Hope the situation improves May, please take care of your health, without it, nothing really matters, we're here to support you if you ever need it :)

Take care May.. Work has always been thie way.. Just have to take things as it goes.. No point stressing over it and causing hazard to your health.. Hope you get well soon..

Hey May, dun overwork yourself. Since u cant quit, as such, work at the speed where you feel most comfortable cos your boss cant pin point you on that, if they do, jus sack you lor. As though, you scare hor. Dun ever waste yourself away in work, there are much more better things to do in life than that. Please do take good care of yourself. Don't let all your friends worried about you okay.

I'll always remember you May.. A wonderful fren a cheerful n encouraging mate.. I'll miss you so much. :(

May she rest in peace

Hi May I just want to say may you find the much required rest after all this. God bless yr soul.

Jennifer

Sue HP and the boss

AS far as work is considered it has to be limited to cettain extent. If you have felt you have been over pressured, should point out to the boss or limit yourself. Now cannot say anything its all over. But other take it as a lesson. Money is not only life. It should always be sufficient enought for your needs. Know your needs and take a break when you need.

guess that's nothing to do with the company ... so sad that she had such a bloody asshole manager who is so inhuman, inconsiderate, & selfish.

Her blog also conveniently forgot to mention something. Yes, she will have to pay back one months salary as a contract staff, but ONLY if she quits immediately on a days notice. If she gives one month notice, she dont need to pay back. During the one month, she would not have to work so hard liao.

very sad... from her photos she seem so cheerful and happy. God bless her and her family.... :(

I REALLY MISS U MAY, SHE IS A REALLY SOMEONE SPECIAL, THOUGH WE HV NV MET, AND YET SHE IS SO WILLING TO GV ME A HELPING HAND. I KNOW NOW WHATEVER I SAY WILL NV BRING HER BACK BUT PLEASE GOD LET HER REST IN PEACE
&
LASTLY, MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY

she don't deserve this..hell to those bosses who worked their employee like robots..should just quit and let the bosses die of heart attack instead...

May, though I only know you thru your emails, I still feel you don deserve to die in this way, but anyway I pray may you're soul be rest in peace,,,

deepest condolance for her family....
may your soul rest in peace....

I m a sceptic.So I took the trouble to verify.This is true.It happened.I was stunned.It jolted me.someone jovial and so alive, happily blogging could be gone the next moment.Seeing her childhood photos makes me cry.GOD Bless u, May

hmmph..thats a new contract terms that i ever heard.. frm wat i know contract staff need to complete a certain period else no matter whether he/she gives 1 mth notice to resign, he/she will still need to pay 1 mth salary.. that is what happened to my current contract job too.. and I dun give a damn.. my job also staying late nights and coming bck weekends.. BUT its up to me to decide.. if I cant, I really cant.. i dun force myself.. I dun give a damn even tho my director asked me to do so.. :P

anyway to those contract staff out there, I have felt the same as what May felt too.. but always keep this in mind.. "money is not everything in ur life.. health is more impt.. n nobody will care if you are sick.. so better take a break (no matter if it is going to be unpaid).. once u r dead, money will not go with you to heaven or hell.. n the company will not lose anything.. everything will be as normal even without you in the company... "

so if u tink you cant cope with the job.. n you need to commit a certain period before you can resign, just take a break.. we r humans not robots.. there's a limit in everything.. and for May's incident, we cant blame her.. its just her time to go n leave.. May she rest in peace.. n please dun blame her again for wat had happened..its so sad to hear that.. esp when she's already gone.. =(

My name is Mark,i'm her close cousin.My sis has always been a hard working person,whether in love,friendship or work,she's very commited.
To this nick (CHCHO5) who claims that her downfall is because of her emphasis on work & money,You seriously have no idea what your talking about...I guess you haven't been keeping up with current affairs dude.
In singapore,the culture that we have,is that we are encourage to worship the "$golden-calf$"cars,cash,condos etc etc...
Not to mention getting a decentlly paid job to survive in this ever raising cost of living country,
is not a stroll in the park.
Considering the kind of competition other than locals,
that is intensifided with truckloads of foreign talents or trash competing for your job,IN YOUR country.

As for loving her job instead of just a means of earning money..
Come on......can you honestly tell me how many people are fortunate enough to work in a job they love & yet,
pays well enough to support themself or their families.
Are you living in your own world??
Maple story perhapes...

