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這個製劑的特點就是小。液體製劑配方完成後，把製劑以1-2微升體積噴到液態氮，形成小小的珠子。然後凍幹。當時，凍幹這一部分不易。所以，我建議我的老板，我們請到了在美國的一位權威教授來指導我們。這位老教授足足跟我們一起研究了一個星期。總算是有點頭緒。從第一天上班開始，我就很不低調。我覺得低調了這麽多年，也沒為自己爭取到啥。尤其，在前麵那個公司，我還打了一個大勝仗。隻要我把工作做好，對公司有明顯的貢獻。我的想法是不需要低調的。這個主意已定，我上班很愉快。每天早上六點到辦公室。公司有運動器材，跑步機，樓梯上下機。我每天鍛煉半個鍾頭。在運動的時候，我還看看老子，莊子，還企圖背背詩詞等等。運動完了，洗個澡，在公司隨便吃點東西，就開始一天的工作。我的老板是位猶太人，禿子，帶個黑框眼鏡。他在這個領域有20年的經驗。人還不錯，也很和氣。對我十分的器重。照理說，他算是做臨床試劑的老手了。可是跟他一接觸，共事沒多久，我就發現他的化學底子並不是很強。對我實在幫不了大忙。我經常在會議上於他討論，辯論。我心裏的想法就是做好我的工作，把問題給解決。當時他是經理，我是小組長。可是我的想法很天真，總認為，我們兩個人的位子應該調換。很不甘心做他的手下。我日日辛苦的工作，最後終於完成了五個驗血化學劑（一共有13個，我隻負責5個）的製備。同時，也在我們的手提儀器試車。一切正常。公司成立了四年，總算是真正得到證明，這個儀器可以開發出來的。這期間，我每次完成一個項目，除了把結果交給我老板之外，也時常單獨向我的副總（老板的老板）報告。我的目的，就是讓他知道，我的成就是遠遠超出我的老板。
再也沒想到，那是我到公司剛好滿一周年的日子。那天早上九點鍾，我的老板把我叫到辦公室。告訴我，我的職位被免除了。對我來說，這真是晴天霹靂的一擊。我知道，我為什麽被裁退。就是我對我的工作太認真，做的太快，招了我的同僚及老板的嫉妒。其實，我也可以理解，每次開會，就好像我一個人在唱獨角戲。我又表現的十分積極，大有在這個公司，舍我其誰的味道。無形中，我的自信表現出來的是對公司的運作不滿。因此在言語中就表現出對公司有一種負麵的看法。好像這個公司沒有我就完蛋了。我要說的是，工作是要認真，但是決不能因為自己的認真，就看不慣那些沒有你認真的人。我相信，我的老板也有點怕如果再繼續讓我呆下去，絕對會影響到他在公司的工作。我也沒話好說。他說我可以自己寫辭職信。我的理由是我沒有辭職。辭職信我是不會寫的。他們給了我兩個月的薪水。就這樣，一小時後，我離開了公司。現在想想，要在一個公司生存，不是說工作表現好就沒問題了。主要的是還是要學會如何與老板相處。這點對我來說，這一次的走路的卻給了我很大反省的空間。
這是我上班十六年以來第一次失業。心中當然不好受。事後，第一件事，我要做的就是去申請失業救濟金。那也是我堅決不辭職的一個主要原因，如果我辭職了，我是沒有辦法申請這個失業救濟金。每個月也有千八塊，也不無小補。緊接著，我就開始找工作。我痛定思痛，回想在美國工作了這麽年，居然被掃地出門。有一陣子，幾乎信心全失。可是看到兩個無辜的小孩，我立刻就打起精神，拚命找工作。我每天在家，看報紙，打電話，到圖書館看雜誌（那時電腦沒有現在那麽發達）。回來就做家庭主夫。兩個小孩，每天還問我找工作的情形。我一再告訴小鬼，不用擔心，媽媽還上班，足夠我們開銷。隻要求他們好好讀書。每個人隻要把自己份內的事做好，就沒問題了。表麵上，我還是和往常一樣。那年兒子參加科學展覽，得了獎。問我是不是可以去參加他的頒獎典禮。我說當然了。我們父子高高興興的參加，就像沒事一樣。
看到這一章，我忍不住跳出來冒個泡。其實樓主所經曆的就是功高震主的結果。這種結果在中國人的機構裏這種情況更要普遍，自古以來。所以當自己的能力勝過頂頭上司的時候，一定要小心。
