Baru tahu begini rupanya taktik majikan dalam dunia korporat jika ingin membuang pekerja tanpa sebarang pemecatan, mereka akan susun 1001 agenda untuk memastikn pekerja berhenti dengan sendirinya.

Ternyata taktik yang dilakukan sangat lah kotor, sebagai seorang yang pernah menyandang jawatan besar di beberapa buah syarikat korporat di Malaysia, bekas Chief Operating Officer (COO) ini mendedahk cara dan budya Syarikt Korporat di Malaysia ini. Itu lah jadi penyebab kenapa di berhrnti dan bukan perusahaan sendiri.

We reshuffle the structure and put junior people as their bosses. Eventually they cannot ‘tahan’ and they will leave themselves. This is what they taught me in corporate

“I used to be the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of several companies. But I am embarrassed to tell you the things I used to do in corporate. When you want to fire people who work in corporate jobs, it gets very messy.

So instead, we make life very difficult for them. We humiliate them in meetings, we tell them they are not performing, we reshuffle the structure and put junior people as their bosses. Eventually they cannot ‘tahan’ and they will leave themselves. This is what they taught me in corporate, and this is what I did. But you don't realise it all eventually comes back to you.

Once you get to senior manager position, that’s when the politicking starts. People get jealous of you,

If you are mid-manager level, it's fine because you are purely operational. Once you get to senior manager position, that’s when the politicking starts. People get jealous of you, people backstab you and they would do anything to get rid of you. That's when you see the bad side of human nature.

"Why did you quit corporate?"

One day I was looking through the photo album and realised that the past 20 years passed by in a blur. I could barely recall my daughters growing up. But I'm glad I was given a second chance in life. This is my second chance.

I am saving up more money now with my salary as a flea-market trader, than when I was in corporate

Can you believe, I am saving up more money now with my salary as a flea-market trader, than when I was in corporate. I also realized money was spent on unnecessary luxuries. For example, I thought I could not live without Astro because I used to watch EPL (English Premiere League football) every weekend. When I cut off Astro to save money, I realised I didn't miss it that much.

I have three daughters, two are in university and one just finished SPM. Once the last one goes to university too, me and wife will move to a smaller apartment. We don't need that much in life, when you live simply you realise that it is enough.

Here I am, selling our unneeded items, things which we rarely used, sometimes only once or twice. Once you declutter your life, you can focus on the things that really matter. I have been a trader for two years now. I used to have ten bosses but now I just have one boss. My wife! This is my life now, it’s a lot simpler, but I'm happy.”

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