Third Monthsary Soon

June 16, 2008, 9:00 AM, it was the date and time of my first day at Baker & McKenzie in Net One Center, The Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. I still remember I was 30 minutes early and waited a few minutes at the reception area. There were actually three of us waiting, so I did not get bored at all. A few more minutes Ms. Portia approached us to come with her at a meeting room near the reception area. It's a familiar room for me because it was the same room where Ms. Naomi, also from the Human Resource Department, talked with me around three weeks ago during my job offer. It only took me less than a day to know that I pass the interview process and will proceed to the job offer. A few more days, I already sign the contract! To sum up, that's less than a week. Back to the orientation day, Ms. Portia informed us about our workplaces, company rules, regulations, benefits, and everything we need to know on our first day. That time I was able to learn how big the company is, and how lucky I am to join them. After the orientation, I was approached by my new supervisor -- Ma'am Joy Salvador. She then introduced me to her team, my new team. I was surprised when I met them, because there are only 5 of us in the team that day and boys dominates us. Later I knew that one more girl team mate is on leave because she had been spotting a few days ago and need to rest for a while. Before I got to sit on my new post, Ma'am Joy introduced me to the rest of the IT teams one after another. It was a huge IT team broken down into different functions. Even at first glance I already knew they are nice and fun people. I told myself "I'll enjoy here."

After all the introductions I already got the chance to feel my new post. I still don't have a PC that time, but I was given a B&M mug that is exclusive to employees only, my "pedestal" where I will put all my stuff, my files rack, and chair that looks like an executive chair. Just a few hours of fixing my post, I was called by the IT Manager. It's time for me to have a "hand scan". We use a pin number and our hand to login. A few more times and I went back to my post. Now I have my PC, oh it was not a PC but a laptop. It's temporary though. My supervisor instructed me to familiarize myself on the intranet facility that they are testing from time to time. It is a big intranet site, I got tired just by browsing the pages! Then I was given the email account and login accounts for the rest of the employee sites like the payslip, leave, newsletter, and room reservation. A few more browsing and it's lunch time. Good thing I brought "baon" because even if there's a pantry, I'm still not sure if there is a canteen in the office. I had lunch with the rest of the team along with my co-employees from other teams. I'm right when I said to myself that they are nice and fun to be with. They took care of me well on my first day, I didn't had a bad time. Not a single moment. A few more minutes and hours have passed and I did not notice that it's already 6:00 PM. It going home time. Oh, it rained on the first time that I am going home from my new office! I had a hard time looking for taxi, and the Fort bus are already full. Then I remembered that we have a shuttle bus too! Ah, I was saved! I was able to experience riding on the B&M bus for the first time on my first day. I am relaxed upto the time I have to go out of it when it reached EDSA-Ayala. I went home that day having the good memories of my first day even if I still miss my previous co-employees in DeepArctic.

Soon I'll be celebrating my third month in Baker & McKenzie. That is also the time of my first evaluation. I just hope I'll have good results. Working in B&M is tiring because they really have lots of work to do, but I enjoy everyone of them. I feel at home even on my first, second, third month in the company. I love my work, and I love being with my co-employees. I hope I can stay longer.

Reasons Why Employees Leave the Company

I've worked to different jobs and companies already in the past four year after college. I've talked, known and worked with different people -- from my boss to co-employees to clients. Among them, I stayed the longest on my previous job. That was for a year and two months. Most of the time I spent only 6 to 10 months in a company. My reasons are just one of the few if you'll ask me why I left the company and searched for a better one. There are actually many reasons why an employee leave a company. And believe me it's not always a negative reason. But what really are those reasons? In here I list few of them (this might help you compose your resignation letter soon...):

1. Top on the list: "another company offered a better compensation or package with lots of good and visible benefits". Yes, that is always at the top. Who does not want to have a good pay? You cannot work if you are problematic on where to get money to pay your bills, right? People work hard at their best to be paid fairly or much.
   
2. "Career growth.", is this for real? It surely is! This is also the safest answer during interviews so don't be surprised. Some companies give trainings, promotions, more projects with advance technologies and tasks that can help us become more mature and knowledgeable about our skills and fields. It is not always about money, our minds must be fed also.
   
3. "Employees leave because of managers not because of work." I have read this in another blog and made me realize that it is very true. I was able to last for months on my previous jobs because I have good pay, great found friends, and I love my work. But I forgot all of those good reasons whenever I remember my boss who always say, "If not for me you will not have your work. Your earnings are your debts to me. I can replace you easily. Your nothing to me."
4. "Very tiring and exhausting job. In short, all work no play!" We are only human, we need time to relax. Work is not everything that we do in our life. An imbalance workplace is not healthy at all.
5. "I don't see my worth in the company." Even on our childhood days, we are delighted whenever our parents or other people recognize our talents and skills. We enjoy our job more when we are appreciated by our boss or even our co-employees. It is our ego that should be fed. If not we start to get tired of working and stop enjoying the job.
6. I always hope that the company that I will be joining welcome me like a family. Luckily, that hope is always granted. It is not a good feeling to be left out by your co-employees, even more your team mates! I'll feel paranoid if they'll think that I can't belong to their "circle". Who does not want to belong anyway?

It is not bad to leave your company as long as you still respect your boss, co-employees, and job even at your last day. How you will inform them about your decision is already on your own to make. It's time for you to think and decide before it could be too late for you to leave.