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Working With My Boss Is Not Easy
I had a quick meeting in this morning about pie shell.
Recently, we have several R&D meeting about each project.
I feel we had too many meetings, but we have to…
After the meeting, I attended a manager meeting from each department.
I was an amanuensis for the meeting.
And I went to restaurant to meet a chef to ask for a comment about our product.
I always get nervous to meet chefs, since I have to have certain knowledge about cooking about technical things and words.
He was nice and I learned a lot from him.
Meeting with lots of famous people is fun part about this job.
Since my day went quickly like this by doing many things, I was late for dinner tonight.
I went out to drink with 8 people from sale department from Tokyo branch and Nagoya branch.
People from sale department are funny.
They know how to entertain people because of their job.
They are tough and drink a lot.
We were all drunk and complained about my boss.
I should not have complained about my boss to them, but could not help since he was so hard on me lately.
I felt a little relief that everybody had the same impression about my boss and wondering how to treat him.
We went to Karaoke after dinner till 2 in this morning.
It is nice to hang out with them once in a while like this.
Ah, I wish I were a member of a sale department.
Feeling Sad
I tried to cheer my boss up tonight because he was down today.
I went out to drink with him till 11:30.
I wanted to go home since I was tired, but I did for him!
However!!! what he did to me was not nice.
He kept telling me all the rumors like someone does not like me.
I was like, "Okay, are you like 5-year-old kid or something?"
I tried not to care, but hearing such a thing does not make me happy.
He mentioned a lot about my weak points and at the end when we go home, he said,
"You know? I am on your side."
Huh????
I beg your pardon??
Some people love to hurt someone's feeling like he does.
All his info is not right, so I should not trust him, but still I care.
I regret that I tried to cheer him up.
Wait, maybe I did cheer him up by letting him to hurt me.
Oh well...
Lots of Discussion
Ahhh, it was a busy day today.
Lately I go to work early every morning, and I am getting used to get up early.
Before noon, I had such a loooong discussion/argument with my boss.
I had so many things I wanted to tell him.
I know I should not have, cuz telling everything directly to boss is not a thing Japanese old people like.
Just could not help it because he has not been willing to communicate with me!!
At the end he asked me about my future if I am going to take over the company.
He asked me the same question hundreds time!!
I got really upset and told him to leave me alone.
I don’t want to have colleagues like me… Poor my boss.
The picture is one I took for a paper to turn in to a store which bought our product.
These are our cheesecakes which human-beings and dogs can share.
This is how we pack our products to cardboard box.
It is very strict that we had to turn in this kind of picture to show how we make our products…
I was very looking forward to going to Hula lesson, but I could not.
Today was the day I forget so many things.
I forgot to meet someone, ask something, do something and make something.
What happened to me!?
I was expecting to interview someone for a part time job for my department.
He was a guy who was born on exact the same day and year as my birthday.
However, he did not show up.
I can’t believe how rude people are sometime.
Since I could not go to Hula lesson because of my overtime work, after work I went to a small local place to eat and drink.
Hula was much better…
I will definitely go to gym tomorrow to get rid of stress!
Being An Uncompleted Boss
Today, I was busy as usual, but I think I could work the most efficiently every today.
I finally understood how to work with many assistants.
When I was in the US, I talked with my ex boyfriend’s mom about my work.
She made me realize how inefficiently I work at my office.
I think I could not rely on my assistants, and I tried to do everything by myself.
When I was at the former department, I did all my work by myself, so I did not know how to trust other employees.
But she told me how to do that.
So I carried out soon after I came back from the US.
And it worked!
Now everyone feel that we are TEAM!
Since everyone helps me with my work, I can concentrate on the work which only I can do.
We discuss about many things now, which made them think a lot about their work, which leads them to like what they are doing.
Today, one of my assistants and I went to café instead of going to gym, since we got late for our pilates lesson.
Ah… I ate this banana float coffee at late at night.
