1st day

just to explain how it is possible that on the 16th day of the new year gue bisa jobless.. it's simple. i'm changing job. yep, i'm moving to another place.. to be exact, another bank! it was a tough decision cuz i had no complains about my old job. i had a wonderful time doing what i did, ditambah lagi i had such a colorful team under me. di kantor gue yang lama, i headed 11 people in a project team in charge of internet banking that supports the previous merger that makes my old bank the biggest bank in the world (asset wise). we had a tough year, but we all are happy with the job we done. too bad i had to break out from the team and not enjoy the fruits of my hard labor.

tapi di kantor yang baru.. i can't help but think that this is a good opportunity for me. i may not be leading a large team again, and what i did is totally independent and different. kalo sebelomnya gue lebih involve dengan managerial and technical issues, di tempat yang baru gue lebih in charge di bagian financial nya, though it's still in the technology side. but it's totally new, totally fresh, and of course, totally challenging buat gue jadinya. plus now i'm working under the red umbrella known as the best bank in the world. so, after so many interviews and rejections (mostly on my part). kali ini gue kayaknya gak mungkin nolak lagi. though it's a hard decision to make, mostly karena gue harus berpisah dengan tim gue di kantor yang lama.. yang mostly isinya mahluk2 aneh yang menurut mereka "menggemaskan".. i finally did.

tgl 13 kemaren adalah hari terakhir gue kerja di kantor lama. at the end of the business hour, i sent my goodbye email then i walked around, saying goodbye to each departments. lucu juga, soalnya gak nyampe setaun yang lalu tuh gue muter untuk diperkenalin ama HRD nya.

and so.. i only took 1 day off between my job before i started another one. pengennya sih gue bisa cuti sampe 2 minggu sebelom gue mulai di tempat yang baru. tapi karena mereka perlu supaya gue masuk secepatnya.. gue cuma bisa "jobless" sehari ini. i started my 1st day yesterday. though it was only less than a year ago i experienced my first day at the old job, it feels weird. i was kinda nervous and all day, i had no idea what to do. hopefully it'll change soon, and i can't wait to get busy again. one thing i know for sure, i do miss my old crew. i just can't stop calling to check out on them.



i'm lucky to have landed a good job a year ago. but what i feel most grateful that i have found not only 1 good friend, but all 11 of them. i'm definitely gonna miss them. i know i'll make new ones at the new place.. but it's going to be a lengthy process where i have to start all over again.

oh another thing.. my old job was a japanese bank, the new job is an american bank. guess what? gue ternyata masih bisa aja culture shock. ternyata kuat juga pengaruh the japanese on me. here's some of the stuff that i need to re-adjust again:

hours
di kantor yang lama.. we have to be at the office before 8AM. pokoknya ga boleh lebih dari jam 8. ada absen nya dan kalo telat suka di catet ama orang risk management gitu. tapi di kantor yang baru, walopun hours nya sama.. that does not matter, as long as you're not overly late.

eating & drinking
gue mayan kaget juga waktu gue dateng di kantor yang baru, trus ada yang nyamperin untuk nanya gue mau minum apa. weks... gue baru inget.. in america, we can eat, drink, and everything else at our desk. bener2 beda ama bank jepang yang all you can do at your desk is work. this .. is definitely a nicer change.

desk organization
ini sebenernya bukan hal yang harusnya bikin gue kaget. tapi ini salah satu the biggest thing yang bikin gue mesti re-adjust lagi. di bank jepang.. everything is in order. semua rapi. meja harus bersih after you finished working. no stuff should be outside, desks are locked, and so on and so forth. pokoknya dalam kata lain.. they're very very organized and clean. tapi di bank amerika.. it's just the other way around. you can find desks have paper all over the place. bukan berarti mereka gak rapi, tapi it's not something that they really worry about. american way only matters about the output of the work you do, not how you do it. they leave it to you to do things ur way. sebenernya sih ini lebih enak daripada gaya jepang.. but i find myself re-adjusting to this again. padahal gue kerja di bank jepang ga nyampe setahun... ternyata strong juga influencenya ya, but then again i'm a freak about wanting things organized, that's why doing things japanese way was easier for me.

well.. so far baru itu aja sih... though i'm sure it's not going to be hard to re-adjust, since i've been working in american companies most of my working experience.. tapi lucu juga ngeliat semua ini dari mata "the outsider". i can actually tell the differences now.

just wish me luck ya!