If you are working in 1 of the world leading MNC servicing company, you definitely feel proud and secured. I have been working in this type of company for 15 years and still counting until the day I retired. If you ask me if I am proud of it, I would say, I will be proud of myself if I can leave this company handsomely. The company is doing great and gives offers that no one can but the local management is squeezing us like washing machine spinner mode, make me feel cheap like a prostitute. On top of it, the way how they accept the jobs requested by client is even worst. To the team, we definitely want to set a standard pricing or benchmark that makes us above the par than our competitors. Of course we are looking into it globally and also being competitive in the local market. When I mentioned MNC and "world leading', that automatically projecting to everyone that we have branches throughout the globe. And YES we did have branches around the world but how strong is the team in each respective countries, that is beyond my jurisdiction. But I know we are reporting to the Regional that located in Singapore.
So this is how it goes. We received a request from Singapore team that they need our support to provide a service that they are not confident to cover the task. So, of course cost will incur in due to accommodation, transportation and other related expenses. So, our costing team raised a quotation to our Singapore team (a team that always claimed 'no free', ' no capability', 'no confident', etc. but yet no action taken on them by the MD that housed in their branch) which includes all expenses that reaches approx. USD1.8k. In return, the Singapore team has rejected the cost as it is way much higher than the cost offered by Singapore competitors, around USD1k. Nothing much to say since competitor do have local team that support them, therefore having such low offers is not a big deal to me. So, end of story and we close the file and put it aside and move on.
An hour later I received a call from our Malaysia management raising her voice on this case and demanded us (costing team and me) to explain why we did not accept USD1k. I was stunt that time and there is when my blood pressure shoot up to my brain and begins to get mad. The cost that our Singapore competitor offers is not comparable to us as we need to travel by flight, accommodation and local transport. With USD1k / MYR3k, 80% of the cost already suck out for expenses not counting overtime, time taken to ground my team at office to complete the report, etc.
I just cannot understand this. To me, accepting business that is not directly from client at the low price is a waste of time. I rather park my team in Malaysia and work out for other kind of task that may give me higher $$$. I know that we are short of revenue but what is the job for if they are not giving us the real $$$? A usual job that we usually take up, expenses is charged separately on top of standard price offered but with USD1k inclusive all expenses, I think it is a waste of time and resources. So, if this is instruction from the management, it leaves me no choice but to take it up like a prostitute. After fighting on the phone with my management, the conclusion is, 'this is an instruction' that leaves me no choice but to say 'okay, take it then'.
Anyway I feel better still because I raised my voice to her when she did that to me. It tells her I am not stupidly bow to any shouting that doesn't make sense. That is how prostitute talking to a moron customer. By end of it, the prostitute will still have to take the money and get fucked.