The pressure is on,if you don't already know...??Every employee is expected to multitask & be flexible if they wana keep the job.Morever my sis is only doing her best to prove herself in her new managerial position which is already short handed for a period of time (could be indicating a high turnover rate,which is the real sombre picture of the prospects of working for that company) & to top it all off,she properbly had an intimitating & inconsiderate superior (a very bad leader if i must add) who coulden give two hoots whether his subordinate could cope with the amount of workload given.He just want it done by the end of the day. From what i heard abt the working culture in HP company,they have a tendency to treat their contract staff as outcast or 2nd class citizen with few benefits but are still expected to handle the full load of the job.
& DO NOT TELL ME THAT SHE HAD THE LUXURY TO TAKE IT SLOW OR QUIT...SHE DOESN'T!!!

She needs to keep a decent paid job as to help out her poor mum who is left all alone now.
By the way,have i forgotten to mention that she's an only child, a very obedient & independent one indeed.
And if her situation haven already sink in to your insensitive numskull,i would suggest to you that it is TIME TO WAKE UP & SMELL THE ROSES DUDE... (Pls note that all i have written is directed to Chcho5)

And to end the note,to my sis May.i hope she'll rest in peace though i somehow feels that she'll be worried for her mum wherever she is now...i'll pray for you sis & i love you...God bless

Hi, i just followed a link to ur blog. Sounds sad to read this. I think u should eat banana to reduce ur stress level. Banana really helps. U should listen to slow or sentimental music after work. this is all i can say about. Never give up yourself for a company coz it will never think of u, except ur manpower. Good luck!

I'm very shock to read this! i didn't know that they'll need to work so hard.. salute to those who really put in extra effort for their job... anyhow, MAY, rest in peace. god bless

Though I do not personally know May, but a friend of mine sent me this article. So I would like to send my deepest condolonces to your loving family. You'll always be remembered as a friend as well as someone who was responsible and diligent in your work. God Bless and may your soul rest in peace.

Hi May friends and family, I am a stranger and will like to send my condolences to you and family. From May's blog, she was someone who is seen as responsible. I don't see that she is just working purely for money, but her attitude towards work is respectable, although which eventually causes her death.
May to you, rest in peace, you are in heaven and will be protected well.

Dear May.

A heart felt pang of sadness engulfed the moment I knew of your demise. It meant that I cannot meet the deadline. TWO managers now have to replace you.

I always thought that your job was a carefree one. I had your best interest in my mind. You had a sunny disposition, with the ability to affect all that you touch.

I knew that other than your cherry character, you had super woman capabilities, which enabled you to blog and work at the same time. In fact, this comes as amazing to me.

I was planning on giving you more work, so that you had more things to blog about. Well , the company is the centre of our universe after all.

I should say your blog is amazing, I hope you include more things about me, other than your disdain. For a start, I have horns, and I live in a fiery brimstone place.

Continue blogging. The ratio of work time to blog time should be 30:70 for you to achieve a sense of well being. I should hope that your new boss has a halo rather than horns.

Faithfully yours,
Your Last Mortal Boss.

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The author is a caring and happy person who hopes that the world would be a better place. If you believe that he is really the Last Mortal Boss, you should seek help from a psychiatrist.
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Hi May,
My Sincere condolences for you and your family / friends.

For anyone who might be in the similar situation,
I'm working with the same company HP as "Perm" staff and lately I did feel the same work-pressure even I had to work during weekend for unimaginable hours.
I have raise this concerns to my boss but sadly he slow to response as he is also packed-up just like me.

I already tender for resignation couple weeks a go and gave up my big salary since I know this big $ is NOTHING compared with my life, family, and health.

I would like to share with you this words,
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.
-James 4:13-16 (Bible verse)-

Let's put hope on God who can provide you everything rather than chase for everything and we got nothing.

