So much has happened of late. I've been in and out of town. From Lagos to Sapele and from Sapele back to Lagos.
I get to spend money too. A lot. I travel via God is Good motor transport. I make a booking via www.gigm.com. The online booking site for God is Good Motors. It offers a 10% discount. I noticed this month that people book more online compared to how it was at the beginning of the year. The sensitization must be working. In January, I could pick any seat I wanted on the booking site, I'd probably be the first booking by Sunday night for a Monday morning trip but now, whew! I get to see 5 seats out of 14 left on a Sunday night. I should start booking two days before.
Days have gone by. Times are changing. I need to settle down too. Now my thoughts go so far with the travelling issh. Kiity works at Lagos and I work at Sapele. Hmm, how are we going to do this? I was bent on travelling every weekend some weeks back but on consideration, I realise I don't want to do that. That would be strenuous. I'd rather we live together. But that comes at a price
Do I like the BEDC job? I do but its not clear. I don't have a specific job. I lead the New Economy team for Sapele. So far, we've done a lot of things. I can't pick a specific thing. It wasn't written down. When Mr Gboyega, the Head of the unit tried presenting a focus with bullet points, he confused me the more.
If I said Yes, I like the job, then I'd be lying. I hoped for more. I expected more than this. I've had days when I was just mad with myself that there was nothing to do and when I came up with something, It turned out to be that I had to sponsor it. Pay for fuel cost and all. That was demoralizing. It was more demoralizing when management decided the same day to implement the performance based payment without allowing one sign for it.
It sent a message. We can do whatever we want. However we need to do it.
I then realised I really wasn't on a contract that had to do with money. My contract that had to do with money was over. It ended March 2016. There was no clear financial terms on the contract that was in operation. The bond. I realise I made a mistake of not insisting they put the monetary terms before signing.
And then, I have to deal with the Business Head, marketing asking me question about what my job description is. And I'd be like .................projects. She never got tired asking me this question especially as she expected me to do a project I came up with earlier. The Prepaid Meter Monitoring. I felt the business unit was not ready for it. 'That's how we do it, we'll pay you later'. She had said. Yesterday, she came again asking the same question, and I had a short fuse on at the time. I simply told her to ask my Unit head. that I wasn't going to answer the question. I was sort of rude (I couldn't help it anymore). I even went as far as telling her she was shouting and I didn't like that (I still can't imagine I did that).
BEDC management seems to be testing the waters as the days go by. They seem ignorant about many things to me. They take decisions about one thing and then have to renege on it when it was all clear that it was a wrong step from the first day. It's more painful when the management refuse to listen to the old staff when ideas are given. And then they fall back to that idea at the end of the day.
BEDC management seems to be testing the waters as the days go by. They seem ignorant about many things to me. They take decisions about one thing and then have to renege on it when it was all clear that it was a wrong step from the first day. It's more painful when the management refuse to listen to the old staff when ideas are given. And then they fall back to that idea at the end of the day.
Back to my crossroad, Lagos or Sapele. which way do I go?
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