Friday, October 30, 2009
You're hired
Yes, after 3 months of sending applications, interviews and exams, I am finally employed! I wouldn't say it's the perfect job but at least it's a job . I wouldn't feel bad anymore now that holiday season is fast approaching. I treat this as a chance to expand my knowledge. To develop my skills. To meet new people. To work in a new environment. There are downsides to the job but that can be arranged depending on my performance of course. So I have to work twice as hard because I still have to review for the board exam. Slowly, I'm making progress..Hopefully, this progress will continue until I reach all my goals..
Friday, October 23, 2009
I had a job but I quit
After a long time of complaining about being unemployed I finally had a job but 2 days later I had to quit. Why? here's the story....
About 2 weeks ago, I received a text message saying that they are in urgent need of a chemist and I was asked to show for an exam and interview. The company is manufacturing jewelleries locally as well as abroad. I was available at that time so I decided to go.
Their office is at New Manila, near St. Luke's Hospital but I was informed that their plant is at Antipolo. Their new plant which is under construction is located at marikina. This is where we're supposed to be assigned. We (me together with other applicants) went through 4 interviews. HR Staff, HR Manager, the operations head (we went to antipolo for this one) and the CEO. The HR informed us that we'll be receiving a call if ever we're hired within that week. That week went by but I never received any call so I decided to apply for another job.
I've gone through with the initial interview for the new job I applied for. I really liked this one and when they said they would call me the following day to schedule me for an interview with the R &D Manager, I was excited and have been anticipating the call the whole day. When the phone rang, i thought it was them but it was the compnay in antipolo asking me to report to their office for a discussion on my employment. A few minutes later, the call from the company that I was waiting for came. The interview was scheduled at 10 AM, my other apponitment (company in antipolo) was at 8 AM. Since I liked the other one better (10 AM appointment) I went there instead. During the interview the other compnay kept on calling. Good thing I had my phone on silent mode. After the interview I went straight to new manila to check out the company's offer. I have to say I was surprised because they already asked me to report the following day. I wasn't even sure I wanted to take the job. I was so confused! I've been crying when I got home. I asked Wilson's opinion and he told me to take the job and see if I will enjoy it.
On my first day, I went first to New Manila to sign the appointment letter, afterwhich, I went straight to Antipolo. I was shocked when the head of operations told me " Actually, wala kang matututunan samin," at that moment I wanted to change my mind. I have no background when it comes to electroplating, it's something I should be trained for. At first, all I did was observed their process. Some were actually the same as the procedure given by their chemical suppliers but there were parts I couldn't understand. How will I be able to teach them the right way when I myself couldn't understand everything.
I still went to work on the second day, and they let me try electroplating some of the jewelleries. I did not like it. Not because it was boring but because it was dangerous! The solution used for gold plating contains cyanide which is a very toxic chemical! The worse thing was they don't use any PPEs. I was very concerned, I don't want to risk my health by exposing myself with that toxic chemical.
The following working day, I texted the HR staff and informed her that I won't be continuing my employment with the company. Now, i'm still waiting for the result on the last job I applied for...Hopefully, I get positive results...:)
About 2 weeks ago, I received a text message saying that they are in urgent need of a chemist and I was asked to show for an exam and interview. The company is manufacturing jewelleries locally as well as abroad. I was available at that time so I decided to go.
Their office is at New Manila, near St. Luke's Hospital but I was informed that their plant is at Antipolo. Their new plant which is under construction is located at marikina. This is where we're supposed to be assigned. We (me together with other applicants) went through 4 interviews. HR Staff, HR Manager, the operations head (we went to antipolo for this one) and the CEO. The HR informed us that we'll be receiving a call if ever we're hired within that week. That week went by but I never received any call so I decided to apply for another job.
I've gone through with the initial interview for the new job I applied for. I really liked this one and when they said they would call me the following day to schedule me for an interview with the R &D Manager, I was excited and have been anticipating the call the whole day. When the phone rang, i thought it was them but it was the compnay in antipolo asking me to report to their office for a discussion on my employment. A few minutes later, the call from the company that I was waiting for came. The interview was scheduled at 10 AM, my other apponitment (company in antipolo) was at 8 AM. Since I liked the other one better (10 AM appointment) I went there instead. During the interview the other compnay kept on calling. Good thing I had my phone on silent mode. After the interview I went straight to new manila to check out the company's offer. I have to say I was surprised because they already asked me to report the following day. I wasn't even sure I wanted to take the job. I was so confused! I've been crying when I got home. I asked Wilson's opinion and he told me to take the job and see if I will enjoy it.
On my first day, I went first to New Manila to sign the appointment letter, afterwhich, I went straight to Antipolo. I was shocked when the head of operations told me " Actually, wala kang matututunan samin," at that moment I wanted to change my mind. I have no background when it comes to electroplating, it's something I should be trained for. At first, all I did was observed their process. Some were actually the same as the procedure given by their chemical suppliers but there were parts I couldn't understand. How will I be able to teach them the right way when I myself couldn't understand everything.
I still went to work on the second day, and they let me try electroplating some of the jewelleries. I did not like it. Not because it was boring but because it was dangerous! The solution used for gold plating contains cyanide which is a very toxic chemical! The worse thing was they don't use any PPEs. I was very concerned, I don't want to risk my health by exposing myself with that toxic chemical.
The following working day, I texted the HR staff and informed her that I won't be continuing my employment with the company. Now, i'm still waiting for the result on the last job I applied for...Hopefully, I get positive results...:)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)