God Bless You
http://www.jesuswalk.com/james/7_patience.htm

i think the chcho5 person abit. ahem. okays, i come from a school that requires us to meet demanding deadlines and complete demanding assignments. however, whenever we say THIS stress problem to people whom we think can change the whole thing, they give us this stupid standard answer. you think it helps? yes, you're right. work or school is PART of our life, but don't you think you people as our SUPERIORS are overdoing things? you all say, go home earlier to enjoy time with your family. i think there's a problem here. enjoy time with your work, i suppose. we reach home at 8pm as students. sleep at what time? dont tell me you spend time with your family at what, 3am in the morning?

my condolences..... $ isnt everything? but sadly, living in this country, MONEY IS EVERYTHING. I know of ppl who cant pay their conservancy charges for a few months & recieve a court letter ..if ppl cant even afford to pay $60/mth, you send them to court & slap them with a fine of $1000, who says $$ isnt everything?

Anyone know which job agency did she get the job from? i am so gonna keep my distance from them.

My condolences to her family.

My deepest condolences to her family

RIP ~ May!

May had sacrificed her life for just $2,600 a month, I don't think the Prime Minister will do the same for $3.3milllion a year. Talk about money is not everything. I am sure the Prime Minister think it is.

May, may you rest in peace.

Hi May,
Sorry for what happen to you!
Nevertheless you have taught us to treasure ourselves. At times I do face the same problem that you had experience.
Now I learn to take things more easily.
Thanks for the sharings with my dear friends.

May, thanks for your last message to the world. Rest in peace.

May u Rest In Peace May...

My condolence to May's family.
To some of those (especially matrus and nailed), if u wanna spread ur religion, try doing it in ur own blog or ur friends' blog, but not here on someone else blog? Its call common sense, if u still have it...

My deepest condolence to her family and friends

hi may, may u rest in peace. my deepest condolences to ur loved 1s. i'm a contract staff too n totally understand how much work we have yet not recognised. :P sigh.... i hope things will improve.

Chrisgunther, i think u are absolutely sick .

May you rest in peace, May.

I dunno May and I got this link from a very dear fren of mine who's also working for some giant IT company in KL. I myself was an HP contract staff b4 and now I thank GOD I left the company. One thing I know, its not thew company that put all the shit on the staffs but the CRUEL managers and thpse management people who think they rule and own the company.I personally blame them. i experienced the same situation with my previous company..shall i mentioned the company..well no harm, it NCR.Lucky me I didnt die but almost..its not our fault to love our job,its not our fault to work like mad for money..its the way of the world..no money...no career,nobody.
For MAY, RIP..may GOD Bless your SOUL till the end. For some fucked up managers and management..dont just think about the company profit,loses..its their problem..think about your staff too..they are not machines,they just like YOU!!..WHAT IF ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONE IN THIS SITUATION..would u not fight for their wellbeing???? THINK FOR THE MOMENT.
MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCE FOR MAY FAMILY AND FRENS.
STAND FOR OUR RIGHT..WE AINT DO ANY SINS.

R.I.P May. This is really sad news.

Guys,this is what certain HP superiors has to say about my sis May..pick up from some forum...

I do not like to talk abt Ms Leong, since she has already passed on. However, I would like to state that HP is not around only yesterday, and her position is not new. If in the past, no one gets killed for overwork, then why she?
I could be guessing, but just to hear from a one-sided aspect of the death is rather bias, agree?

Another thing, if she is so busy, how she can find the time to blog? Then finally, working 8 straight hours in an environment which is her own home, and not in the office, it is really strange how she could have DVT, when she can stretch and relax in the comfort of her own home.

Who is to blame here? HP? Or the system that was set by the goverment that had left Singaporeans to work like hell to make ends meet? Bringing in foreign workers will just worsen the Singapore job market. Living standard so high (imagine a 3 room flat costing more than $200K on a tiny island, worst if yu were to sell your flats you will be levied), salary so low! This China men , Bangla, so called engineers, are here to spoil the job market! Imagine we engineers having to live with these foreigners (who don't understand simple Singlish) salary! Enough said! RIP May!

