return to their native country, most often they worked as Executives with high pay and prestige, after all, they are US educated. Look at Pres. Gloria Arroyo, she is a Harvard graduate, in fact she and Pres. Clinton were classmates. So look where she is now. The President of the Philippines and one of today's most Powerful women.
You want a native speaker? Fine, but helloooooo...you want a Native English Speaker and pay that person according to outsourcing rates????? What makes you think that Native English Speaking person will be agreeable to this???
One thing these virtual employers should know, you cannot have the best of both worlds. Or maybe someone should tell them there are a lot of us Wise Guys in this world.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Inconsiderate Virtual Potential Employers
In the two years time that I have been working online, I have had the chance to meet various people, both virtual friends and virtual employers alike. One thing that frustrates me is the virtual potential employers.
There is one characteristic of these virtual potential employers that I hate and that is known as Inconsideration. How so?
As the term denotes, they are Potential Employer, meaning, they haven't hired me yet or given me the contract, in short we are still in the process of negotiating. But between exchanging emails and doing chats, suddenly they thought of a new plan which doesn't include outsourcing I guess, because then the emails stop coming in or they are not being responded or these Potential Employers are never online again, or if they are online they just choose to ignore my messages. How practical can you get? When they were interested in my services, they were the ones contacting me via emails and chats, but now that they may have formulated other plans, all of the sudden, I get a cold shoulder.
Why can't these people be more considerate and give us a closure? We cannot keep hounding you for a final response. A cold shoulder is the rudest ( if there is such a word as Rudest ) form of "Not Interested". Are we chopped liver? Mind you, we are well educated individuals who are also Professionals. Is it too demanding to ask for a simple email that says, " Sorry, but I changed my mind" or "Sorry, it seems I will not be needing your services for now". This way, we would know it's time to move on to other contracts or contacts.
There is one characteristic of these virtual potential employers that I hate and that is known as Inconsideration. How so?
As the term denotes, they are Potential Employer, meaning, they haven't hired me yet or given me the contract, in short we are still in the process of negotiating. But between exchanging emails and doing chats, suddenly they thought of a new plan which doesn't include outsourcing I guess, because then the emails stop coming in or they are not being responded or these Potential Employers are never online again, or if they are online they just choose to ignore my messages. How practical can you get? When they were interested in my services, they were the ones contacting me via emails and chats, but now that they may have formulated other plans, all of the sudden, I get a cold shoulder.
Why can't these people be more considerate and give us a closure? We cannot keep hounding you for a final response. A cold shoulder is the rudest ( if there is such a word as Rudest ) form of "Not Interested". Are we chopped liver? Mind you, we are well educated individuals who are also Professionals. Is it too demanding to ask for a simple email that says, " Sorry, but I changed my mind" or "Sorry, it seems I will not be needing your services for now". This way, we would know it's time to move on to other contracts or contacts.
