To begin the story, we need to flash back a little into the past.
Somewhere in April – There was a realignment in the organisation chart and I will be put under another manager but my current manager, Joanna assured me and the rest of the QAs that there is nothing to be alarm of as we still report to her and all the processes (e.g. leave application, HR matters) still remain the same.
22/4/2010 – Notice an email message highlighted in blue (indicating I’m the only recipient) from an unfamiliar sender. It’s actually an email notifying of manager changed in HR. Effective 1/5/2010, my manager, according to the organisation chart would be Aaron.
From: GHRMS
Sent: Thursday, 22 April, 2010 9:20 AM
To:
Subject: Reporting Change –
********************************************
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
If you have a question or comment, please submit it to ‘Contact HR’
via the @hp Portal -> Quick Links -> Contact HR
********************************************
A reporting change has occurred and you report to Aaron <last name removed> as of 2010-05-01. If you have any further questions, please contact Aaron Silva.
No action required.
19/5/2010 – Aaron’s manager, Ivan from Cyberjaya set up a meeting with the whole SDex team. That was the first time I saw the faces of my “team mates”.
From: Wang, Ivan
Sent: Monday, 17 May, 2010 6:04 PM
To:
Subject: SDEX GSD Meeting
When: Wednesday, 19 May, 2010 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.
Where: Innovation-3 Room (B5)
Note: The GMT offset above does not reflect daylight saving time adjustments.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hi All,
Good day. I would like to call for a GSD SDEX team meeting on this coming Wednesday at 2-3pm. The following will be the agenda for this week:
1) Team introduction – All
2) RACI – Ivan & Aaron
3) TCE&Q Project update – Aaron
4) Q&A
5) Next meeting
Thank you.
Regards,
Ivan Wang
3/6/2010 – Noticed another email highlighted in blue today
From: GHRMS
Sent: Thursday, 3 June, 2010 5:12 PM
To:
Subject: Reporting Change –
********************************************
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
If you have a question or comment, please submit it to ‘Contact HR’
via the @hp Portal -> Quick Links -> Contact HR
********************************************
A reporting change has occurred and you report to Ivan Wang as of 2010-06-01. If you have any further questions, please contact Ivan Wang.
No action required.
7/6/2010 – My new boss OC’ed (term used internally meaning someone sent an instant message via Office Communicator) me, asking if I have 2 minutes to speak to me on the phone. I was surprised and not sure what to do because I don’t know what he want to talk about. Because it is kinda troublesome to call me on my desk phone, I offered to call him instead. So, I called him on his mobile. The main purpose of the call was to know what is my career objectives and what do I think about being a regular employee — an indication that I’d be converted to a badged staff = permanent. He keep insisting that there is nothing confirmed but will let me know. The call ended in less than 5 minutes.
9/6/2010 – Ivan OC’ed me again. This time, asking if I am available for an one-to-one session later in the afternoon at 1530. I looks fine to me and so he sent the invitation. I guess in working environment, everything has to be ni black & white…
From: Wang, Ivan
Sent: Wednesday, 9 June, 2010 10:37 AM
To:
Subject: One on One
When: Wednesday, 9 June, 2010 3:30 PM-4:00 PM (UTC+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.
Where: (TBD – A6 meeting room)
Note: The GMT offset above does not reflect daylight saving time adjustments.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hi ,
I would like to have a one on one session with you today. I hope this schedule is ok for you.
Thank You.
Regards,
Ivan Wang
At 1500, I was wondering where will we meet as there are so many meeting rooms on this floor and he did not mention which room. 15 minutes later, I opened up my OC contact list and he was offline, no chance to ask where. 1527, still no sign of him. Then at exactly 1530, I saw Aaron coming out from the small meeting room in front. He was walking toward our area and he signaled me to go over. I followed him to the small meeting room in front. Ivan is already inside.
I sat down in front of both Ivan and Aaron. He started off by mentioning about the phone call we had yesterday and finally broke the news that due to my “good performance” (ahem!) of my 2.5 years of service in HP as a contractor, the management has decided to offer me a conversion to HP regular! Hooray!! Finally, it’s here! He said it will be official on August 1, awaiting for the offer letter from the HR. I have no idea how to respond then and I kept thanking both of them. It was again, a short meeting with me having nothing to complain about or rather, not dare to complain about. Before I was dismissed, both Ivan and Aaron reminded me to keep the news low before everything is official especially to my peers and all. To a certain extent, I do agree about it.
So, tell me… what kind of feeling should I have now?