當年我在一個協會裏幹，與另一位合作者幾乎挑起整個組織的大梁來。讓我不解的是，那合作者首先被我們的頭給弄了下去。在弄下去前，這個頭到處造勢說他搞分裂。接下來，這個頭一直在找我的毛病，說我試圖在對抗他。天地良心！不過好在天意使然，我後來得以安全退出，而且大家和和氣氣的。接下來，這個協會也就幾乎運作到頭了，因為沒有人舍得花氣力幹活。可是我心裏頭一直弄不清楚，為什麽最好的戰將會被老板清除，甚至不惜犧牲整個組織的利益。今天總算讓我發現原因了。
理論上而言，應該從失敗中學到教訓。我覺得，人活在世上就是那麽一口氣難對付。您一定也看到那些成功的人身段都是很低的。每個人的想法與做法都不相同。這幾年隨著年紀的增長，做事也不再像以往那麽衝動。凡是三思而後行，總是比較妥當的。謝謝您的瀏覽與鼓勵。
絕對同意. 友誼和信任是在 SOCIAL,HANG AROUND 中慢慢地建立的. 我們中國人在語言和文化上, 和西人差別實在是太大. 很多時候, 根本無法理解很多的習慣用語(SAYING), 相當與我們的"成語"吧. 有時, 我們講一些認為很有意思的事, 卻不小心犯了人家的禁忌. 幾次下來, 西人自然沒有了繼續交往的興趣.
期待您的下一篇.
說句老實話，我們中國人要玩起手腕，絕不亞於外國人。問題是他們願不願意跟你玩，他們是不是允許您的介入。我覺得印度人在這一方麵似乎比我們老中高明。當然，他們的英文程度是一大關鍵。對我們的下一代，我覺得應該比我們高強。我總覺的語言是一個很重要的關鍵。當然，語言也包掛了一般的風土人情。我會在以後討論到我的一個印度老板。他就是一個很好的例子。謝謝您的瀏覽與跟貼。
"However it is important to establish a professional relationship with your boss. They will be your future references and network. A good boss can be a mentor to help your career development as well'
Totally agree - fortunately I have met a couple of supervisors who really help advance my career. Yes - try to build up a professional friendship with boss. You both could become good friends after separation. Thanks for response!
囉唆地說: 每個公司的結構的形成, 都有著她的曆史. 有些 MANAGER 看起來沒有什麽水平, 其實是老板的 BUDDY. 對於一個老板來說, 用人的第一條就是要信任. 這種信任不時一年內能形成的. 你的MANAGER 能把你從眾多的候選人中發掘出來, 並按時完成任務, 足以證明他沒有辜負信任. 在有衝突時, 老板傾向與哪一邊是很明顯的了. 如果把你給提升了, 估計你下一個目標就是副總了. 誰還敢用你?
更多的感慨: 其實, POLITICS 在不管哪個國家, 文化, 都是很相似的. 我們中國人, 從小就被要求要好好學習, 以考分來換取前程. 我們雖然沒有都變成書呆子, 但是卻切實地失去了鍛煉如何玩 POLITICS 的訓練. 現在, 我們都在付出高昂的代價(時間和機會)來學習. 千萬別再讓我們的孩子吃同樣的虧了!
謝謝慧慧的讚美。我們是應該從錯誤中吸取教訓。總不能像一條蠻牛，死不認錯。到頭來，吃虧的還是自己是不？
Agree with all what you have displayed. Thank you very much for reading and sharing with us your thought.
