After many conference calls with American and European customers at night for months, i am finally diagnosed with stomach ulcers in early March. And after taking the medicine which is very expensive for 2 weeks, i cannot see much improvement. Although i do not feel nauseous anymore, i can still feel the pain every day at 11 am and between 4 to 7 pm punctually. And it so happens that i am always engaged in conference calls with those customers from 6 to 10 pm. Till yesterday, the gastric pain is still killing me sometimes while my customers were blabbering over the phone, and i cannot stop them from going on and on about the issues they were unhappy about.
This has been the case for months, and finally i decided to give up and force the management to give me 2 weeks of no pay leave. I am not prepared to negotiate as i know it is what i should do at all costs to take good care of my health, even if it means I have to tender my resignation on the spot. The management certainly will not pamper me and tell me to rest more and that I do not have to do anymore concall after 5 pm. I have to press the emergency button myself. I was quite upset that i have to convince the management that I need this recuperating period when i raised my request. I certainly do not owe the company my life, and neither do they have the right to stop me from taking emergency leave after i have damaged my health because of work. I am quite happy that i finally woke up and have stopped doing harm to myself.
After getting approval for the leave which i fought for firmly, I immediately arranged for an interview in Shanghai next week. I am quite disappointed with my current department and decide to resign for good, although there is another job offer from the manager of my ex department (who is quite close to me) after she heard about my case through "tabloids". I know i should recover first and i rejected her offer, and was grateful. It is not that bad, for this company and for my past performance.
Darby
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