Holy Macaroni!
So let me set out the context a bit. There's this project that I've been working on for quite a while. Was doing it during the germination phase, and then worked on some of it as it started to pick up. Along the way, Female Colleague 1 (FC 1) joined the team and started helping me with it. Then, with my reservist training last month, plus the fact that I am leaving soon, FC 1 and another Female Colleague 2 (FC 2) took over the reins on the project. If I want to be selfish about things, it was perfect timing -- because the instance they took over, all the work started piling in. It was incredibly voluminous, to the point that Supervisor (S), Male Colleague (MC) and myself were roped in to look at certain parts, though the bulk (and the toughest) part was looked at by FC 1 and FC 2.
Then yesterday morning, we were going for a meeting for the project. S, FC 1 and FC 2 were in TBTR's office talking about how they were going to engage the other parties at the meeting. MC and I were not around, because we were late for work (hee). Later on, S came round to my cubicle.
S : Here, this is for you. [places an envelope on my table]
Me : (to myself) What's this? (then seeing that it's a Robinson's -- some retailer here in Singapore -- voucher envelope)
S : A reward for working on the project.
Me : No need lah.
S : Just take it. Don't worry, it's not [TBTR]'s money. [Big Boss] paid for it. Everyone in the team got one. [TBTR] fought for you to get one too, since you started off the project. (Because seriously, among the 5 of us, I've been doing the least for the project in the past month or so.) But FC 1 and FC 2 got more, since they are leading the project now.
Me : Sure, of course, that's fair. (Oh, it is, trust me. I wouldn't want to be in either FC 1's or FC 2's shoes)
We had to rush off for the meeting, but in the afternoon, I opened up the envelope, and in it, was a $50 shopping voucher (I was expecting maybe $10 or $20). It was a really kind gesture by Big Boss (whom we initially had a terrible working relationship with), who saw FC 1 and FC 2 spending late nights in the office, and decided to reward our team. This sort of stuff never happened at my previous work place. I'm guessing FC 1 and FC 2 got $100 each, which is awesome and deserving for them. This is the kind of gesture that makes me feel so valued, so appreciated, and at the same time, so sad to be leaving.
Then yesterday morning, we were going for a meeting for the project. S, FC 1 and FC 2 were in TBTR's office talking about how they were going to engage the other parties at the meeting. MC and I were not around, because we were late for work (hee). Later on, S came round to my cubicle.
S : Here, this is for you. [places an envelope on my table]
Me : (to myself) What's this? (then seeing that it's a Robinson's -- some retailer here in Singapore -- voucher envelope)
S : A reward for working on the project.
Me : No need lah.
S : Just take it. Don't worry, it's not [TBTR]'s money. [Big Boss] paid for it. Everyone in the team got one. [TBTR] fought for you to get one too, since you started off the project. (Because seriously, among the 5 of us, I've been doing the least for the project in the past month or so.) But FC 1 and FC 2 got more, since they are leading the project now.
Me : Sure, of course, that's fair. (Oh, it is, trust me. I wouldn't want to be in either FC 1's or FC 2's shoes)
We had to rush off for the meeting, but in the afternoon, I opened up the envelope, and in it, was a $50 shopping voucher (I was expecting maybe $10 or $20). It was a really kind gesture by Big Boss (whom we initially had a terrible working relationship with), who saw FC 1 and FC 2 spending late nights in the office, and decided to reward our team. This sort of stuff never happened at my previous work place. I'm guessing FC 1 and FC 2 got $100 each, which is awesome and deserving for them. This is the kind of gesture that makes me feel so valued, so appreciated, and at the same time, so sad to be leaving.