The management & the resistance

Its 11.00 am, and I am still at home.

Surprised? Don't be.

I am sure you guys will do the same thing if your salaries were paid late the last 3 months, while your EPF contribution has not been paid since end of last year.

The management of my company sure knows how to make a fool of itself.

Its okay if a fool is willing to make mistakes and learn, but these fools make mistakes, don't admit it and don't want to learn!

Orang melayu cakap 'BODOH SOMBONG'.

I think the management's objective should be re-written into: 'Be a fool, and stay a fool'.

My patience is running very thin, and I have been looking for a job since May. Unfortunately, I've not received any offers so far. Admittedly, the current economic climate is unsuitable for a job switch...but hey, better to earn a lower salary in a stable company then putting up with all kinds of nonsense with my current company.

All I want is for my salary to be paid on time, and all my outstanding EPF contributions to be paid in full. Nothing extraordinary, in fact, these are things that I should not worry about as someone who supposedly WORKS and earns a living!

To make matters worse, the management is not communicating with the staff on this matter. They are going about acting everything is normal. The policy of the management seems to be 'Ignorance is bliss'.

Besides myself, and a handful of other colleagues, other staff seems to be accepting this kind of treatment!

Amazing!

Maybe, like the management, the other staff inherited a few hundred million from their parents! Or maybe they are from a different planet altogether.

Good for them, but unfortunately, this is a luxury I don't have. I'm just your average Malaysian dad who has bills to pay and a wife and kid to feed. Therefore, I need to have my salary on time. My EPF contributions? Funny that its been deducted in my pay slips, but not paid since end of last year!!

So, me and my band of resistance fighters have been putting up a fight the last 3 months. We've made our case known to EPF, we've met some lawyers, we are lodging reports wherever we can. Some have been asked to leave (and got their outstanding salaries, and better jobs!), while some, including myself, are just hanging on until we find the right jobs.

Here's hoping for a better job and a better life as soon as possible.