Politics in the work place: Sucks Bigtime!

To start my new blog with a bang, I would very much like to share my thoughts about the place where I work. I work inside the “perfect” walls of a hotel, but of course, surprise-surprise, nothing is “perfect”.

When I started working there, I was so excited. Naisip ko, shit, this is a very good opportunity for me, kasi the hotel is well known. Pero I was so wrong, now I want to get out. The rooms are nice sana, but when you stay there na, it’s either you’ll smell something bad, or you’ll see something crawling on your floors, or it could be bad service from the staff. Tapos the managers there have favorites, although I understand that it is still normal, pero It’s just too much for me. I really get pissed off. Kasi sobra na eh, there was this instance where I was sick, so I called to tell my manager I wasn’t going to be reporting for work. Instead of helping me out, and getting someone to cover my shift, he just says that I need to call the hotel and do it myself, because apparently that is the new rule. Dati naman sila talaga ang dapat maghanap ng kapalit mo e, pero sige. So, in respect of the new rule, I did try to find someone to cover me. I let my manager know that I have found a way around the schedule so no one will be forced to do a straight shift because of my absence. Pero, guess what, hindi nila pinayagan. Kelangan daw magstraight parin yung ka-officemate ko, dahil ndi daw kaya ng manning, kahit alam naman naming lahat na it could work. So the result is, I still had to report to work, even if that night I was not feeling very good, and I was burning with fever. Buti nalang kamo I felt okey the next day, so I went straight to work kahit medyo masakit pa katawan ko. Nakakasama lang kasi ng loob eh, and minsan lng ako magabsent, minsan lang ako magkasakit, kasalanan ko ba yun? There’s this group of girls na paborito ng lahat, Don’t get me wrong, I’m not at all insecure, jealous, or whatsoever. It’s just that, one time, one of them did not come to work, and you know what the reason was?? Her back ached. Yeah, you read correctly. HER BACK ACHED, SUMAKIT DAW YUNG LIKOD NYA. I mean, wtf right?! They keep emailing these messages where they tell everyone that they can only be absent if they have something contagious or have contracted a virus, and kung hindi daw, kelangan pumasok ka paren. But what happened? She still got her free day to rest her “ACHING BACK”. No questions asked. It is just so fucking unfair, you know? I know I sound like a little cry baby, babbling on and on about something that I can not change, but it just pisses me off. This girl that I’m talking about, knows her hold over the managers. She likes emailing a lot too, like she can email you regarding your performance (when she was not even authorized to do so then, pero ngayon, oo na-promote siya, see the favoritism?), naka cc pa yun sa mga boss, so parang ang dating she’s taking the initiative, pero nagpapasikat lang naman siya. She’s so sip sip pa. My goodness, she’d call our big boss “Daddy”, and everytime she did this, I wanted to puke! I heard even back in college she tried calling her prof “Daddy”, is this her modus operandi to make herself the favorite? Haay. It just kills me to be treated unfairly, I mean, I don’t want to be the favorite, It would be nice but I would be embarassed, I just want everyone to be treated equally. There’s another favorite girl eh, one time we were told not to use radios where guests can see us, pero we still used it constantly at the front desk. Guess who got growled at by the boss? Just me. Me, alone, and no one else. When it was clear that we both were using the radio naman. Speaking of that Boss, he gave me very low evaluation marks just because he was angry at me. Tama ba yun? Na gawin niyang personal ang trabaho? I do my job well, so he did not need to be so hard on me, but he still was. Asshole! He likes to get angry and shout at people when he feels like it, even though you did not do anything. He curses, and says mean things. Sometimes naman, okey sya. Parang baliw noh? I really don’t like how they treat us. It’s like, they’re the popular kids, and they pick on us pretty people, hahaha. Hay naku, ewan ko ba. Ang dami pa ngang instances which proves how unfair people are there eh. Pag inisa isa ko pa, naku we’ll take really long. Hindi lang ako ang nakakapansin nung injustice ha, marami din. It’s just that, this is my first job, and this is how it is ba? They treat you like crap, whenever they want to? I can’t wait to pass my resignation letter, and get a job abroad. Or kahit hindi abroad eh, kahit sa good company lang, with good people, good pay, and good benefits. Is that too much to ask? Haaaaay Buhay!!