Working Beyond

I have been having a bit of trying time lately, in various areas of life. I don’t mean to complain about this; in fact, I have launched a personal campaign against negativity, in whatever forms it might take around or within me. I don’t want to bring myself down, and I don’t want to give the blues to others; instead, I am trying to be a beacon. That’s a bit another story, however. Anyway … I had my one-on-one with my Team Leader Bryan Santiago yesterday. We started with our discussion @ around 4:00pm and finished after an hour of discussion concerning issues on the projects that I have. I asked him about my role in the project and the hierarchical issues that I have to deal with. I am not complaining about anything actually I can say that I can handle the project well, it’s just that I want a clear distribution of responsibility to avoid conflict with my other team mates. I also open-up on my observation about the trainings we got from the training session that we were required to attend. I also asked him if I can attend basic ABAP training though I don’t have plans of taking the certification exams. I just felt I would be more productive if I have basic ABAP knowledge so I can trouble shoot basic technical issues without the need to wait for the availability of our technical team. Maybe I will start with my technical reading frenzy next week after completion of our SIT issues still sitting in Mercury. Issues not within our row but we were affected because of our interface with the different functional module. Friday is supposed to be our free day everyone will usually go home early in anticipation of the weekend syndrome. While my mindset was on going home early on Friday evening, I was left to work until 3am the following day. I was the only person left in the office to finish the jobs which my team mate forgot to complete and did not even leave a note to me to finish instead. It only came to my knowledge when my office mate’s Popoy who belongs to the same bundle asked me if we were able to submit the jobs sent by the Row Leader for us to submit COB of Friday. It’s ironic that we both don’t have access yet to the transaction which is the most important authorization for me to be able to view the executable programs to finish the tasked. I went from one person to another in search for anyone with access to the said transaction code to be able to submit the jobs within the deadline. I was advised by one of my officemate to just send an email to our SNS Bundle Leader informing him that I will not be able to work on with the jobs due to the access issue which I decline to follow. Access to the system is not the issue here; it’s our credibility which is at stake for the jobs were given to us since Monday (July 2). Access and transaction authorization should not be used as an excuse for inefficiency. Since I am not used to excuses I chose to finish the jobs and fill the gap left by my team mate. I don’ t have plans of saving the whole world nor being awarded of any rewards for spending the whole night in the office, I just don’t want to lose my credibility and risk my integrity for not finishing the tasked I was not aware of from the start. For sure you will agree with me that I can not use this as an excuse and tell our SNS bundle that I am not aware of the assignment just to save my ass. I don’t want to be boastful but since I started working I’ve been protective of my credibility, I always observe what I promise and I never discounted my company for non observance of deadline. If I can’t make it within the deadline set by the management early on I will tell them to give me sometime and extend the deadline for another 2 or three days but not on the day the deadline was agreed with. I can proudly say that I always deliver what I promise. My former superior can attest to that. Anyway I am not after the rewards and the recognition for finishing the jobs I just want to protect my credibility and I don’t want to be accused of inefficiency by making excuses.

Anyway …. Have a good day to everyone!!!!

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