Right. Hi. Again. There's been nothing out of the ordinary as far as work has been concerned. Right now, I'm doing the same tasks I've been doing earlier : media monitoring and media calls, photocopying documents, attending to phone calls (alright, here's my honest opinion on this one : being on the answering end can be downright depressing at times). I've also been observing my supervisor as she went on with her job - I do research for her... well, all the stuff she requires. It's pretty much a watered-down form of market research : I have to research on potential clients, competitors to current clients...
I'd like to call my post Sunshiney-Happy-Land, but as the francophones put it, c'est la vie ! The tool my alter ego is holding is not called Happy Fun Clown Blade, but rather, Fiery Soul Sword of Neverending Torment okay, so I went a bit too far. But read on, nevertheless.
It's often been said that PR is meant to promote truth about a company or a movement, or whatever it may be, in a wired world where even reliable media is susceptible to lies. Thing is, people have had and still have the perception that where PR is carried out, there's bound to be lies. If this is the case, then does it justify the amount of hours of research carried out by each person in the PR department ? Of course, naysayers would probably say that even the official site is as corrupt as our information is. But let's get this straight : the official site is something viewed by all stakeholders, even shareholders, auditors, whoever else would be interested in the company's standing. If one single lie is detected, the company runs the risk of being kicked out of the Stock Exchange. So I've observed it, you've observed it, we all have observed it : what we're reporting are cold, hard facts. It's something that gives me a slight sense of pride.
My supervisor has also told me that the company prefers giving hands-on jobs to people who are permanently employed by the company, rather than interns. Hiiiin, hiiiin. Malaysia Boleh ! It's the same across fields, across companies : interns are treated as nothing but people who just come and go, people who spend fleeting moments, not people who come in to gain experience. Some people around me have even gone to the extent of complaining that interns are treated like nothing but DIRT. Now, that may be hyperbole - and I'm not sure about multinational companies and their employment policy, but such is the situation here.
Signing off.
Narin
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