How can I go on a diet…
At café, she told me that they were talking about me when I was not at my office.
She said they are talking how happy to have me as their boss. (Well maybe I should not write this kinda stuff by myself, though)
I was so so so so so happy to hear that!
I am not perfect at all, and I sometimes got depressed because I was not sure if what I was doing is right or not.
And I have felt that I have been supported by my assistants a lot recently.
I worried how they felt about it, so I felt I was so happy, honestly!!
The other happy thing today was my friend’s surprise visit.
My friend, Masaru was in Osaka on business for a day, and he came to visit me to my office.
He came to a restaurant close to my office and waited for me till I finished working.
After we ate at the restaurant, I toured my office for him.
Of course, at late at night, I could not show him much of it, but I showed him my new department.
It was kinda weird to have my friends at my office, but we always welcome people who want to see our company.
Unexpected visit surprised me and made me be happy today.
He might be in SF when I would be there next time, so I hope I can see him soon again!
This picture above is a menu which my assistant, Miss Manabe, ate at café after I ate Masaru.
Since I ate with him, I did not eat with her, but had banana float coffee only.
I was too full to taste her dish.
But it looked good, so I took a picture at least.
Feel Miserable
I feel seriously seriously miserable tonight.
I missed Hula lesson tonight again.
Lately, I cannot leave office on time, because my work is endless.
And now I strongly think this is the time I have to work the hardest.
However, the more I try to do the best, the busier I get.
Being busy is okay, but I get really disappointed when I can’t get things done the way I have to.
Now I have to work in a team.
I have to lead the team.
However, for them, I am the new boss, and I am quite different from their former boss.
I understand that they are afraid of a big change.
I argued with one person this morning.
I tried hard to understand what he wants, but I never could.
He has totally different idea about working.
I believe making money is not the easy thing to do, and working is something you have to seriously do for your life.
At the same time, you have to enjoy what you are doing, and you can feel happy what you are doing.
I talked with three people after work about what I expect the department as a boss.
I wanted to motivate them and let them feel relief.
I want all of them to feel responsible what they are doing.
I don’t mean that I don’t want to take all responsibilities, but if you don’t feel responsibility on your own work, you would feel empty.
I wanna treat all workers as an grown business people.
If they fail, I would take care of their failures, but they have to do their best not for me but for themselves.
I discussed a lot with them, but I am scared if they understood me.
I had to keep telling people what I want them to do over and over.
Anyway…. I am very very tired today.
I might be too pessimistic tonight.
I gotta get ready for a business trip from tomorrow now.
Gotta take an early flight to Tokyo as usual.
To be honest, I wanted to cry tonight, but I was too sad to cry.
I don’t understand why I feel sad.
I think I just am not sure if I am doing the right thing right now.
I am running fast in my life now, so I might make a mistake and don’t realize…
Weak tonight.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
My Destiny
I have schedules every single day till the end of this month.
I supposed to teach at my apt today, but he canceled today’s lesson because he is behind of his work for his examination at school.
I remember that I had a hard time before examination.
I miss those days.
But do I wanna go back to school?
I do, but I would hate exams for sure.
Anyway, because of his absence, I did not anything to do tonight.
So I was going to go home early, but my boss, who is a head of a department I will move next month told me to go out to eat.
So I went to eat with him by ourselves to talk about plans from next month.
After we talked about them, he asked me lots of questions.
“What are you going to do in the future?”
“Are you going to take over the business? Or are you going to open a business in the US? Or are you going to get married??”
I am sick of those questions.
I would say, “Why you care???”
He said, “Oh, by the way, I heard you broke up with your boyfriend.”
I was like, “Wha???”
Geeeee, people, you guys, will you please leave me alone?
I have learned that I can’t trust anybody at this place about secrets for this 2 and a half year.
When I started working here, I was really open-minded and told them many things about me.
However, recently, I have not told about my private life to my colleagues or bosses whom I like a lot.
It is sad, but maybe it is natural.
Everyone at this company is interested in m private life.
