Fangs and Horns starting to grow....

When i was a junior commander in my old army unit, I treated my men very nicely due to the following reasons: 1)They are younger than me, so I tend to be more lenient. 2)I dun like to be harsh and nasty to ppl openly 3)They are not educated ppl, so i have less expectations of them. 4)Most of them were very gangsterly like and I dare not get myself into trouble.

When i was posted to my new unit to do admin stuffs, i no longer have anymore subordinates put under my charge. Someone from this new unit asked how 'good' a commander i was in my prev unit, and if i treated my men well. My answer was a confident "YES of course! I treated my men very well". However, he did not believe me, as he deeply believed tat anyone who is thrown to the position of a commander/superior/instructor is sure to turn nasty and hostile towards his subordinates, no matter how nice and pleasant he used to be. But i remained firm with my stand.

1 yr after taking up this job, i began to feel that what my army friend said might be true. When I first started work, i wasnt used to the feeling of having 100 over ppl reporting to me at work. I was afterall just a fresh graduate myself, with 0 working experience. However as the days go by, I gradually gain confidence in giving instructions, making decisions, and getting my ppl to do work for me. But then, I am still far from being labelled as nasty, nor did i instil that much fears in my staffs compared to my predecessor, who was notorious for being very fierce, commanding, demanding and authoratative.

One of my admin lady staff is supposed to go for an eye operation tmr, and would be away for 3 months' MC. However, she did not hand over her job well as instructed by my manager and me before leaving. Seeing her reluctance to teach others on her job, I have purposely made an appointment with her this afternoon, so as to ensure that she will finish teaching all her stuffs to another staff before leaving today. However, she went to take an urgent 1/2 day leave with approval from my GM, and left without my knowledge. And we wudnt be seeing her for the next 3 months.

I was so pissed that I requested the HR to serve her a termination. My HR department is also full of 'lao gan' ppl, who advised me against termination, as this would mean we need to compensate her for her job loss. Instead, they advised me to reallocate her, meaning to ask her to shift her table from the beautifully furnished and airconed office, to the noisy and dusty workshop and station there permanently. This is likely to make her resign on her own. I agree with this suggestion immediately, with strong support from my manager and GM.

One lady staff tried to plead with me to 'let her off', but i was v persistent. I reflected and i was shocked myself how fast my fangs and horns have grown over the months. I guess this shld be how the present society and economy works. If you are not competent, not productive and do not obey instructions, be prepared to go. This applies to everyone, especially myself as a degree holder holding a relatively higher pay in the company, shld be the among first few on the retrench list, if there is any.