aspiring

This week, the finance people in my company, including me... are busy with forecasting. Forecasting is a big task for us. It’s tedious, mind-boggling, involving lots of calculations, with a few major rounds of revisions plus lots of minor revisions. No joke. My company has a fanciful name for our forcasting process – ASPIRE. What a name, it’s more like we do until perspire.

On a positive note, I certainly learn more about the business, products & market trends through this exercise. And stronger teamwork.

Hope we won’t expire by the end of the forecasting process... hahaha ok ok I bind that. My God's grace is sufficient. :)

work tales

It seems ages sinces I last post - I'm back :) Glad that my bloggie & non-bloggie friends are all doing fine.

Because this week is chinese new year holidays, everyone seems to be busy with all kinds of stuff. Today, my boss has given me the magnificent task of finishing a whole week's work in 2 days time. I feel so honoured. He merely said, "Can I have this 50-page management report, say, this friday?" "Oh, why not." I said. At the back of my mind, this question "Do I really have a choice???" is ringing real loud.

As if that wasn't enough, boss came to me later & said, "Can we review the draft tomorrow afternoon?" I almost stared at him. Aren't we on half-day tomorrow? Have the rules changed? I am supposed to have reunion dinner at home right, not in the office I think.

Ok I know he don't mean to make me work through the holidays. It just happen that there is a business review meeting next week & the big bosses need the management reports to be ready by end of this week. There are timelines to meet. And he does understand & appreciate the efforts we put in. So, no I won't stone my boss.

Just a little episode at work today. God bless bosses.