Learn to Love You More

新年假期結束後二周，老闆聯繫我，問每天work from home的我，何時到公司拿開工紅包
腦中完全沒有這個待辦事項的我，還真的因為這個美好的小驚喜而開心不已。看來紅包這個討人歡喜的禮物，亙古不變哪

在極短的時間內，我們籌辦了一場冬令營，讓青少年在寒假中，一起相聚玩耍，增加彼此認識。

邁入西方人重視的聖誕節期，不論是客戶方的 leaders，或是來自倫敦所的成員們，都紛紛安排假期。
精打細算的客戶，從2019年起，便設下十二月份全專案暫緩二周的規劃，一方面讓所有成員可以好好的享受假期，從忙碌的專案中喘一口氣，另一方面，也可以節省二周的成本。

第七十五個月，情緒最穩定的瞬間，應該是夜深人靜時藉著追劇轉移思緒

2020年即將邁入尾聲，期待已久的旅行，終於展開了

七月中，信箱中傳來香港老闆們的指教。
 
直爽的措辭，即便是英文不好的我，也不難從一針見血的字裡行間中，讀懂老闆想要傳達的信息。
 
原來，要在老闆的手中，拿到好的考核成績，客觀要件的達成並非絕對(感覺退回到多年前的職場生態)，公司的資源、策略，以及老闆的主觀判斷，更為重要。
 
We have completed the initial rating discussions with Consulting Leader for Director appraisal...... the service line leadership would determine the proposed rating based on the needs and situations of the service line.
There are a few points to note:
 
1. For financial metrics, ...It should be noted that meeting or exceeding financial metric is necessary for Level 3 rating. It would not automatically lead to high rating just because someone achieves very high financial metric. The rationale for this is that financial metric highly depends on the projects assigned and other factors which are not related to the performance of the staff. Whilst there are correlations between having skills and being deployed on high value projects, we believe that we need to consider other factors. Please note that it works both ways. High metrics don't automatically mean high rating but lower metrics don't automatically translate into low rating. 
 
2. .....staff is compensated in accordance with your skills and experience. The expectations are set accordingly. Therefore, it takes a lot more achievements for someone to achieve high rating than a more junior staff.
 
3. For non-financial metrics, it will inevitably be subjective.... We will consider efforts but we will also consider results. For more senior grade staff, results matter more than efforts.
 
We commit for this rating process to be fair and will be open to have discussions with you if you have any concerns or questions. We acknowledge that there are a lot of circumstances to consider and we promise that we will consider the full spectrum of your contributions. 

好像一直找不到一個合宜的方式，書寫這一個特別的月份。
原本以為經過一段時間的沉澱後，我那被工作消磨的靈感及感受，會再次回到我的筆下，記錄著這段時日。

下班後的時間實在很有限，我是從盛明蘭被顧廷燁求婚的那集開始追劇的。沒想到後半部的劇情緊湊且精彩，編劇也在劇情中描繪出劇中每一個女人在男性主義下的莫可奈何
從現代戲劇的呈現方式，進一步窺看古代女人在婚姻生活中持家的不易，意外的，倒也提點我一些女人的身分與角色。

農曆年後從新加坡機場帶回來的小包，始終捨不得拆開來用。
總想著等恢復正常的辦公室作息後，再拿出來搭配我衣櫃裡的小洋裝。

在家工作的生活，增加了追劇的便利性。雖然可以追劇的時間有限，長時間追劇對眼睛和體位姿勢都有不當的影響。但追劇的片刻，可以讓我快速抽離工作上的煩擾，轉換到劇中人物的情節。
This is Us 第四季，將劇情推展到再下一個世代，觸及未婚生子、同性戀等議題。追劇輕鬆，但劇情背後的真實人生，反映出現代社會多元化及更多層面的挑戰。