This is What the So-Called "IT Support Staff"

Posted on Sep 06 in Life Logby ApplePrint

Now what? This is when I start grumbling about my task when my ’superiors’ give me some non-IT related job for me to do!! You see the picture above there? Yea, that’s me! I’m checking the printed invoices, making sure the figures printed is tally with the report. HELLO?!! I THOUGHT I’M HERE TO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (hardware & software) IS IN GOOD CONDITION? Yea, that time when I went to the first interview, I was told that I might be given some administrator job. So this is it?! *faints* I feel more like a super ‘general worker’ that need to handle all IT related stuff and some ’seem-not-so-important-yet-need-to-be-completed’ job.

It sounds cool to have your own room in the office. When I am asked about my working environment, I will reply that I have my own room..and all go “wah~”. But do you know? This room’s door is never close and everyone can simply come in and go out. Because this room is more like a store room with simple server and routers, with a photostat machine that everyone will use it daily and lots of other documents here.

Colleague K went for a vacation as long as 1 week. During this time, I was the one who did her partial job. But of course before that, she has been ‘training’ me to do this job, because (oh well, so you have been planning since then?) she knows she will be away for some time. And of course, this is an order from our top most ’superior’ that we call Madam. Now, K is back and distributing some gifts. Everyone got so exicited, that’s what I heard from my ‘room’. I thought she gonna left me out. If this is true, I’m gonna be very pissed off. (Hey man, I’ve been helping you to do your job and you forget my present?! No kidding..since everyone has it, why not me?) But of course, there’s still ‘human’ within her. This is the lovely gift she gave me this morning.

Madam: if I ask K pass the invoice and receipt file copies checking for you to handle any problem or not? cos I wan to arrange her to help me check and followup with branches problem.Me: Ok

Tell me please, in this situation can I say “no”? That’s insane if I said “no”.

Everyone will seem to forget my existence if there’s good things to share. They only remember me when: computer got problems, other peripherals got problems, want my assistance for either official or private stuff.. *sobs* (That’s the real ugly society and office politics)

And one more thing that I would love to mention. This is what I heard this morning from Madam.

Madam: Those with the ‘paper’ one also won’t come *censor company name* work one la..If got the ‘paper’ also won’t work long….

This reminds me of my ex-colleague when I was working in the Press. She ever said something similar which goes:

People like us without any certificates one sure stay here and work la…if I got the certificate I also won’t be here.

The ‘paper’ refers to certificates. Hello?! It’s not like I am boosting or what. I’ve both Diploma and Bachelor’s Degree. So?! When I left the Press, I thought I’ve found a better job. And Madam said those with certificates won’t stay in the company for long..once again. HELLO?! I’m the one with the ‘paper’, I thought I might stay here for like 2 to 4 years? But hey..this is sick..salary sucks can exceed all the good things here.

So tell me. How ‘better’ is a better job? I guess a job with higher salary that can cover up your expenses and ego needs, is a ‘better’ one. What do you think?

2 Comments

• Broken says:

  September 6, 2007 at 2:21 pm

  A fresh graduate that works in a ‘COST CENTER’ That sucks….
  I think you should stay for the experience…

  Just stay until you are able to get a new job in a moderate Tech Company..

  My relative which is a fresh graduate from SEGi with a Diploma in Accounting can earn about RM1300 just because he can speak good english…

  He work as a audit assitant…
  Audit department is a PROFIT CENTRE.. It helps to earn profit..
  Maybe that’s why he can get a good salary…

  In just 8months, he get a salary of RM2300…

  You should think about finding a better job…

  I HATE WORD VERIFICATION!!
  REMOVE IT!!

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• Apple says:

  September 6, 2007 at 3:16 pm

  The reason I don’t want to get a new job right now is because I want working experience. I get my 1st proper job (in the sense of those that deducting EPF) in December 2006. A fresh graduate like me really need experiences. So, in less than 1 year, I already change job once. So, I wish to stay at this current company for at least 1 year, that’s what I tell myself. Dad asked me to work in SG, and I told him I want to have at least 1 year of experience first. If you go job hunting, you will know not only they want qualification but also experience.

  If can, I really don’t which to be the ‘tech girl’ anymore…hardware troubleshooting is nothing covered in my syllabus. Self-study those things you see. But if comes to programming, omfg, I just learnt the very basic for C and Java back in college. Uni..no teach any programming languages, but wanted me to write programs with any languages. So sh*tty. .NET is a stranger for me..I know I can learn it anytime I want, but the interest in programming has somehow gone. =.=

  So, I really dunno if I can get a ‘better’ job other than this, scare that other tech job might be too challenging for me…In Kuching, Sarawak..not everyone can get RM1k and above..unless you are 2nd KennySia. But of course, I’m waiting for the right time to get the right job with the right salary.

  Your relative is damn lucky..RM2.3k is so promising.

  and for the word verification thing…I DON’T LIKE IT EITHER..but this is to prevent bot spamming..you know nowadays a lot of hamsap bots.. =(

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