A Complaining Letter I Wrote for One of My Former Colleagues

Dear Robert,

Sorry to trouble you with this Email. But knowing that your attitude is very important in order that we could make the right decision, I think it’s necessary to tell you what has happened between me and Ms. Xu during the past few days.

From my point of view, as director’s secretary and translator, one is supposed to be effective, quick thinking as well as have the information carrying and harmoniously working capabilities, which, I think, directly affect the efficiency of solving problems and also the communication between you and us. However, what has happened made me feel doubt whether this Ms. Xu was serious and eligible for her current position.August 10, 2007, I received a phone call from Ms. Xu, who told me that there was a document waiting for me to give advice and she also asked me whether I would work on Saturday or not. Meanwhile, I also learnt from your Email that the problem was kind of urgent and should be done on Monday. According to the emergency mentioned in the Email, I sent both a reply through my working Email and a short message to Ms. Xu’s cell phone on Saturday morning to inform her that the reply had been sent already. Then Ms. Xu sent back a short message to confirm that she had already known and would deal with it.

I gave Ms. Xu a phone call at 10:00pm on Saturday to confirm if she had received the Email and sent it to you in time. The answer she had given me made me think that she was neither serious about her work nor respectful to her clients or colleagues. She told me that she hadn’t read the email due to the poor wireless condition during the daytime and she also said you didn’t have time to read the Email. I had no choice, but to wait until next Monday. Having been not able to bear the behavior and attitude of Ms. Xu, I sent a short message to her and said that I didn’t think she was doing her duty. The way Ms. Xu acted after receiving my message was quite unexpected.

She called my sister who was still suffering from poor health condition to complain about my so-called unfair judgement on her and she sent me a huge amount of messages to complain. She also said she had already told you about what had happened and you would give her a fair judgment.

August 12, 2007, Ms. Xu called me and was trying to argue with me over the phone. According to her hysterics and rudeness, I didn’t think it was necessary to talk with her and I hung up the phone. Besides, I thought how to finish the work at hand more efficiently and accurately was obviously more important than those meaningless arguments.

Although I couldn’t communicate with you in person, I think it is still necessary to tell you through the Email about what has happened. In our current system, all trainees who are still on their probation period need to be estimated at the end of the month to see whether they are eligible for their position or not. Apart from their professional qualifications, the standards also include their team spirit, service awareness, working responsibility as well as the ability of learning.

According to the observation to Ms. Xu during the past month, 30 points need to be deducted from her overall merit (60-points is the underline). We’re considering of arranging a new assistant for you because we don’t think Ms. Xu is appropriate for her work. However, before we make any decision, it is extremely important to get your approval. If you don’t approve of our decision and think Ms. Xu still can be in her current position, she is going to be given one more month as the probation period to see whether she will be eligible enough for her job.

Please feel free to tell us your opinion so that we can help you more efficiently.

Best Regards,

Qiqige, Wuyun

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The above is a complaining letter I wrote for my former colleague, who is working now in a foreign company. Everyone seem to have started a new life since they left Eguo.com. Some of them bought new apartments, some got married, some found or lost their loved one. Anyway, everyone is looking forward to good oppertunities.

Thinking about what had happend to me, it's just like a dream. One year before, two years before, I was just expecting to find a nice person to spend the rest of my life with him. Fortunately, I found that guy, well, at least from my point of view, although my father didn't approve of our marriage. Yesterday, my husband sent my immigration appliction through canada post to the immigration authority. Now we have to wait about 3-6 months to get the final decision.

Maybe I should find a job to kill time. But I'm not that kind of person. Once I take a job offer, I take it very seriously and can't let it go easy. So how can I find a job just to kill my time. Time is not for kill, it's for us to plan our future, to do something wonderful, to be spent with someone you really care. Don't take time for granted. So I work hard to improve my English. I want to go to universtity when I arrive in Vancouver. Amos also thinks so.

I was going to go shopping which was stopped by an unexpected rain. I saw the lightning and heared the thunder and gave up my former plan. Now, I'm sitting here and writing my dialogue. Let's just wait and see how things go...