26th November, 2008 - My new client is so impressed with me that he wants me to work full time for him ... ahem ... (currently I work 4-8 hours a week) he said, just name me your price ... of course I am happy that he is satisfied with my work but I had to turn his offer down. I said, I am a single mother of five, so sorry ... nobody can get me to work full time, it's not about the money.
Well, well, well ... he understood that and ended up with : don't you think I need a full time person to handle all this? Can you help me to look for someone of your kind of quality to work full time here?
My reply was ... well, honestly, I do not think you need a full time person but I can look out if there is any suitable candidate for you if you really want.... to which he then said : let's see whether current arrangement is good enough. We may not need a full time person after all...
Yesterday, just when I stepped into his office, he asked for me to work out some figures for him. I gave it to him in less than 5 minutes and he went : Wow! So fast ah? Previously it would take at least 2 weeks ! And I went (in my head) ... huh? That was kacang putih, actually .... a bit of an ego here, huh (head getting bigger LoL ...) ha ha ha ... talking about quality, pay peanuts get monkey lor!
Then, he asked if I could produce some reports for him every Friday so that he could take certain actions or do his weekly planning ... and I went ... (in my head again) oh no, I don't want to tie myself down like that ! Ha ha ha ... I was quick enough to let him brief me what exact reports he want me to produce ... alas, to my relief, all the reports that he wanted, I am already doing anyway ... and so, I got him to tap into the server from the comfort of his own desktop, look for my folders and hey presto, he can have updated reports as and when he desires without having me to be physically present. He was so so so happy, he said : Wow! That's great, Odelia, thanks.
Ha ha ... here I go, escaped again, proved to him his firm really do not need a full time manager ...when my clients are happy, I am happy :-)
My reply was ... well, honestly, I do not think you need a full time person but I can look out if there is any suitable candidate for you if you really want.... to which he then said : let's see whether current arrangement is good enough. We may not need a full time person after all...
Yesterday, just when I stepped into his office, he asked for me to work out some figures for him. I gave it to him in less than 5 minutes and he went : Wow! So fast ah? Previously it would take at least 2 weeks ! And I went (in my head) ... huh? That was kacang putih, actually .... a bit of an ego here, huh (head getting bigger LoL ...) ha ha ha ... talking about quality, pay peanuts get monkey lor!
Then, he asked if I could produce some reports for him every Friday so that he could take certain actions or do his weekly planning ... and I went ... (in my head again) oh no, I don't want to tie myself down like that ! Ha ha ha ... I was quick enough to let him brief me what exact reports he want me to produce ... alas, to my relief, all the reports that he wanted, I am already doing anyway ... and so, I got him to tap into the server from the comfort of his own desktop, look for my folders and hey presto, he can have updated reports as and when he desires without having me to be physically present. He was so so so happy, he said : Wow! That's great, Odelia, thanks.
Ha ha ... here I go, escaped again, proved to him his firm really do not need a full time manager ...when my clients are happy, I am happy :-)
2 comments:
I agree with you Odelia
So smart lah you :-)
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