May, my heart really goes out to you, wherever u may be right now, i would wan to say the same to you too if u are still around.. i know how its like to be getting what you always wanted, that big "break", though its usually the complete opposites of everything that u ever expected, and yet not being able to let go cos on the surface it seemed too good to be true and all you wanna do was just hang onto it with your dear life and be the best that you can be, hoping things will turn out for the better despite the uncertainties and sorts, but for this case, it did not get any better and instead it broke your life...i feel a lot for your friends too for having to go through it, just reading their messages and blog is enough to feel the devastation and confoundment...this happened to me once too, many years back, when i thought i landed on my "dream job", and in the end i made the painful decision of resigning and even till today i still sometimes look back and question my decision... not that i feel its right after looking at what had happened to you but it just brought back many melancholic memories and one of which was, at that point, i seriously felt my health started deteriorating which scared the hell out of me.. though with perpetual regrets, i still felt relieve i hadn't continued on that path though as good as it may seem to be...so for the ones who had tried but floundered, life doesn't just ends there, but the close of one episode always open the door to a brand new one and it gets more and more beautiful.. even in heaven.. thats what we should always believe! :)

I do not personally know May, but actually a friend of one of her friend. Really depress to see news like that; nonetheless... deepest condolences to her family and friends. No point blaming HP or anything. Let just hope this unfortunate episode serve as a reminder to us all, cherish everything and everyone around you. Once again, hope May will find peace & solace wherever she is now...

first of all..let me tell u this mr smart guy.. if you are not working for HP, i dont think you understand what she is experiencing at work.. and it is not all about the money ..she is dedicated to her roles and responsibility at work..i can firmly say that..i work in hp..though i do not know her..i share the exact work environment with her..whether it is singapore or many other countries where HP is operating.. work life balance is always an issue..be it with HP or any other Global Companies. it is a global environment..there is different time zones she has to worked in and it is this factor that can cause her health failling..not the money...

what makes u think her downfall is money? and i think her friends will vouched for that.

there is 2 type of employees in the society..

Type 1) those who is paid less but work much more than they are paid for..because they are dedicated to their task, dedicated to learning..growth..and perhaps needed the money to survive..which is a little bit silly...but these are honest ppl..

Type 2) those who earns alot in big companies and contributed nothing to the business and just BECAUSE they have CONNECTIONS..and talk as though they are the genius..( i sure hope you are not one of those of the latter)

and correct me if i am wrong..u are the one who scrutinised how much she would have to pay out if she quits immediately, in the blog? now if u are not trying to avoid paying out then why would u scrutinised what her contract value is all about? so are u saying u are not looking heavily on the money part ? whatever her contract is with the employer is, it is none of mine or anyone else business..

for a person who has been called home to the lord..i think she deserved more respect and sharing of fond memories..than saying what is her downfall is...because i sure hope one day when u are called home..people will remember u for fond memories and not scrutinising what your downfall is just like what you have commented about her downfall right now...

just my two cents..no offence intended.

Lets stop adding our vies n comments on tis site.
Leave it for Mays frens n relatives to share.Its d oni online memory left for them.Its her fav blog so i feel we as outsiders shd no longer intrude.But all r welcome to visit n read.

Sometimes it takes a person's death to wake us up...
Time with family, and taking care of ourselves are so much more important.

Strangely Singapore are transforming to a place where people become so heartless and un sympathetic about others.
I'm surprise to hear comments from people like chcho5, like the "elite minister's daughter" who are so quick to judge... It's one thing to be well-off, another to pass a judgment on others.

What has our society become?

May, rest in peace. I will share your stories with others, that they will really take time to care for things that really has real value, like relationship, love and God.

Sad to hear that May who is a fillial daughter and a responsible worker has leave us whom we should respect. She was just doing her duty to do her job properly and neglected her health. I can feel and understand all the stress that she has gone through as i was a HP contract staff before. We should try and see how to help out her mum who is lonely now. Hope that she can rest in peace and her mum will be taken care of in the future.

We can do our bit in contributing money or food supplies or clothing or just visiting her mum to say some condolences words.

Dear May,

Yet I do not know you nor met you but read about you in the papers and today a christian brother sent me your blog. It is sad very sad what had happened to you...I can understand your situation very well because once upon a time I used to work more than 12 hours a day...with much stress and oppression aand was heading for a nervous breakdown...Praise the Lord that I got out of it...

Bless your soul May and the Lord keeps you always.

Condolences to the family.

Dear christian brothers and sisters, let us pray for May

PSALM 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall folloiw me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

sleong

I guess u are not alone. I myself too face the same at my work place but what to do......b'cos of the 2xxx have to stay on lor...ai ya...

