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My friend was feeling very lousy cos her boss gave her a pretty negative review on her job performance. I can kinda emphatise with her as I always feel that besides monetary awards, one of the greatest rewards an employee wud wanna get is the recognition/appreciations from his/her boss.

Back in my prev job, I have no worry on this issue as my manager and his direct boss, my GM, often showed their appreciation for my work and effort put in. But to me, those were really child's play. Working in the MNC, the bosses do not really care much abt you. They give u almost complete freedom, but will squeeze u mercilessly for results when they need them.

So in a way, i feel the great difference in the way my ex-boss and present boss treat me. My ex-boss talked to me whole day long, exchanged smses, msn and we even jogged together. I know his wife as well and played with his baby countless of times. My present boss is someone that I do not like to get near. He doesn talk to me much, and i dun think he knows what i am doing everyday, and i dun think he is impressed with my work. I was given his msn account but i refused to add him in my list. The culture is v different.

Now, my dad and brother are at overseas, and both their cars will be left at the carpark untouched for quite sometime. What a waste... sometimes when u dun need to use the car, they are available. Sometimes when u need a car, u got none!

Once again, i lost my faith in mankind. There are too many ppl out there pretending to be nice, caring and helpful. But they are actually most nice, caring and helpful to themselves.