This does not mean that I am popular, but only because I am a daughter of the owner.
This is my destiny, I guess.
This is a picture we took for an album.
I am making an album for a girl who will leave this company next month.
I took 2 persons in a picture put in an album with a message card.
I was a pair with a guy who is the same position as mine.
Even he does not know that I am leaving this department.
Ahhh, I will miss this apartment so much…
Searching For A Dead Body
I had a funny experience today.
I wrote about the smell of my boss’s room the other day.
It smelled really bad, and I could not help having a meeting there.
I called a construction company to fix it.
The chief of our factory was there to help them.
This picture made me laugh.
Look his face!
You can tell how sticky the room is.
We opened many parts of the ceiling, but there were no mice’ or fillets’ dead body.
However, the smell was like a dead animal body.
We tried to find a dead mouse or a dead fillet for a couple hours, but we could not find.
We will try again some another time, and will figure out what it was.
Today, before this thing happened, my boss called me to his stinky room.
He told me about a personnel reshuffle of our company.
Usually a personnel reshuffle happens in April, but this is something unusual.
Finally they decided to move me to R&D department officially.
I will move sometime in February.
I will cover my partner position.
He will get one position down and will move to another department.
I feel a bit sad that I have to leave my department now, because I am still not sure if I have been useful for the department ever.
Moreover, I feel really really sorry for my partner.
I talked with my boss and insisted him that the punishment for him was too strict, and unfair.
If he had to make him go down one position, there are other people who had to go down one position.
I this I am going to get a position I want, but I don’t know.
I can’t be happy without feeling anything.
Sometime I feel the business world is too cold.
I guess I just need to do my best on what I can do.
All the people above me were not at office since this afternoon.
I was the highest boss at office today, so I had to take care of all workers and make sure that everyone leaves office.
I told them to go and waited for long although I was planning to go to gym.
I had not been to Gym at all although I pay a lot for the membership fee.
Should I quit? But I don’t want to…
I love Japan, but PLEASE try to leave office as early as you can, Japanese people.
Working till late at night does not always mean that you are a hard worker or a good business person…
Eating By Myself With Thinking Many Things
Today I ate by myself twice.
I usually eat with my boss or my assistants, but today I missed the right time to eat, so I went to a restaurant by myself.
In this evening, my dad’s secretary made a mistake, so I had to deliver stuff to my dad.
Whenever they forget to give stuff to my dad, people ask me to deliver although they know that I don’t live with him.
Anyway, I did and my dad bought me dinner back from the restaurant he had dinner with my mom.
It was lucky that I could leave my office earlier than I expected.
This picture is my dinner tonight.
It was boring to eat by myself, so I hate eating by myself like today…
Today, my boss from R&D called me up to his office and told me about giving me more work.
First he asked me, “Are you capable to do so more responsible job? You will be much much busier.”
I knew that he ma tell me about the job, because the person who is responsible for the work is having a hard time and can’t make it.
Because of him, much work was behind, so my boss was tired and worried.
I could not say anything back to my boss for a while so my boss asked me again.
“Do you wanna take this job or not?”
What did I suppose to say?
I am not belonging to R&D but I have already being helping their job a lot, and I do sales too.
My department is management department; now I am rushed to finish a big paper work form my boss of my department.
How can I say, “Yes, I wanna take it.”
Since one person has already disappointed people about the project, if I take, there would be no way that I can fail.
As I don’t want to decide the size of my capacity, I would take it if he thinks that I am capable.
But I am not brave enough to say that I want it, because I am not confident if I can work more than now without making any mistakes.
I felt that it was not fair that my boss tried to make me take the responsible about taking the job.
He needs me and I am the only one who can take this project over now, but he did not take responsible by telling me to do it.
If I fail, then he would be a person who made a mistake.
Well, should I say, “I want to take it?”, though, because I want to be successful?
But can I really do it?? Am I capable t do more job?
I don’t know…
I have to think about it a little more…