I think its very IRRESPONSIBLE for HP superiors to say that since no one has ever died from overwork at HP, why should May be the first? Geez...so does that mean the first person who died in history from cancer/AIDS/overworked/strokes actually died from something else? Since no one has previously died from all these illness, so in essence, they shouldn't be the first to die from it. I mean, how thick can the superiors at HP get? Haven't they heard of the phrase, "there's always a FIRST".

If there is no FIRST person to die from specific reason, then how in the world would scientists and doctors discover there is a new sickness called cancer/AIDS/SARS/overwork?

To the sick superiors, I hope you become the first people to die from reading criticism on the internet. Then again, there's no recorded case of someone dying from this reason, so why should YOU be the first?

Janine

EVERYONE KNOWS his/her health is most important.
EVERYONE KNOWS a Job is only part of your life.
EVERYONE KNOWS family is more important than work.

In HP, getting hundreds of emails per days is a NORM.
In HP, your boss thinks that clearing hundreds of emails per day is a NORM.
In HP, working at off office hours and long hours (+10hrs) is a NORM.

But NOT EVERYONE working in HP has work-life balance.
But NOT EVERYONE working in HP has the same work load balance.
But NOT EVERYONE working in HP has a good boss who is aware and alert on resource workload balancing.
But NOT EVEYYONE working in HP has a good boss who will say ‘NO’ to things are unreasonable to their staff.

If I had not quit HP, it would have been me!

RIP May, I wish her mom strength to pull this tru.
Mark, take good care of May's mom. She needs you to help her stand.

what she said is true. many email everyday. many conference call everyday. many meeting everyday. i worked in hp before.

I'm back.. I don't work with for HP anymore but I know people there very well. Be it in Singapore or KL, some of the managers are shit. Honestly I'm living with one of management people in HP KL..to be specific, someone with the title Technologu Team Lead at GCM. I hate to see him in stress and pressure ever since he hold the position.He had a sleepless nite when people calls him at 3 - 4 - 5 am for escalation. I have to face it too.. He complained a lot about unsatisfied "CLIENT" and unhappy "MANAGERS" ... almost everyday and nite... and the result, he became one of them. He put pressure to his staffs. He even told the staff who once call him up for sick leave to come to work and if he really sick,he will send him to doctor. Now...who is to blame in this situation? His managers who kept on telling him to think and act as the managers because he is not mean enuff (even he is only a Team Lead),the client who always not happy ever since the migration from Australia to KL,him for not being a good and mean TL? All this will lead to whatever happened to dear MAY. Only GOD know. He is my boyfriend. I told him, I don't want him to die due to too much pressure and I don't want to hear any of his staffs suffer b'coz he give too much of pressure on them...
I just hope and pray nothing bad happen. I even force him to read this blog so he will learn something from it..

p/s:- For everyone who read this, he even told me once, some of his managers fall sick and on medical leave for few days due to stress and pressure from work. I just hope those people think about the staffs too and they can fall sick just like others..
** almost a year back, one of my boyfriend ex colleague (from India) died and left a very young kids and wife and no one knows that he was sick,no one believe that he died too **

Dear May,
I never met you and got to hear about this tragedy only from asiaone and through the search in the net I discovered this blog.
Its tragic and may GOD take care of your soul and guide and protect your loved ones.
I feel the urge to inform and to warn other people about using the laptop on their laps . The electromagnetic field emitted by laptops and also cellphones can cause blood clotting. This has been prooven by many scientists already. I am by profession a naturopathic doctor and have as well done a lot of researches about these topics.I have actually written some tipps to prevent these problems on my website. I feel very sad that not many people believe in these health hazards and if we have had the chance to meet earlier, I would have warned you. I hope that many other people will be careful now and use these technical gadgets with a bit more respect to avoid health problems.

I really feel sad about what happened with you and that you had to go so early. But in this moment, you have given as well motivation to me to give more talks and infos about health and Radiation and what I know so far. Maybe we can help or at least hinder that a similar case happens again. Please read the topics on my website www.sanatio.net about electrosmog and pass the tips to your friends, to prevent another tragedy.
Dear May, once again may u rest in peace and light.

God bless your soul

:( rest in peace :(

May u rest in peace...

Rest in peace, May...

