I'm 3 Ply, Cheap and Re-usable

I'm actually feeling an affinity to the ubiquitous toilet roll: they're cheap, dispensable but awfully missed only when there's shit to clean-up. After each wipe, they're discarded.

I'm so glad to be useful. And I'm re-usable!

I'm beginning to realize that it's a falacy to think that if you deliver beyond what is expected of you, you'll eventually be paid what you deliver. The reality is that your boss would most probably sit back and thank his lucky stars that he's got someone stupid enough to give so much without any extra renumeration. You'll be like the top producer in the Chairman Mao Insurance Agency.

I've been putting in my heart and soul into the projects that have been assigned to me for the last few years under my new boss. But I'm beggining to realize that my value to him is that I've been able to deliver wonders at very very low cost. And when I'm not there to deliver (often demanded at a moments notice), I incur his displeasure. I've also realized that I have not been getting any promotions for all the things I have been doing.

I think my CEO would faint if he knew that I was holding such a junior grade. It's really a crying shame that they would place an E4 (I'm not even a Manager) on the same stage as Presidents and Directors of MNCs like Sun Microsystems and Singtel. I mean if I can do the job, why am I not getting the pay?

And to think that today I was faulted for coming late daily. I was just thinking, what are you going to do? Not promote me? But that's what's been happening already. So if I go along with that logic, then all the on-target, on-time deliverables that included umpteen last minute presentations to the local press, to the MDA, at CES in LAS Vegas, to the EDB, and brochure, poster and PR content, is not enough to justify a promotion. . .all because I come to work late. What a croc-load of pure unadulterated bull.

I think it's time I began to work according to what I'm actually paid. I also think It's time for a transfer.