Farewell for my colleague

Today is the last day of one of my colleagues and everyone in the office organised a pizza lunch in the office. The atmosphere was pretty cool and everyone enjoy the small gathering. Most of the staff chip in and join the gathering. My colleague who arranged this order 8 pizzas and chips. Unfortunately there was a messed up and the delivery guy send regular pizzas instead of large pizza. Additional pizzas were sent after we finished lunch.

Overall the pizza was nicer than the Hut's pizza. The portion was just nice for everyone and our stomach were not over-full. After lunch, there was the usual photo sessions for remembrance. Some of the guys did creative posts too while the girls are, well, polite.

I wish my colleague all the best in his career. He will be missed by everyone and the management. Even until the very last day, he is very responsible and still have lots of passion on the work. He try his best to hand over properly and help in any ways he can until the very last day. This type of employee is very hard to come by and even my boss praise him when he was here in the office yesterday. This is so unlike the previous staff who resign. It was so unpleasant and I hope I don't have that type of employee anymore. Wasting my time to defend her and given her so many opportunities. The sad thing is that she never sees anything as her problem or wrong doing. She can't see her weakness and goes all the way up to complaint. This will only reflect more of her weakness. She didn't realise that by going up the chain of command, she's putting those who support her in the bad light. Management is not stupid and we know who are her supporters. However, we are professionals and we only see the work and performance not personal.

After this, I'm hiring a HR manager for this company. It will be a good moral support for the staff. Wish I could hire earlier but managing the operations cost is my priority. No matter what happens, my staff must get their salary on time.