WHOAAA... what some of her HP superiors said and questions raised can really make one's blood boil...about "why other of her colleagues dun end up like her?" and "why she got time to blog if she is so busy with work?" ...simply too much....ludicrous... one shouldn't say such things about a person who is already gone... unthinkable u know?? Do u dare to go up to her body now lying in the coffin and say the same things again to her???? Or say that to someone in your family if one day they pass away? Have you (whoever said those things) any shame, let alone guilt? Please have some respect and show some decency for the deceased and save some for yourself too!! Though you may think its just only words and that they dont and shouldnt hurt but they do and they will and not just that but sometimes they can come down on you like a ton of bricks and kill you...beware of karma for such things WILL ALWAYS come back and bite u in the ass, in whatever form it make take on, believe it or not.... Though i dun know u May, but please rest in peace and ignore such triviality...Everyone please try to note the severity of what has happened and not say anymore such preposterous, contemptuous even, things here, not here, cos they might just soil and ruin the purity and sanctity of her sanctuary, which might just be what's left of her? which still continue to represent her?? which hopefully will continue to live on in our hearts long after all these is over? So please! And may god have mercy on those souls who have in christ's terms "sinned" (i believe that too though i am not christian), whoever they are..and well, i shan't attempt to decipher May's intentions but from the looks of it, it never for once occurred to me that she is working her ass off just "for the money"(that she's "money faced", is that what u mean? Yes, i am directing this question at you, the "cynics"!), which's what these people, whose got hearts of steel, believed to have killed her, her 'greed', thats what they chose to believe, as ridiculous as it all may sound...well, i think u have simply just about done a good job by MURDERING whatever good that's left by laying down such sweeping irresponsible moral statements cos it seem more like she was trying and hoping to improve the state and quality of her life? and make life better for her family?? thats why she is working so hard!...so please have a heart and try to think with your heart and think harder before you start passing accusations and judgments that speak so little of her which in return also speak very little of yourself, whose thoughtless actions begets such degree of catastrophy, actually making one wonder whether or not if its even a human who said it? May and i are actually nobody to each other and we dun even know each other in real life, all i know is she is special to many people who love her, thats why i am saying it! Imagine she could have been your own sister in the flesh and the blood.

I shared this with her friend Kaiyan:

Dear Kaiyan,

My sincerest condolences to her family and to you. Having worked in HP, I was able to observe the work culture first hand. There are those who handle alot the work and those who don't have to. Of those who handle alot of the work, it's often in an environment where management is concerned about the salary expense of the department - this leads to insufficient staffing, which leads to unacceptably heavy burden on remaining people left in the department.

I don't want to take away from the sharing of grief and condolences but I think that MJ's death was avoidable. I fear that such situations may be an escalating problem unless we act to remind business owners that we're people, not machines. There must be an upper limit to the time spent even thinking about work. We should try to find a balance. Sadly, as Singapore gets more corporatized, we'll be faced with the dilemma of fitting the local work culture or finding a new one. I hope each of us will be brave enough to recognize this when we see it.

From my googling, MJ sounds like a dear friend and a cherished pal. I believe the world needs more people like her. If her blog and passing have taught me one thing, it is that I should value my family more by spending more time with them than earning more money for them.

God bless.

R.I.P, May. & condolences to yr family

I am working for an outsource company of HP. I have to say this local company is really one of the worse inhumane place to be working in. Welfare not taken care of.Company just want to earn as much as possible and don't give a shit about employee's welfare.

Have to say the same about a friend working directly in HP as well. Life there = suffering. Whatever the regional director said about employee welfare, basically those are directed at R & D people, talents from China and India. The biggest money earners for the company. No one gives a shit about other employee's benefits.

Anyway, as said, I'm working as one of their outsource. Life here is very stressful trying to resolve and finish up cases everyday. Many times I have to work from 9am to almost 11pm. We can barely meet the required service level agreement. Yet HP keeps insisting that the headcount here is more than enough. Therefore, proposing to my company to cut some more people so that they can maximise profit.

And great, I'm fired.

I don't mind leaving. Life sucks there. I do pity my colleagues still there.

Dear May, do rest well where you are now.

I'm gonna take a break too.



