23rd December 2010

Another FT staff has left. She left once in the beginning of the yr. When we heard she is looking for a job sometime mid of the yr, we gave her another chance. However, ever since she came back to work our sales in Iluma has visibly dropped every month. Never once did she hit her target in Iluma to get commission. But since it is the peak season, we decided to bear with it until after chinese new year b4 considering letting her go when Iluma closes after CNY.

Suggested to her to switch her working hours back to 11.30am to 9.30pm instead of 11am to 10pm since she often nicely comes late & leaves earlier than 10pm. What's the point of paying her 1hr OT a day to work the extra hour when she comes late and leaves early. Just like that, she don't want to work already. What kind of work attitude is that?It was ONLY a suggestion! From what we notice, she hasn't been really serving the customer. I don't call standing there and looking at the customers serving them. We also know that she uses the internet in the shop too even when we tell them b4 that the internet in the shop is for the purpose of the cctv and not for not personal use. Think just by minimising the window we don't know.

My parents say might as well let her go since we been having the intention to sack her. She "worked" for 1/2 day on tuesday and then left when my distant cousin came to take over. He will be helping us there for the next few days until Christmas eve. I'll be taking over in Iluma from Christmas Day all the way till CNY as he'll be going back to Indo to visit his family & will only come back when his school term reopens on 3rd Jan. When he's back to school, he'll still be helping us but in far east and only on fri, sat & sun. In jan he'll be going back to Indo again for his grandparents' 50th wedding anni. For the past few days that my distant cousin worked in Iluma, he has been hitting his target everyday. Even the boss of neighbouring shop commented that he's very hardworking as they always see him cleaning/packing up the shop when he's free.

1 of previous staff will be coming back to help out on the weekends my distant cousin is away. There'll be another PT coming in to work on weekends. Currently he's in NS. He used to work for us for a couple of mths when I was still in SOT. He's going to be a driver in the army fr next yr onwards and is available to help us on the weekends. Initially had 2 PT from LYL zone. 1 will be starting work next week. The other reported for work last mon but left after 3 hrs of training saying that he won't be able to work for the rest of the mth as he is going overseas. It means that my schedule has gone hay-wire again. Like what my one & only FT staff who's left says those staff who just walk off like that are irresponsible & immature. But it's okay nothing is impossible we can do it on our own. Just have to push through the next 2 months. Totally agree with her. However, she is still considering whether to extend her contract or not as she feels that her family back in China most probably won't like it if she stay on in Singapore for another 2 years (She's been working for us for 2 years & 9 mths already. Another 2 more months to go b4 her contract ends). The thing now is that we don't even know govt will approve her work permit extension. We can only try applying. See how it goes first.

It is BACK to 7 days work week for me from Christmas day. Won't be able to attend svc & cg for this season until CNY is over. Parent don't allow. :( :( :( :( :( :(. So going to miss church svc and W525. Watching online svc is soooooooooooooooooooo different as compared to being there. But still...better than nothing.