I have been working since summer of 2001. I started as a part-time waitress at this smart-casual restaurant. I have had a lot of different roles or work after that. I was once a sales clerk working at a wine store, a management trainee, a call center agent, a QA specialist, and now, a virtual personal assistant.
As you may have guessed, I have worked for different industries as well. Aside from food and beverage, I also worked for a prominent BPO, a global hotel chain, and even a startup company such as my present employer.
I have met different people with different personalities - good and bad. That's one thing I am grateful for: that I am able to determine a person's attitude/personality. I guess I have developed this skill over time.
Ever since I experienced my first conflict at work, I have experimented on ways to deal with it. I have tried ignoring the issue, confronting the issue and the other party, and quitting my job as soon as it got unhealthy.
In any company setting, people with varying personalities and background will surely clash one way or another. How you deal with it and prevent it is completely up to you.
I have learned to always watch my back. You always have to look out for yourself. Trust no one but yourself.
It angers me that some people go to great lengths to bring misery to others. Right now, I do not wish to involve myself with people who are too selfish to think of the welfare of others. But what hurts me more is the feeling of 'betrayal' I get from people I have considered my friends. I do not like the feeling of paranoia.
I'd like to think that I have done no harm to others to deserve this. If they are doing this to me because they'd like to get my job, then success wouldn't be as sweet to them. I have worked my butt off to get to where I am, without stepping on others and without deceiving anybody. Why couldn't they do the same?
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