Daily Lessons from Life 25 September 2012 - Two Worlds of Employers and Employees??

"Boss, please stop hitting me - The New Paper Sep 25, 2012

This 24-year-old, who wants to be known only as Jayern, claims he has been slapped, kicked, punched, hit with PVC pipes and even a golf club by his boss.

He has made police reports and filed a magistrate's complaint. Jayern also has a medical report which details injuries he claims he sustained after the most recent beating.

The accounts executive at an events company has been billed for everything from dead fengshui plants to broken car keys.

And when he quit, his boss sent him a lawyer's letter - for breaking his contract. Incredible?"

AND

"Employees, not bosses, come first in these amazing offices - The Business Times Sep 17, 2012

DBS Bank, Edelman

At big corporate offices, the best spaces in the office are usually given to management staff. But not at Singapore's largest bank, DBS Bank, and public relations firm, Edelman, where regular employees come first.

Since June, staff from DBS Bank have been moving into their new office, DBS Asia Central @ Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3. By October, over 4,800 employees will be based here. The bank occupies 18 storeys of the 46-storey Tower 3.

And while senior managers usually get the best views of the office, the 180 degree view of the Marina Bay area is shared by all employees.

The managers' rooms are located near the centre of the office floor, while employees sit in sections near the full-height glass windows, giving them views of the Marina Bay area.

Cubicles are done away, as the bank wants to create an environment that mimics a communal hive where ideas are freely shared.
While office pantries tend to be hidden away in a corner, at DBS Asia Central, they are given "prime space". Called social hubs and found on all 18 floors, these are located next to the lift lobbies and have unblocked views of the Marina Bay area.

There are snack and drink vending machines, which feature the DBS Brew, a special blend of coffee designed for the bank."

INCREDIBLE is my CRY when I read these 2 cannot-be-more-different world of Employers and Employees!!

Lessons for me are:

1. better to work for a big company!;

2. leave when you have an abusive employer as no amount of money can eentitle any employer to abuse an employee. If you do no leave, it is YOUR fault! OK. It is a bit too drastic. If you have tried your best to reason with an unreasonable and abusive employer, then you should leave. Period;

3. will the abusive employer get his come-uppance? I hope so. Evil doers never fail to pay for their evil deeds. It is not if they will have to pay for it but WHEN!!

Facts and fictions live side-by-side indeed...