You know, after reading the Rich Dad Poor Dad series, as well as a whole set of other books, I’ve never been happy with the ‘Rat Race’.
Faithfully giving your company 8 hours or more a day so that some time in the future, you’ll become one of the bosses, where you’ll then start working 12 hours a day. haha.
But you know what? Alot of people are content with that way of life. Especially here in Malaysia.
We’re pretty content with working and working, getting a regular pay check and one day retiring. One day very very far away that is.
But that’s pretty normal in alot of other countries as well.
In Malaysia however, I feel we are guilty of one more thing, which is alot of people are scared to voice out their opinions, especially in the work place.
In most peoples’ minds, they think ‘why bother?’ or ‘nothing’s going to change anyway’ or ‘I’ll just accept it like that’.
There’s an intimidation factor that Malaysian executives have against their bosses which gets me and some of my friends pretty angry.
What they don’t realize is that if they keep quiet, their superiors are just going to get away with it over and over again.
And seeing as most people don’t stand up for themselves, when someone eventually does (and these are the people who are worth something to the company… because they have a voice) they seem like someone shouting in a library – loud and completely out of place.
So remember, if your boss is treating you like shit, instead of taking it, stand up for yourself. Sometimes, if your boss deserves to eat shit, then you should tell him to eat shit.
Hey, who else is gonna do it?
-William
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well, cowardly i say im afraid to lose my job if i say it in front of my boss. not knowing will we able to work in other place is a scary part, people pay it safe because none of them have a back up plan and want to stick with their job, if many opportunity come at other place people will definitely fight for their own right.
This is just my though not everyone.
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Yup that’s completly true… it’s bad times right now and having no backup plan and then getting fired would not be a good thing…
But what about when ur boss is in the wrong? Will you still not speak up?
They can’t fire you if you speak up against them you know? It’s is NOT THAT EASY to get fired in Malaysia… even though it’s suprising to say this, apparently our labor laws are quite strong.
In fact, at this moment, one of my family friends is fighting his ex company for unlawful termination of his job. They’ve already offered him 5 months pay as settlement. But for his pride, he wants them to reinstate him, then he’ll resign. Oh and he’s also demanding 5 years salary.
Which I think he will win. His boss is probably not feeling too smart now huh?