#work life
Is it time to go home yet?
Since I found out my grad program DOESN’T start today (they misprinted an updatedstart date — it actually begins the 25th), I unexpectedly have a little more time to enjoy myself before dipping into the full grad-grind!
I have been spending some of my leisure time tending to numerous plants, including my new (and growing) propagation station, as featured above! Currently, I’m trying to establish 3 buddies. From left to right are mint (already planted), ??? (Truly, I’ve no idea what the buddy living in the syrup bottle is), Zamioculcas zamiifolia (“ZZ”), and… a green onion!
Delightfully, the green onion is already growing new roots. The ZZ I’m less sure of. In general, I don’t know how well ZZs take to water propagation, but so far it’s leaves are still supple. As for the ??? plant, it has been hanging in water for weeks without rooting! Even so, it also remains pretty supple. So I guess we’ll just see how it goes, huh?
Unfortunately, most of the extra time will be devoted to the work-grind instead. The following are on this week’s menu of To-Dos:
- Finalize and publish the Spring tutoring schedule
- Co-write the conclusion/analysis for a small research paper (So excited!!)
- Finish developing “Welcome Back!” assignments
As much as I’m enjoying a break, COVID has me stir-crazy and I’m really looking forward to getting started on the next steps of my future career! As such, I cannot wait until I can get started with my program. By then, I should have more relevant and interesting content to share.
Pretty Proofreader (Ep 2)
Etsuko Kono (Satomi Ishihara) got overjoyed by her success that she overlooked a typo error of the cover page after printing hundreds of books which affects the company and an upcoming books event.
Feeling guilty, Etsuko work hard to make amends by not taking breaks, as her supportive colleagues shares her concern as they too had made a mistake in their line of work before she came into the company.
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Pretty Proofreader (Ep 1)
Etsuko Kono (Satomi Ishihara) aspires to be a fashion editor at her dream publishing company known to publish all her favourite fashion magazines. However, she was rejected seven times as they already have an editor.
Etsuko tried to convince the interviewers for the eight time that she knows about their magazines and how she can improve their contents further to gain more audience and customers to generate more sales, but to no avail.
One of the interviewers, Naoto Takehara (Goro Kishitani) decides to take her in. Unknown to Etsuko who thinks she got a job as an editor came to realise on her first day that she is hired to work in the back office as a proofreader.
Her job is to correct typo errors and inadequate parts of documents for the editor, before they are sent for publishing. Devastated, she nonetheless give it a try giving herself three months to pick up whatever skills she can get.
Soon she began to realise the importance of proofreading and figure out ways to edit the documents herself before handing over to the editor, creating a rift between the two, while Naoto find this new development interesting.
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Weakest Beast (Ep 10)
Akira finally snaps and reaches her limits that she quits her toxic job.
Despite several attempts to make her boss understands that how he manages his employees is wrong, with unreasonable expectations and demands, which caused a high turnover rate and bad reviews online, he remains stubborn and still blames his employees for their incompetence.
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Weakest Beast (Ep 10)
To those who just got laid off or quit a job, it’s not you, it’s them.
Just because your skills are no longer needed there or you have difficulty fitting in that company, doesn’t mean you’re not needed or can’t fit elsewhere.
There are thousands of companies, there will surely be one suitable for you.
Your job is not your life, your job is a part of your life.
The downside to having your job as your life is that when you lose it, you lose yourself and your identity, making you question your self-worth.
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Weakest Beast (Ep 9)
Shuri just started work but struggles to keep up the demands of her toxic boss who kept messaging her work emails on weekends. She made a mistake on her first week at work as she has trouble juggling her tasks and could not focus as her boss kept yelling at her all day to do this and that.
Business articles often tell people that employee should not be afraid to make mistakes but none address the issue as to why they are afraid to do so, especially mistakes that could cost the company its business. Would you hire someone who unknowingly made a careless mistake that affects the company?
Although we all know mistakes are part of work life but often times we are more concerned with our image and reputation as we are afraid of being seen as an incompetent who cannot do a simple job or multi task which will affect our chances of getting promotion or even get employed in the future.
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Weakest Beast (Ep 9)
After years of enduring her toxic job for money to pay her monthly rent and other necessities, doing jobs that are not even hers, getting yelled at, Akira finally snaps at work after she had enough of her micro-management, perfectionist and toxic boss way of treating her and her co-workers.
All the employees hated working there but stayed because they needed the money to survive in expensive Tokyo, and none dare to raise their voices. Unfortunately, such things are common in Asia where the cost of living are soaring and the jobs that are good for your mental health doesn’t pay much.
