The Long Way to Be a CEO

Occupations

“I go out first find food, anyone want you order ?” my question on the sidelines of his busy making design.

“Nasi padang outside the gate it aja sha, it looks good. I ordered a grilled chicken ya” he replied, ordering for lunch today.

“Alright, rice padang ya?” I walked outside the Arcadia office complex, only a few hundred meters to get to a typical Padang restaurant that today is crowded with several workers who are also eating there.

Because it was full, I was waiting in line for my turn to order, because I wanted to buy some food packages for both of us and also for the employees who were cleaning the office. these artisans were prepared directly by the service provider from Arcadia, at least I helped to provide lunch consumption only, because there was nothing I could do, all have been done by the staff in their respective fields, ranging from wall painting, roof repair, internet network installation and affairs such as carrying things. All done painstakingly without reproach.

It's also a long time to order food here, because the lunch hour of this room is crowded by the buyers who eat in the shop or people like me who wrap their food to carry. After waiting in line for about 10 minutes, a young woman invited me to order, 7 packs with grilled chicken dishes and not to forget the delicious soup and vegetables that became the hallmark of padang cuisine.

I invited the lunches of the young men who had been busy with their respective work, sitting cross-legged on the bottom floor that was clean but not too much furniture that blocked us. Eight of us sat in a circle to enjoy a packed rice field lunch, not to forget also the packaged tea drink that I had bought to complete the dish.

“Mas, what office do you want to do?” ask a handyman, whose job it is to paint the walls of the room.

“This will be a company for the manufacture of computer software and also smartphones, many kinds, we also make games for hp” timpalku looking at him.

He was impressed with my explanation, so he had to stop eating his food.

“Already.. Already, let's eat. Later to hunt down the cold food” exclaimed the middle-aged man beside him.

Even so we still share stories, about their work as well as the lives of those who became nomads, mostly from Java and Sunda and maybe the age is still 20-24 years, he said, they are still young there is only one man who is almost 50 years old and is still actively working as a handyman from the office maintenance section of the Central Arcadia complex.

After lunch, we returned to the busyness of each continuing the rest of the work that today had to be finished, but this man named Dahlan approached me on the 2nd floor.

“Mas, sorry can you interrupt the time for a minute?”

“Oh yes dahlan mas, what's up?” I wondered if he would report about his work or something else.

The sentence also makes rania stopped from making the design and also pay attention.

“Anu mas, I am not the original of the employee here, I am just a percussionist who was brought by Mr. Isaac..” before the sentence was finished Rania mamotong his speech.

“Mas want to ask for wages from us too?” Rania asked in a serious tone towards Dahlan, thinking that this person would ask for more wages because he was not officially employed by Arcadia, and therefore the wages are small and intend to ask our side.

“Sorry Ma'am, Mas, not like that. I was given enough wages from Mr. Isaac who brought me”

“I mean, if Mas needs employees to take care and clean this place, I am very willing, I am in need of work, anything I will do Mas.” he said weld and bow to me. Very concerned to see this young man who turned out to be new in Jakarta is struggling to find a mouthful of rice for the survival of his family in a poor village.

He continued to speak of himself who is currently hitchhiking in his brother's contract and there is no work that is sure to produce. He was only a part-time laborer in various places, sometimes a janitor, so building porters and also sometimes went busking to collect pennies that could make him buy food for himself.

“If you can know what school you graduated from?” Rania asked directly standing before her which made Dahlan a little groggy.

“I graduated SMK, never went to college because there is no mbak fee. Later I will be here again to bring the terms of his job application if allowed, sorry before I have been sassy to talk like this”. He was drowned beside Rania who was also watching the gelagatnya.

“No need..”.my words I also stood staring at Dahlan who was like a fear.

“Good mas, sorry to interrupt” he said with the intention to leave this room, then stopped by Rania.

“Wait, play go, this is not finished” said Rania slightly snapped and smiled at me. He understood what I meant without having to tell him directly.

“I don't need your application or job application letter, Since tomorrow, you are an employee here”.

“Justify? Thank you Ma'am, Mas, he was flabbergasted by my words that he accepted himself to be a worker at the company as Office Boy later.

“Only, for this one month, your salary is only 2.5 million. Consider it a trial work in this company, I look forward to your hard work” I swung my hand pat her shoulder.

“Siap Mas, I will be happy to work for this company” he caught my hand and saluted while looking down in front of me. After that he went downstairs and continued his work painting the walls of which only one room remained unfinished.

Rania smiled at the man's behavior, even though he looked dubious, but there was a belief that he would work hard to participate in advancing the company we just started.

“Sha, you're a prank as usual huh..” greeted his laughter that.

“Hahahaha.Hahahah.”.

We laughed at the incident just now. Actually, I've been talking about this with him to hire Office Boy, just that there's no candidate we can invite. And it is still too early to make job openings online which will actually add to our confusion to choose from the many job applicants.

Luckily there is Dahlan who unexpectedly will propose himself to work together. Like a coincidence, his presence to ask for work made us a little ignorant, even though once Dahlan was trustworthy enough, I saw the earnestness of the look in his eyes, and hopefully this company can attract more employees later.

 

 

 

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