So there.
Oh yeah, one other thing.
HA! That’ll show them. :raspberry:
Finally.
Welcome to the Dark Side.
Have a Wagon Wheel.
[quote=“Dr. McCoy”]“I’'m a lawyer!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlarMN5SCs4
Wait a minute, what was that?[/quote]
That was great.
Hang in there MT. Think of the kids.
and the Glory.
Shouldn’t that be
Conflicting photos.
1-Milton wanted to keep working in any capacity.
2-Peter, Michael and Samir were fed up with work. Michael and Samir both wanted to keep their jobs, but Peter wanted out.
Not sure where you stand? Perhaps you want to sit at your desk and make faces or just destroy out dated end of the millennium computer peripherals?
Nonetheless, maybe this will cheer you up:
But none of them wanted to complete another damned TPS Report. 
Hang tuff MT.
Look at the picture of your wife and/or kids you probably have on your desk and remember the words of a former group member here:
"I do this…so I can do I can do that."
If needs be there, I have a hell of a lot of motivational crap I can say to ya…
Thanks, but “throw the damned libs out of office” and “stay the course; we’re gonna win the war” will hardly inspire me. 
Heck, I’m doing fine. After all, not only do they give me free internet access, but I get paid to screw around online all day. 
I’m also making good progress on reassessing my retirement portfolio. 
Thanks, but “throw the damned libs out of office” and “stay the course; we’re gonna win the war” will hardly inspire me.
Heck, I’m doing fine. After all, not only do they give me free internet access, but I get paid to screw around online all day.
I’m also making good progress on reassessing my retirement portfolio. [/quote]
You lead a good life MT!!! Screwing people online and IRL. 
Maybe I should take up law.
MT, let’s start an investment and development company together here in Asia. You can be Charlie Munger and I’ll be Warren Buffet – or vice-versa if you prefer. We’ll develop loft apt/home office properties here in Taipei, agricultural properties in Japan (some interesting developments there if you’re interested in hearing details) etc. We’ll start off small – investing in a convenience store or other commercial property here in Taipei and building from there. Heck, with our brains and management skills we can outdo these locals with one hand tied behind our backs.
Just don’t ask me to invest in the U.S. though because the structural problems there are so acute that only insiders have half a chance of making anything work there.
PM me if you’re interested.
Thanks, but “throw the damned libs out of office” and “stay the course; we’re gonna win the war” will hardly inspire me.
Heck, I’m doing fine. After all, not only do they give me free internet access, but I get paid to screw around online all day.
I’m also making good progress on reassessing my retirement portfolio. [/quote]
MT is this you?
youtube.com/watch?v=KIyZhntP … playnext=2
Auditors: “so if you would, would you just walk us through your backup process”
Employee: “Well… I generally don’t back up any computers except my own… I have this cute little USB drive in the back of my tower, that way the boss doesn’t see me… Besides that I just sort of waste time”
Auditors: “Waste time?”
Employee: “I just shuffle tapes around, but it looks like i’m running backups. I’d probably say that out of all our data, only about 15% of it is actually backed up.”
Yeahhhh… Im going to have to go ahead and… yeahhh ask you to come in on Saturday… yeahhh, and Sunday too, be there at 8 sharp, yeaahh.
Nah, that’s not me. I AM a diligent, hard-working, conscientious employee. Just had a shitty day on Friday.
Thanks politbureau. I’m very tempted. You’re right about the competition, though I would think my lack of Chinese abilities could be a substantial detriment. Actually, as you know, I’ve considered starting my own business here for years but feel that I’ve climbed up the corporate ladder to a fairly high rung, so I’d like to try climbing a little higher, because I figure once I get off the ladder it will likely be much harder to climb back up if I feel so inclined. I’m aware that you and others have gone off on your own and done very well, and I have no doubt that I could do so too, but at this point I’m not quite prepared to climb back down off my ladder (despite the relatively crappy pay and idiot bosses and colleagues).
I was just joking. That movie was awesome though.
What happened Friday?
[quote=“Mother Theresa”]Nah, that’s not me. I am a diligent, hard-working, conscientious employee. Just had a shitty day on Friday.
Thanks politbureau. I’m very tempted. You’re right about the competition, though I would think my lack of Chinese abilities could be a substantial detriment. Actually, as you know, I’ve considered starting my own business here for years but feel that I’ve climbed up the corporate ladder to a fairly high rung, so I’d like to try climbing a little higher, because I figure once I get off the ladder it will likely be much harder to climb back up if I feel so inclined. I’m aware that you and others have gone off on your own and done very well, and I have no doubt that I could do so too, but at this point I’m not quite prepared to climb back down off my ladder (despite the relatively crappy pay and idiot bosses and colleagues).[/quote]
What’s going on, Mother Theresa, is you’re growing personally and professionally but the jade ceiling over your head isn’t budging, so you’re a bit like Alice In Wonderland. Eventually the frustration will grow overwhelming and you’ll realize the futility of a waiguoren attempting to climb the corporate ladder here in Asia. If you want to realize your ambitions, your only real option is to build your own ladder in this part of the world.
And it’s a good option because the fundamentals are here. The West is flatlining as you can see here: “July 27, 2048” and over the next thirty-five years Asia is clearly the place to be if you want to make money and do interesting things. You’ll just have be prepared to do them as your own man.
I think it is possible to build a career easier with a Western company in Asia, but catch 22 is that it is hard to get hired from here. I got my job (which is not amazing pay but much better than Taiwanese companies I used to work for) with a British/American company by being hired from the UK. I had also had some opportunities fall through and found recruiters and online sites fairly flaky, but I did eventually get hired through a recruiter in the UK. It’s a bit harder to network in Taiwan because there are not many Western companies based here, mostly in China/Singapore. In Taiwan they don’t have much competition for good employees so you’ll never get a great deal, plus the way it works in Taiwan is the owner/family /shareholders always gets the spoils…everybody else is just ‘shang ban zhu’.
So I’d recommend MT to try and look for a position from US but through recruiters in the US, if that is at all possible. I only got my position when I was looking at moving back to UK area and then found it was fairly easy to get a job handling the Asian market but the two companies that gave an offer wanted me to be based in the UK. I quickly told them that made no sense and ended up back here again but more than double the salary and in a respectable international company in the industry so not all that bad! It took me six weeks to find this position though and multiple flights in multiple countries and multiple interviews although the interview that got me the job was 15 minutes in a regional airport cafeteria. I had a real impetus to find a job though …with no job to fall back on! But once I got this job I’ve been saving good bucks from day 1 , so sometimes a step back is really the only way to go forward. Taiwan is too small so you have to look in the US or China to get those big new opportunities… I really think so. Even if the electronics industry is big here but they will work you to the bone and there is no real difference between pay and conditions (from what I understand) and they are still all Taiwanese companies at heart.
My ex-company which I helped to make a success in Taiwan want to rehire me but they won’t match my current salary. I told them the number and they said no…so if they can’t match it forget it (even though I helped build it and could grow their business 5X more they won’t match European standard salaries…they are not willing to make the jump to international status. even though they have looked for 2-3 years for my replacement…too many Taiwanese companies are like this).
The best option in Asia is defintely to have your own biz, just the way the whole society and tax and labour system is setup…but it’s never a guaranteed thing.