Sunday, 3 April 2016

A new start - june 2015

pls find below an email i received from a sgi member in Australia, he was made redundant and he told us how he went thru the process with this buddhist practice and ......

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Hope you are well! As promised, I have taken the time to share with you the issues that I have to contend with recently...

As I have shared before, I have 2 challenging staffs which I have chanted for a long time to resolve but nothing seems to come thru as far as getting them to leave. This has been happening for close to 2 years.

Our contract with the client is up for negotiation this year and was due in July. They have decided to delay the negotiation and we were working on site going from month to month. In August, the tender was called and we submitted our quote. By early September, there was still no news.

By the middle of September, I was informed by my immediate boss that we have lost the contract and will need to shut down and vacate the site by Nov 20th, 2015.

I asked him so what happens to all the staffs and myself? His reply was "The company will try to look for another site but you better start looking OUTSIDE as it doesn't look very good".
I was told not to share any of this info with my staffs until first week of Nov when the client send out a memo to their staffs and we will break the news to our own ppl at the same time.

It was seriously a difficult time as I had to keep a straight face with my staffs and also started to look for opportunities whilst trying to sort out what needs to be done to close the site without alarming anyone until we officially break the news.

I was stressed out and couldn't sleep much as I was worried not only for myself but also for some of my staffs who had their own problems eg my chef whose son is undergoing treatment for cancer (he is 70 and was supposed to retire  in July but carried on becoz of the son) and my supervisor whose husband lost his job as well as some other staffs on the other site.

After a many days of not being able to sleep properly, I knew I couldnt go on like that without falling sick and getting my stress level way up so I remembered your advice and started chanting to the Gohonzon. 

You have mentioned before to talk to the Gohonzon but I always find it very hard to do so but this time I did. While chanting, I spoke to the Gohonzon and said I cannot go on being stressed like this and place my trust to the Gohonzon.

After that time, I started to relax more and slept better.

Slowly, I began talking to my staffs and finding out more details about them and also subtly asking them "what if we lose the contract" to get them to start thinking....

I also started to look for opportunities but not many seems to come up and I wasn't quite keen to go back to be in the kitchen as a chef full time.
A few times something seems to come up with the company for a position for me but it just dies down....finally, whilst updating my resume and doing my chanting, I came across one of your encouragement to us in the meeting (which I enclosed). It was just the right encouragement I needed.

Between 2008 and 2009, I had applied to my present company twice and didnt hear back from them. In 2010, after practicing, I applied again and got hired with the company. Today, I am faced with suddenly losing my employment with them. Since the day the news break that we lost the contract, I have not heard anything from HR or Recruitment. When I was chanting one Friday, I asked the Gohonzon please let me have a clear indication if my  time with the company has ended and I am supposed to move on.

On Monday, out of the blue HR called and said that there is a position available if I am keen to apply. I said yes even though the position wasn't one I wanted but to me, it was the answer that I was asking for. When I came back and was doing my evening prayers, I told the Gohonzon Thank you for giving me the answer and I will put complete trust in the Gohonzon to help me come to the best arrangements.

My outlook changed very much. I was more focused and less stressed. Even Kevin (the herbalist) said that my pressure has improved hahahah! I was able to support my staffs thru their own job hunting and I had an interview for a different position in the head office which was coming up.

On the day of the interview which was a Monday, an hour before I went in for my interview, I got a shocking news, my manager called to say that he was being made redundant and will be leaving immediately. I was stunned as it was totally unexpected.

As I was walking to the interview, I bumped into my manager's boss who informed me that he will need to speak to me the next day. 

He called me and informed  my immediate boss has been made redundant and I will now report to him and he will assist me in closing the site. The following day, he paid a visit to our site to discuss what needs to be done and after our discussion, he informed me that there is a possible position which he wants to put me in if I dont mind travelling to Macquarie Park.
I agreed as it was a similar position and the conditions were better and close to what I had put in my list when I was chanting to the Gohonzon.

We ceased operations on Friday 20th November the same day as Kevin's birthday (what a coincidence) but on that day, I also received the confirmation to my next assignment. 

One door closes and another opens.....

As for my staffs, the good ones have found employment while the problematic one is still looking.... but in a way, my prayers for dealing with the troublemakers did get answered although not in the way I had expected......

Sorry for the long email but I wanted to share as much detail as I can on how the practice came and helped me so much in this eventful time.....


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