As my best friend and me were drinking away our mocha and choco fraps at Starbucks Galleria, I bumped into Raymond who is a good friend back at my previous company.

Its been ages since we last saw and updated each other regarding our lives – professionally and personally. Raymond has always been my confidant back at First Asia Mobile, our previous company, and had almost always there to chat to whenever I need a straight guy to confide to or just talk non – sense non – stop.

One of our favorite topics, aside from sex that is, is working at First Asia. Even when I’m still connected with the company, Ray and I often discuss our problems, complaints and whims working in that company. And half the day won’t be enough just enumerating our problems and rants. Sometimes we just tire ourselves with these thoughts to resignation.

I kinda expected that this would be the scenario again meeting him. I am not exactly surprised when he started ranting when I asked how he’s currently doing at First Asia. As always, we talked about how politicking is still the culprit behind the employees, him included, and me before, lack of morale. How employees trying to one up each other to get favors for themselves and why is it those who work below par seem to be getting the better end of the salary bargain. I can only agree with him. Those were the exact reasons why I’m not there anymore.

Though I really sympathize with him, I can’t help but say that he’s better off outside the company. He better look for opportunities outside rather than see himself corrupted by the system. I told him that my drive to resign before, aside from the unrewarding salary, is that I was afraid to become one of them, afraid to see myself going down the drain, professionally and socially. The thing about the company is, people always have something bad to say to whatever you do, how trivial it may be i.e. smoking. Where can you see people making issues about you taking your cigarette breaks? I maybe overreacting here but that’s the way I saw it, or still seeing it.

I really hoped that he will soon find a better company to work to. And we won’t be talking about First Asia anymore. I jokingly told him I now call the company, F@$%king Asia Mobile.