My colleague and I were having a "debat" over an action of someone that both of us know. This person left the company within 24 hours notice which was planned 3 months before. Well, anyone may think that, 24 hours notice is not a big deal as long as that person is not being fired and he/she has the capability to continue survive in the next 24 hours or longer. However, this person was entrusted to take up a big project 3 months ago hoping that the project can turn its sail back on course under this person leadership. I "believED" it can be done and I was shock when the resignation news arrived.

 

This person was working under a supervisor which almost all his staff are working against him instead of working together with him. In another word, the supervisor is unable to gather workforce but has successfully created a troop to battle against himself. Leaving the company and abadon the project within 24 hours is a "killing" and "revenge" action to the supervisor.

 

My argument :

1.  If you planned to leave the company within 24 hours for the pass 3 months, why you agreed to take up the massive project which your creditbility are highly entrusted? An act to revenge?

 

My colleague argument :

1. Human are money driven. People left their job for higher salary and better benefits are understandable.

 

Am I too shallow and too innocent about the reality of society?

 

 

Another half year had gone and time passed too fast. I wonder do scientists aware of the Earth is spinning too fast.......haha......

 

Having stay in the office for quite sometime after Phase 2a(i) of the project and the schedule production deadline for Phase 2b were passed 2 days, however, we are still not yet in the System Integration Test(SIT) period due to delay by the Bank..........another unknown period of delay again.........is this a good news or a bad news.....not really sure I am.

 

Few discoveries/observations on my recent visits to the Bank:-

1. The vendor room is getting smaller and smaller because 12 tables are seated with almost 20 people at one time. 

    --> Bank is expanding and changing to new system, many opportunities open to vendors

2. Lesser and lesser familiar faces in the building, 75% of the our Bank project team members left.

    --> We are the sole survival, our force and immune system is too strong to be spoilt by evil forces.

3. Communication is getting harder and harder due to 20 laptops accessing 12 LAN points at the same time.

4. Time is important to the Bank, but least important to vendors. Delay by the Bank is always due to unforseen circumstances.

5. Troubleshooting of system failure always belong to vendor's responsibilites. While affected departments are pointing fingers at each other system, vendor has to be utmost efficient and initiative to look for their "dirty windows" which caused the problems.    

6. It is the best place to sharpen our patience. Anyone who has a bigger team, can just walk in the room and demand for spaces to work without proper request and those who are having mild temper will have to suffer in silent.

 

Forrest Gump's mother said... "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you gonna get".........well, quite a true philosophy. Many incidents and things happended during the project, no one know exactly what is going to happen next.  People changed along the time, decisions changed due to circumstances, original schedule and plans shifted due to unforseen reasons.

 

Can any Master forsee when will we complete the whole project? before 2007 Christmas perhaps? or before Olimpik 2008?