Like A Rose
Dan Lai
26
may_fifteen@mailcity.com
Engaged to the sweetest angel in the world
Loves to sing, watch movies and DVDs, swim, play balls, read self-improvement books and travel with my dear
HR = Human Resources or Hell Raiser?
Don't get me wrong. I have come in contact with many HR people who are the nicest people on earth. My girlfriend is definitely the nicest of the nicest (sincerely). My IA company's HR staff are very caring and understanding. The HR in Sumito** Chemical Asia are very professional and friendly. My lecturer for "Human Relations in the New Economy" is a very experienced, motivating and thought provoking teacher who was successful in HR at a MNC before he retired.
Today, I met the worst HR manager ever existed in the small realm of my world. It was during a 2nd interview at J** Singapore Pte Ltd - an engineering, procurement and construction company. I was offered the position of process engineer.
I shall not go into details what he said but some of my friends would have already know the details. I just wonder what blow did he suffered such that he had such negative opinions on Singaporean especially the fresh engineering graduates from NUS. It is weird that he is also a Singaporean. I mean there is nothing wrong with putting a certain emphasis on our starting salary. It is essential to provide a motivation to perform. It is a reward of effort and it is undoubtedly important. Yet, the HR manager made it sounded like we, the NUS graduates, thought too highly of ourselves. He labelled us as "bloody money grabber". This was exactly what he said. He started to blame the government, the education system, the society and even our parents. He tried to tell me that we are beyond hope and are victims of materialism. He talked about compassion and passion being the vital core values of a person and not money-mindedness. Well, by being so mean, I don't think that is compassionate.
Then he started stating his achievement as a reputable person in the industry and he knows and also offends many ministers before. He criticised NUS boring system of focusing on technical knowlege and mentioned how NUS graduates are poor in soft skills. Well, that might be true before but not neccessary anymore. He was dumbfounded when I informed him the diverse levels of modules we now take ranging from business to arts to science. What disturbed me was the fact that he downplayed the purpose of a good salary so much. Also, he generalised all NUS engineering graduates as one single characteristics which was definitely unfair.
A company that gives a low starting pay while many others offer more shows one thing. This company, although it promises all the intangible benefits like skills, experience, good career advancement and long term status growth (which are also attainable in many companies that pay well), have no interest to be competitive to recruit and retain talent. If this is so, how much do you think you can grow in the company? How much effort do you think they will put in to groom someone?
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