Last week, our UMS-graduated engineer left us to return to West Malaysia. That makes our office a bit short-handed when deadlines of a number of projects needed to be met.
I had originally decided against employing another West Malaysian after our previous UMS-graduated engineer left us to work in Singapore. His reason then was that he could be closer to his girl friend who is working in JB. However, due to the difficulty of getting graduate engineer of quality, we had no choice but to take in another West Malaysian knowing well the risk of him leaving one day.
Of course, his leaving us was unexpected. He told us that his aged father who runs a little roadside mee store together with his mom broke his arm not long ago and he felt the need to go back to convince them to stop the business once and for all. I asked him what his parents would do if they are forced to stop work when they still opt to continue working. He felt that at their age, it is too risky for them to carry on. He told me that he has been apprehensive about his aged parents having to get up early each morning at 5am to ride a motorbike to the road side to set up the store.
I must admit he is a very motivated person and one that is hard to replace. Paul would agree that he is one of those rare ones indeed!
Of course, his leaving us was unexpected. He told us that his aged father who runs a little roadside mee store together with his mom broke his arm not long ago and he felt the need to go back to convince them to stop the business once and for all. I asked him what his parents would do if they are forced to stop work when they still opt to continue working. He felt that at their age, it is too risky for them to carry on. He told me that he has been apprehensive about his aged parents having to get up early each morning at 5am to ride a motorbike to the road side to set up the store.
I must admit he is a very motivated person and one that is hard to replace. Paul would agree that he is one of those rare ones indeed!
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Employers need to accept that there will always be a measure of staff turnover happening.
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