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I feel sorry for your current situation..If i were you,i will quit the job..
But i know say is always easier than taking action...
Paying them back the 1 month salary should not a big deal for you..
Why make yourself stress more??
your health is more important than everything in this world..
Remember,money can't guarantee your health...
My english not that gd...Sorry if i write something wrong...
I will pray for you that you can release yourself from this stressful enviroment sooner or later..
Take care

As I write this, my heart felt so heavy to find out that it is a true story and May's departure has left this world another good soul less..

To May’s family, my sincerest condolences and I’m sure everyone who read her last journal entry and saw her photos can deduce what an adorable person she was and now, we mourn for your loss.. Pray May will find her happiness beyond her wildest imagination on the other side..

To May, rest in peace, sweetheart and hopefully your plight will be a catalyst for the rest of us to improve ourselves within and our lifestyle..God bless you May..

a Malaysian stranger

God bless.............my sincerest condolences to her family.

My condolences to her family.

HP sucks.

Dear May,

I'm sorry you are gone.
I was in HK when it happened.
Your wake was over by the time I returned.
You are gone so sudden, so fast.
Just days before, we were chatting on msn.
Now your two IDs will remain dormant on my friends' list forever.
You will never come online again.
No more stupid sex jokes.
I miss the days we spent in school Where we took turns with Jasmine and Claudine to queue for food.
Gal, I blame you for your death.
Like buffalos stuck in the mud, you busied yourself with your expectations.
I blame myself for not making more efforts to meet up more.
For the 2years I was away, you never failed to call me whenever I visited Singapore.
Thank you for the calls.
I wished I had read this entry earlier.
I would have called to scold you.
Now everything is too late.
I am back in my own house.
As I cook again in my kitchen, I remembered the last time you came.
We chatted so much over lunch.
May, I miss you.
Most of us do.
You should know.
How much tears do we need to shed?



Love you,

Rachel Lim

In short, the staff work their asses out so that the related person can continue to milk from the stocks.

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Nothing new, definitely she won't be the first nor the last.

R.I.P ... hope ur case will help more pple to understand the importance of their own health over works.

May you rest in peace..

Regards,
Angela

I quote: "...I would like to state that HP is not around only yesterday, and her position is not new. If in the past, no one gets killed for overwork, then why she?"

Well, in response to quoted above, whoever that is, i am sure everybody knows how long HP has existed and that May's position is not new and many like her, before she even came into the picture, have come and gone, but every individual's stress tolerance level is different and the circumstances surrounding every manager who took up that damned position is different too and what May was facing could have been many more times worse than all her predecessors' combined, who knows? and nobody probably stuck with it long enough to say i'm so inlove with what i do everyday, not the one before May whose only too glad to end it, and certainly not the one after, so how can one even insinuate "why her of all people(that such a thing happened to her but not others)?" Its like as if nobody even said a dull and seemingly 'logical' thing like that but why you??(seriously, this "why her?" thing is really getting on my nerves) And the thing is that it don't even make any sense to make such a comparison or cite "everybody elses" from the past as a bench-mark for the present, then why do we even need a monthly employee's assessment system? Why do u even need people management skills to be a pre-requisite as a manager? Why don't u just get a computer to do the job? The manager is not just to assess how well employees perform under pressure but its also about many other things ...one of which would certainly be assessing the employee's personal state of wellbeing whether they are overworked as that could result in negative outputs and hence performance-related? Anyway, this have nothing to do with spoon-feeding employees and if u even go there, u have alot of management courses u should go attend, unless u are the type of boss who don't give a s*** about how your employees feel or probably the undiscerning or imperceptible type, then are u even fit to manage or lead people? Perhaps robots? Experience, degree and that transit pass don't just cut it, u know? Managers should also possess high EQ. I am quite sure by now u would probably have been aware of the fact that god programmed us all differently?

And this is specially for Chrisgunther...
Why is it that now TWO managers are handling May's job and not just ONE manager if ONE manager is suppose to be sufficient enough to fill in her position?? Wow, that really caught me by surprise! I am certainly puzzled. The difference between "giving a person more work so as for her to blog more about it and cos she is a superwoman" and "abusive exploitation" is only a narrow fine line.. that, only u yourself know better since u will be the one whose going to live with it for the rest of your life. And anyway, whatever f*** is "giving her more work so she can blog about them in her blog" all about ?????????????????????? ..sweet punishment in your own sick perverse ways? That's warped.... Are u saying you are aware that she is resentful about the amount of work that u gave her yet u cant care less but just going to give it to her anyway and u don't care whatever it is so long she take it without a word and then she can complain and rant out all she want in her own blog? Is that what u mean, u pervert?? So then do u see this coming? With power comes great responsibility and in your case, a responsibility to look after the welfare of your own people which you failed and now, your imprudence and your total oblivion to bear even the slightest responsibility over what had happened is appalling. You don't even have the slightest tinge of guilt. Do u think what WE are saying and doing here is just "blogging", merely cos its the in-thing now?? Think again.. *sniggers*

