Another Quarter's End

It's March 29. Two more days to go before the quarter end pandemonium stops.

I'm talking about work. The fiscal year end is approaching, the sales team is putting through more orders than usual to meet their sales target, hence the additional hours.

The past two weeks have been quite a ride. I go home around 10pm, if I'm lucky enough. Otherwise it's past midnight by the time I catch that taxi ride back home. Good thing quarter ends occur only once every three months.

Ah well. Not that I should be complaining anyway. I've been given good renumeration for the overtime I've been clocking. You've probably heard of the benefits of working for American companies, but there's no free lunch out there. Working in an American firm, I still find myself having to work hard when I have to, but at least I receive generous compensation for it. Had I been working for some traditional local company with bosses who had the mentality of a 1960 China-man, I would still find myself working hard, but with nothing to show for it.

Perceptions, they call it. But it's more like reality to me. Unless those traditional ching-chung companies prove otherwise, why fix the perception when it ain't broke?