If company allows you to go publishing, you should do it by all means. From the publication, your accomplisment will be recognized and sometimes will create an opportunity for you. I am always working in the development area, only the work that we don't think it is valuable or you can present in a very generalized format and then you will be allowed to go to publish. This is particularly true for the big company. You are quite right, never to be a competitor of your boss. I learned from it and doing very well since I was asked to leave. If I look back, not too many good bosses that I have met. On the other hand, one of my former bosses clearly told me that he would encourage my challenging. It turns out that we are still good friends and he is quite successful since then. I will describe this part later in my write up. Thank you so much for your sharing your experience and thought. That is really the motivation for me to keep writing.
“Also, your boss and you in most cases will not become good friends for real.”
That is true in most cases. However it is important to establish a professional relationship with your boss. They will be your future references and network. A good boss can be a mentor to help your career development as well.
“Many times the education you exercised will lead to more trouble for you. “
Totally agreed! From my own observation, many of my American colleagues understand the politics at work better than us and know how to protect and advance themselves.
“On the other hand, after you have accomplished that you may end up with nothing. Many times we are trying to make win-win situation and many times the end results are not what we would like to expect.”
Sadly, most of the companies do not reward their employees based on the value they created. Many of the top management are simply incapable and not mature enough to handle the win-win situation.
Looking forward to hear more stories from you. Thanks for sharing!
"For those who are very productive, do not expect to get rewards from most of the company. You have to learn to share your credits with others, keep low profile, and wait for the right opportunity to move to the next level".
- very good points! Always keep in mind that always try to be the assistant but not the competitor of your boss unless you have to. Also, your boss and you in most cases will not become good friends for real.
I enjoyed reading your articles. In the arena of early drug discovery area (for example, a variety of therapeutic areas), publication is very important, especially for Ph.D-level scientists. It is mainly because the business is a science- and results-driving business. So it is recommended to always manage to publish your results in scientific papers (usually you have to patent the findings if they deserve to be patented). One needs to show evidence to be talented and productive in a certain field. It might be a different story in development field of pharmaceutical companies.
具體變故,請見:
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200707&postID=14967&page=1#mark
Thanks for your many helpful points!
Thanks for sharing the both sides of 職場奮鬥 with us!
所言甚是。我在這個公司就犯了一個大錯。所以遭受到卸甲歸田的命運。越級回報更是大忌。我們就是要從自己的過錯學到教訓。
I certainly echo what you have just said. It is our duty to educate our boss as they always told us. It is important to know whether your boss is educable or not. Many times the education you exercised will lead to more trouble for you. I realized I made a gross mistake as I described above in moving ahead of my boss. We always hear people say that our job is to make our boss looking good. On the other hand, after you have accomplished that you may end up with nothing. Many times we are trying to make win-win situation and many times the end results are not what we would like to expect. As moving on my story, I will describe some of the better situation. Thank you very much for your reading and comments.
A lot of managements in the industry did not learn the drug discovery and development process step-by-step, rather they graduated from top-notch university, jumped to very high-level positions very fast, thought they knew everything, and managed company poorly. It is a sad situation, however it is very common in the industry.
For those who are very productive, do not expect to get rewards from most of the company. You have to learn to share your credits with others, keep low profile, and wait for the right opportunity to move to the next level.
As for papers, it is still very important to keep publishing if you are PhD level scientists and want to stay on the science track. You can be creative here, patents, papers on methods, compounds, reviews, abstracts at meetings and symposiums. All will help your career in the long run.
對呀，Report也是Paper。在工業界１０多年了，Report無數, No Publications.
當然要追問啊。對做研究工作而言，尤其剛從學校出來，著作是重要的。在工業界越久，著作就慢慢的不重要了，尤其幹我這一行的。主要的是保密的原因。不要說沒有，可以說您在公司裏有許多報告，那都是您的Paper啊! 靈活一點。不過，一直很少人問起我有關Paper的事。甚至在我的履曆表上，我都不列了。謝謝。
問個問題，我申請工作。人家要PAPER，我說沒有。人家就不理了。我該追問嗎？