I am sure many before her may probably have already complained about the kind of workload involved, maybe not officially (who the hell would dare anyway?) but unofficially, maybe during pantry breaks or whatever, but yet NOBODY whose in charge, whose in the position to assess the situation, whose responsible for welfare, whose also in the position to make decisions or change how things work, whose probably also chosen to turn on a deaf ear on those unofficial complaints, said anything or did anything about it until now? is it too late? Is the working culture and mentality in such a huge MNC that deplorable, ghastly, unbearable and unspeakable? If not, then why are u distributing the workload originally meant for ONE manager to among TWO managers now???? Have your unwavering belief that this is a one man's job been shaken by this incident? Or what u are doing "differently" now-- is it a submission to, or maybe even confession of, your own inferior calculation, mal-management and the erroneous damaging so-call "common practice" that's common within the organisation, and probably even to some extent, your own beleaguered and contrite self-conscience? Dare u even wax lyrical here about things and get all poetic and romantic over it, which is totally repugnant, when what you should be seeking is repentance...this is absolutely unbelievable ...no ... total bunkum... but like what they say all the time, kismet or karma works in mysterious ways and nobody EVER gets off scot-free.

Zjaninez, there is something similar to what u said although not exactly... its the "Death Note"...how we all wish that even exist, don't we, janine? (shifting attention back onto gunther)

Do you have a loved one who's working him/herself to death?(arnt we all?)
take the time..pay more attention to them. theres no point saying nice things about them after they've passed. dont people realize that everyone they know, someday, will die?

Dear Janasiha,i hope you understand that nobody wants to go at such a young age.Espescially when she has to leave behind her beloved mum & dad..Do you know her parents wasn't allowed to be there on her last day before cremation due to religious belief.But her mum went anyway..Would you like your funeral picture to be carried by a representative as your father wasn't allowed there.I hope you can be more sensitive on your remarks. My sis has so many dreams that she has yet to fulfill like finding a good & responsible man to get married to as one of them...& i believe my sis will appreciate it as you can see from her replies to all her friends' concern..By the way,she did heed the warning signs as she called her clinic doctor to voice her concerns on that faithfull day before she pass on...The doctor said that she was just stressed.yes we'll all die one day but its what we do when we'll alive on whether we'll be remembered...THE KEY TO IMMORTALITY IS FIRST LIVING A LIFE WORTH REMEMBERING..
And i belive she did just that by the many condolences people send..Pls do not demean them.
i (and i believe my sis too) will appriciate any kind of condolences whether its long or short..it shows people cares..i have yet to see any condolences from you other than complaining about how life have been treating you.i believe you can change things if you want..every moment you have NOW is a chance...

Jonasiha,

Dun be so agressive lah.
I believe you meant well. But let's not start calling names.

I think what her brother meant was that he really appreciate how strangers whom May has not met cares so much about her.

Just to quote : "...and now the whole country is bombing her blog.."

Dun be one of them.

I know ur happy now with the hands of the our Creator. :)

I stumbled upon this blog thru a link from my friend.

Tears came out from my eyes when I read about the demise of May.

I am sorry that you have to go through this. Condolences to the family as well, I know it is hard for you.

May God bless you in heaven, and may you find peace always.

P.S: to chrisgunther: may you rot in hell.

maybe chris gunther was directing it at the boss not to may.

i undesrstand i am almost the same stutation, and almost leaving my job what i have been almost 3 years this week, sometimes boss are not fair and u dont treat u that well, well we are important for our selfs... i am gonna look for something else... , i am wishing u my best , my friend!!

HeLLo how are you :)


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Although i do not know you.
I remember that you're really a nice girl.

My Best friend May...
its going to be 2 years since you left us. You are still in my thoughts, and never forgotten.
Miss you gal.

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