Monday, November 19, 2012

My experience of my job

The hardest stage of the writing is choosing the topic. I am so excited that I am going to post my second blog, but I need a time to think about an attractive subject to write about.
After an hour of deep thinking, I came up with an idea. I am going to write about the experiences that I had from my old job in Saudi Arabia.

I was a shift worker. Usually I had worked 8 hours a day, but my shift was changing every week, from morning to night and from night to afternoon almost for 8 years. But during Ramadan (the holy month), and because of the shortage in the number of employees, I had worked 12 hours a day. I know it was so hard for me and for my family as well for not seeing each other for long time.
During that time, I learned a lot of good things. The company taught me how to be creative. It was encouraging all the employees to come up with new suggestions to improve the work. There were a lot of prizes for a good innovations and suggestions.

Also, the company taught me how to be punctual. Being late even for five minutes was not acceptable at all, and could immediately affect your salary increase. This is because no one could leave the work site until he was relieved by the next shift. I remember many times I stayed working for 16 hours continuously just because my coworker didn’t show up. I learned that time is very important in life.

All the supervisors there were encouraging employees to work as a team. Teamwork is the easiest way to do the work perfectly. Sharing experiences was the important aim for everyone.
I can talk about my job for dozens of pages, but I don’t want my teacher Sonja to be angry with me for exceeding the word limit.

Feel free to post any comments about my blog.
Best wishes,
Hussain Aldawood  

4 comments:

  1. Hussain your story is really amazing.

    I think that you are really a good person for this job; but I'm sorry about the other employees who didn't show up in their time and you worked more than your time.

    Hopeful to go back to your company with a high degree in order to obtain a good promotion..


    Best regards
    Sam

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  2. Wow Hussain, you are a hard worker..
    16 hours of working! that's too much.
    I hope you find a better job when you return to Saudi Arabia.

    Best wishes.

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  3. apparently, you are a good employee that is punctual to your job.
    best luck
    Nadeen

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  4. Don't worry, I could never be angry about exceeding the word limit! It sounds like your job really taught you the value of hard work. I can't imagine working for so many hours in a row, especially during Ramadan! I would love to hear more about your job. Thanks for your post.

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