Egocentric Assholes

          I was about to go home when I saw an old friend in the lobby of our office. We haven’t seen each other for a long time so we grabbed the opportunity to talk things about our lives. He was very fervent in sharing his story about his work when all of a sudden the mood changed. He became very emotional. According to him, he just resigned to his program because of a very complicated reason. I asked him about the details; he narrated everything and upon hearing it I really felt disappointed and disgusted. He was in Filipino term “dinikdik and pinagkaisahan sa trabaho”.

         Honestly, I was shocked and a bit staggered when I heard his complain because I know him since he entered the network. He is very diligent and hardworking even though he’s not one of those white-collar workers of the network. I just pitied the guy. But what’s worst and sad thing about the situation was that his superior didn’t even back him up. “Nilaglag siya” and was not given the chance to defend the accusations about him. Actually, those people who were higher than him were to blame. They were the ones who wanted him out of the show for very personal reasons. They were asked to evaluate the guy and all they gave were malicious and nasty comments about my friend. They didn’t give him constructive criticisms instead they gave him personal assaults, which made me really furious. They are bunch of hypocrites, bastards, losers and egoistic assholes. Just because they are in position doesn’t give them any right to destroy somebody else’s life.

         I would never ever do that kind of absurdity to any of my subordinates. I vow I would by no means use my position to bring down anyone especially if that person is good hearted and willing to learn or just plainly want to earn money for his family. God! It’s not about the position…it’s how you communicate and relate to your co-employee that for me matters most than anything else. Your good relationship with them whether they are janitors, security guards, segment or associate producers is a lot more important than insisting that you are superior to them and that you are their boss. Always remember, a good relationship result into what others are having difficulty in achieving…respect! That is something I know I have that took me a lot of years to gain and earn for being fair and transparent to my co-workers.