Friday, June 11, 2010 
its a mess
Its been so long since the last time I log in to this blog!
Well I didnt mean to neglect it but Im not in the mood to blog for the first few months because of the break up. Anyway its all over now and Im attached for around a month now =) Im enjoying my dating journey now and I hope that my ex is doing fine too.
Im having my internship now at a dating service company. I really enjoy working there because I like the working environment and I love my colleagues! They are a bunch of fun and really nice people we had so much fun together. But sometimes things just dont go really smoothly and my classmate and I had problems juggling both our work and project at the same time. We have difficulty allocating time to do our project due to our unusual working time and of course we cant do our project during working hours even though the project is related to the company. I really hate to say this, but I have no motivation At ALL- both for my work and my project.
It is already very bad that we are not getting any pay and the unusual working hours which sacrifices our social life on weekdays. I felt so bad every time I turn down my friends when they ask me out because of my work. Honestly speaking, my one and only motivation is none other than my colleagues. I can never go through all these without them. I have worked so hard and did my best for the company. I even went the extra mile and went back to help out during weekends(and sacrificing my social life again), all because of that only motivation factor.
What really turned me off is that just a couple of hours ago my boss decided to make a selfish remark and demanded us to increase our working time by one more hour. Can we say no? Then what will happen to our final year project? Why didnt she try to understand our situation when we are already working for the company for free? What's more, my classmate is already struggling with money issues. We dont get paid, and she doesnt get allowance from her parents because she doesnt come from a well to do family. How is she going to survive for the next few months when our transport and food expenses are already so expensive? We are students mind you, it is already very surprising that she can support herself for the past few months through her savings- which is drying up and will soon be gone. I can never do it if I can only depend solely on my piggy bank.
Let's just say the cons out weights the pros by a hundred times. If we continue to work there, we will be the "free labours", we will sacrifice our social life, and MOST importantly we really have no time to do our project. It is already very depressing when there is an amount of stress during work and I have really reached my limit. I dont understand why she can simply comment that having no time for our project is none of her business when our project is based on the company which may benefit the company and of course we have to collect data from the company. If the company doesnt give us the chance and the time to do it, how are we going to pass our project? Yes Im talking about PASSING not aceing it. I am really, really disappointed. I suddenly have this very strong negative feel that Im being taken advantage of, HEAVILY taken advantage of in fact. I totally dont feel appreciated by the company at all. This totally took away the only motivation in me. I understand that being a small company, it is necessary for them to reduce costs as much as possible. But this is not the right way to do so. This is just like what one of the articles I've read a few days ago regarding companies exploiting interns for their own benefits. What is our school doing? What is the MOM doing? They shouldnt let the students do the free work! And they must really implement rules to protect all the interns please.
I am a very emotional person. A part of me still wants to be with the team but I cant continue this anymore. I dont want to fail my project and retain one semester because of this company. I dont want to feel unappreciated for the effort I've put in. I dont like to be treated as a free labour. Come on who in the world will like this?
I am going to use all means and methods I can to stop working and concentrate on the project. I dont care what contract or agreement there is between the school and the company, this is just too unfair to us interns. And I want to stop all these free labour nonsense. I dont want to see the next batches of final year students to be the next victims. I dont want my sister to put up with all these nonsense that Im going through. THIS SUCKS.
The harsh reality of life- TOTALLY UNFAIR.
Well I didnt mean to neglect it but Im not in the mood to blog for the first few months because of the break up. Anyway its all over now and Im attached for around a month now =) Im enjoying my dating journey now and I hope that my ex is doing fine too.
Im having my internship now at a dating service company. I really enjoy working there because I like the working environment and I love my colleagues! They are a bunch of fun and really nice people we had so much fun together. But sometimes things just dont go really smoothly and my classmate and I had problems juggling both our work and project at the same time. We have difficulty allocating time to do our project due to our unusual working time and of course we cant do our project during working hours even though the project is related to the company. I really hate to say this, but I have no motivation At ALL- both for my work and my project.
It is already very bad that we are not getting any pay and the unusual working hours which sacrifices our social life on weekdays. I felt so bad every time I turn down my friends when they ask me out because of my work. Honestly speaking, my one and only motivation is none other than my colleagues. I can never go through all these without them. I have worked so hard and did my best for the company. I even went the extra mile and went back to help out during weekends(and sacrificing my social life again), all because of that only motivation factor.
What really turned me off is that just a couple of hours ago my boss decided to make a selfish remark and demanded us to increase our working time by one more hour. Can we say no? Then what will happen to our final year project? Why didnt she try to understand our situation when we are already working for the company for free? What's more, my classmate is already struggling with money issues. We dont get paid, and she doesnt get allowance from her parents because she doesnt come from a well to do family. How is she going to survive for the next few months when our transport and food expenses are already so expensive? We are students mind you, it is already very surprising that she can support herself for the past few months through her savings- which is drying up and will soon be gone. I can never do it if I can only depend solely on my piggy bank.
Let's just say the cons out weights the pros by a hundred times. If we continue to work there, we will be the "free labours", we will sacrifice our social life, and MOST importantly we really have no time to do our project. It is already very depressing when there is an amount of stress during work and I have really reached my limit. I dont understand why she can simply comment that having no time for our project is none of her business when our project is based on the company which may benefit the company and of course we have to collect data from the company. If the company doesnt give us the chance and the time to do it, how are we going to pass our project? Yes Im talking about PASSING not aceing it. I am really, really disappointed. I suddenly have this very strong negative feel that Im being taken advantage of, HEAVILY taken advantage of in fact. I totally dont feel appreciated by the company at all. This totally took away the only motivation in me. I understand that being a small company, it is necessary for them to reduce costs as much as possible. But this is not the right way to do so. This is just like what one of the articles I've read a few days ago regarding companies exploiting interns for their own benefits. What is our school doing? What is the MOM doing? They shouldnt let the students do the free work! And they must really implement rules to protect all the interns please.
I am a very emotional person. A part of me still wants to be with the team but I cant continue this anymore. I dont want to fail my project and retain one semester because of this company. I dont want to feel unappreciated for the effort I've put in. I dont like to be treated as a free labour. Come on who in the world will like this?
I am going to use all means and methods I can to stop working and concentrate on the project. I dont care what contract or agreement there is between the school and the company, this is just too unfair to us interns. And I want to stop all these free labour nonsense. I dont want to see the next batches of final year students to be the next victims. I dont want my sister to put up with all these nonsense that Im going through. THIS SUCKS.
The harsh reality of life- TOTALLY UNFAIR.
ranted at 2:50 AM 