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Weakest Beast (Ep 8)
There are times to have a sense of urgency at work, there are times to work normally. Employees wants to work, not go to war.
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Weakest Beast (Ep 8)
When you need more manpower but no one wants to work at your toxic company because of all the bad reviews posted by an unhappy employee.
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Pretty Proofreader (Ep 10)
Etsuko Kono (Satomi Ishihara) is depressed when she misses her chance of getting her dream job as an editor that she’s been chasing after for many years as she was too focused on her current job as a proofreader.
She fears there will not be another opportunity but Hachiro Kaizuka (Munetaka Aoki) believes there will always be an opportunity but not the one we expect.
He respects her for taking her current job seriously and professionally even though it wasn’t a job she wanted in the first place.
Acing a job that you love is natural but acing a job that you don’t even love but grow to like, that is extraordinary.
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Pretty Proofreader (Ep 9)
Often times, the more essential the job is, the less people know about it. They keep the world spinning without anyone realising until they stop doing it.
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Pretty Proofread (Ep 9)
Etsuko Kono (Satomi Ishihara) wants to be the center of attention as she finds working in the back office where no one knows what she’s doing is lonely.
Toyoko Morio (Tsubasa Honda)’s work is known by the public but it also makes her an easy target of hate and criticism when something goes wrong.
It is an example of the grass is greener on the other side.
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Pretty Proofreader (Ep 7)
“Living with you makes me realise a lot of things.”
Yukito Orihara (Masaki Suda) is a struggling writer who got kicked out of his apartment as he is unable to pay his monthly rents.
Fate has it that Toyoko Morio (Tsubasa Honda) is on the lookout for a male model for her fashion magazine company and saw him by chance.
Failure to get a model will cost her job as she is already seen by her employers as no longer reliable in contributing to the company.
Morio offered Yukito to stay with her until he succeeded in becoming an official model for her company and earning his own paycheque.
Becoming a model is not an easy feat as it is more than just having good looks but other factors which requires Morio’s help in brushing up.
Yukito used to view her as a “successful” career woman who has everything but living with her makes him realise that she’s just as lost as he is.
I find their platonic relationship relatable and understandable, two lost souls putting up a fake image in public, pretending they are fine when they are not.
Afraid of being judged and criticised by others for not meeting their expectations of how a person of their age or gender should be.
Getting bombarded with questions that make you doubt your self worth like,
“Being a writer has no future. Your passion is useless. You should wake up.”
“What good is having a good career and own house if you are still single.”
Because of these, we tend to focus on the negative aspects as “pressured” by others instead of the positives ones. We can re-look them in a different way.
“Being a writer has no future. Your passion is useless. You should wake up.”
You HAVE a passion in something that others don’t. What makes you able to tolerate challenges and hardships is your passion in doing it.What good is having a good career and own house if you are still single.”
You HAVE a career, you OWN a house, while others are still struggling to find a job or getting their own homes when property prices are soaring.
I guess this is what they mean by gratitude. Thankful for the things that you have, instead of focusing on things that you do not have.
Don’t let the noises of others weigh you down. They only judge based on what they see on the surface and based on their own life experiences.
You know yourself. You know what you want.
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Y’all I am the oldest member of staff on duty today by fourteen years.
Telling Your New Supervisor About Your Chronic Illness or Condition
One thing I have always been nervous about when starting a new job is telling my new supervisor that I have chronic health conditions. It’s a conversation that is necessary but that can cause people to feel uneasy or nervous.
I always worry that my supervisor may be uneasy about my situation and that they themselves will worry about my ability to perform my duties. With a health conditions that…
latest from work <3
love how this bitch is basically depending on my help and he’s still treating me like a second class human lmaooo
i will have to give this to the company i work at: they clearly let a queer person write this article about pride month
“While we encourage our employees to be their true selves at work, no one should feel pressured or obligated to share their sexual orientation or gender identity here […]. If a colleague chooses to share their gender identity or sexual orientation though, it is important to have the same conversations as with a cisgender (= not transgender) heterosexual colleague.”
it’s still mostly adressed at cishets but I’m not mad tbh
If you’re applying for office jobs and you’re lying about being proficient in Excel (which you always should bc nobody knows anything and google is free) a handy video to give you the basics on Excel’s functionality is Joel Sposky’s You Suck at Excel Video. It’s about an hour long and gives you enough background info to know what people are talking about when referring to Excel, and from there you can do your own further research. There are also handy little guides and notes people have taken on the presentation that go over the highlights hereandhere<3
