Working Saturday in Tokyo
Yep, I’m in the office now, kinda chilling before the management meeting at 1pm. I was here till 11pm last night, and had no intention of waking up before 12pm… but it was so damn cold I was awake at 7:30am and shivering, even with three blankets and a T-shirt over my head. Needless to say, I was not happy. On the other hand, once I finally accepted the fact that I was not going to get back to sleep, I actually became productive – cleaned up the place, backed up some files, and bought myself a clothes hanger thingy. Feels good.
Yesterday I had to rack my brains pretty hard of a “What I should have done better”, but I finally got one.
I was asked, just before I left, to help think up an incentive plan slash evaluation policy for the company. That’s pretty cool if you think about it… being involved in that aspect of running a company makes me feel as if, well, I’m actually doing a bit more. Guess the MBA is worth something *laugh*.
So where’s this leading. Well, I had been complaining a little about paying people what they are worth, and did kinda shoot off on how cheap I’m getting paid at this job, and how the company really should pay its guys more if they want more good people. Anyway, what I realized was, I shouldn’t have just been complaining about the situation, I should have been thinking, okay, so what do I have to change about the situation to make it better? I should have been thinking about how people should get paid. In other words, I should have been thinking about improvements to the incentive policy.
So, that’s my lesson for today. Next, I gotta do up a post on Shizuru and Natsuki.
