This is a post-dated entry. We have since moved into our new office last month.That's the 360 panoramic view of the new office (above) a week before we were to move in. You may want to click the image to get a proper look at it.
Our office in Da Hu was, in my strong opinion, a bladdy disgrace. Calling it a dump would have been an insult to the latter.
All because some dumbass upstairs decided that there is no need to spend too much money doing up the office as it was deemed as a waste of money.
I fell off my chair the other day coz one of the wheels decided to take a holiday, despite securing it with masking tape.
Yes.
I needed masking tape to keep the wheel from falling off my chair.
Ptui.
The place was a mess with office modular furniture haphazardly put together.
Remember the "tent" in my entry "Champion Staff"?
The curtain was for us to keep the cool air-conditioned air in.
Yeah. We were even too cheap to afford wall partition.
It was so bad that I never allowed any of my guest to come to the office. I would make all sort of excuse to either meet them at their office or some cafe in town.
I lobbied for a proper working environment and I pushed hard for it.
After a lot of banging tables and threatening to throw the chair (with a wheel missing) across the office, the corporate assholes finally relented and gave the green light.
Sure, we will have to burn a bit more money per month for rental but can't anyone see that with a decent working environment at a decent address*, we actually save more money albeit intangible like lower staff turnover, reduced transport claims from sales staff?
* the old location was so ulu that it takes me 2 hours to commute each way and we had countless candidates rejecting us because of our location?
At present, I have been transferred back to the head office. It was a pity as I too, like this new office very much.
Anyway, I was glad I gave my Shanghai staff something good to remember me by.
- Voxeros
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