Hey my dearest frens out there!
I wanna give glory to God. Wef 1 Mar, i'm officially a staff of OCBC! Bye to agents for getting all e commisions by doing nthing. Can u imagine my pay was less than $5 an hour when i was a temp staff. Haha. But tt's so much betta than being jobless =)
God answered my prayer. I was jobless for more than 6 mths last yr. Cos i was very very picky in some sense. 1stly, I wanna serve. I'm in church like at least 5 days in a week & i want a job tt i can go to work on time & leave office on e dot. 2ndly, I dun wanna deal w customers & so sales is out although hrs r more flexi. Hmmm, always wanted to be a teacher but MOE rejected me twice so i gave up. Those 6 mths were endless searching 4 a job & yet i dun seem to be heading anywhere since i dunno wad i really wan. I jus kept sending resumes aimlessly.
How i get into this new job is amazing. A
church fren who is working there is forwarding my resume to ppl she
knows but aft mths i still dun hv any ans or chance to go 4 any
interviews. During this time, my cousin who knew somebody workin in e bank hopes to recommend me in too but there was oso no news fr his side. It was a big issue in my family when i took up e temp position. My cousin & my parents scolded me 4 being impatient, dun wanna wait 4 e recommendation, said my paid is pathetic, i'm not looking ahead, sacrifice a big job opportunity 4 a pathetic temp job. They came out w lots of stuff like tellin me to take MC & not report 4 work so tt i can buy time & wait 4 e recommendation. (i signed a contract w e agency to fulfill at least working 1 mth as a temp or else i've to compensate e agency)
I was so stressed bt whether to report to work on e 1st day. I couldnt slp tt nite & cld only pray & ask God 4 wisdom & guidance. I wanna go to work. I dun wanna lie & come out w some excuse tt i'm sick. But i didnt get alot of support fr my family regardin my new found job. However, i went 4 work e next mrn as i felt tt taking up this temp position is where God wans me to go. I had e peace of God within me although i seemed so lonely in this situation.
On 7 Jan 2007, I started as a temp staff in Cards Ops dept-UAT (User Acceptance Testing) On 19 Jan, my temp job was extended fr 20 Feb to 9 Mar. On 2 Feb, a VP fr Card Ops - Projects asked me if i wanna consider working 4 her at her dept. Still rem my church fren? She mentioned to this VP bt me. This VP went to check w my immediate supervisor at UAT bt my work performance & stuff & she offered me a job. This VP happens to sit 2 seats behind me & she muz hv bn observing me 4 some time. haha. God is amazing. On 13 Feb, i signed a 1yr contract w e bank at Card Ops-Projects. On 22 Feb, I gave my 1 week notice to the agent and today 28 Feb marks my last day of temp position. Fr tml on 1 Mar, I'm officially a bank officer, in short, i'm a BOBO by God's grace. Well, i'm supposed to be a Senior bank officer (SOSO) but cos i hv no exp, i hv to start of as a BOBO for dip holders. My new boss felt tt tt is shortchanging me as e salary dif between a BO & SO is $800. She spoke to HR & they came to a compromise. they r paying me an experienced BO rate so i hv $300 more than a fresh BO. =) haha. Praise God who do wonders.
There r many other banks out there but somehow i hv a passion 4 OCBC. I wanna win OCBC 4 Christ & its out of my imagination how God cld brought me this far. I can see rainbow now. =) Working hrs r officially 9 to 630 fr tml. i'm not working OT unless i dun hv Church commitments on tt day & i definitely dun hv to work w customers. haha. After a long wait, i got wad i prayed 4 & all criteria 4 wad i'm lookin 4 in my job r met.
Fr tml, i'll hv new bosses & new colleagues but i'm so glad i'll still get to see my colleagues fr UAT & production. Haha, I'm still at 25th storey in the same office but jus a dif desk although OCBC centre has like 50 storeys. i still cant comprehend how God works. He is great!!!
This new job is a prophecy come thru. A day aft work, I went w a colleague to some combine church meeting & during prayer, a brother shared tt my colleague Jane is in OCBC cos of me & i'm there cos of her. Now, I got converted fr temp to contract & i rejoice 4 Jane too cos jus ytd, she rec'd news fr e mgt tt she'll be converted fr contract staff to perm staff wef tml too. =)
All glory to God!!!
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