I decided to continue w/ the English blog for now, since I got a lot of hits last week.
Last week my company was bought out by another company. The old parent company decided to concentrate on its main business (selling information on Chinese companies to financial companies) and sell off its subsidiaries. The new parent company is a financial communications and global stakeholder management company. This is very specialized language so to dumb it down, the new parent company owns companies like mine. My company is an Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm. Put simply, we help companies with publicly traded stock build and maintain relationships with current and potential investors. We do that by helping tailor a company's communications (Presentations, Press Releases, Announcements) to better suit the people they are being delivered to. For a primer go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor_relations
This week I need to discuss with my current boss and the new parent company people what they would like to do with the Tokyo office going forward. My office is in the old parent company's office. On top of that, the parent company's office in Japan is moving to a new location and not taking me with them.
I was presented a few options in the past, none of which will be guaranteed to be there when I discuss the issue with my bosses next week.
1) Move to the company's office in Hong Kong
2) Work from home
3) Quit/get fired
That's about it. I am pretty sure they want me to move to Hong Kong, but I have no intentions of doing so. It's not exactly somewhere I want to be. A nice place to visit with great food. But for me, the fun stops there.
Working from home does not really seem like a good option either. I don't think I would be doing any actual work. Additionally, I don't know where to put all the office equipment/supplies in the meantime.
That leaves the third option. I could quit/get fired and collect unemployment. The bright side would be I would be able to study Japanese everyday and take/pass 日本語能力試験1級 this summer (it's being offered twice starting this year). The drawback is the monetary costs. It ain't cheap living in the love hotel district...
I am a little compelled to move to Osaka to live with my dad. I would be able to live rent free and at the same time concentrate on my studies since I would have no friends/distractions there. In English we often say you have to take a step back to move forward. Moving to Osaka would be a good real world application of this saying.
Anyway, that's what's up at the moment.
Last week my company was bought out by another company. The old parent company decided to concentrate on its main business (selling information on Chinese companies to financial companies) and sell off its subsidiaries. The new parent company is a financial communications and global stakeholder management company. This is very specialized language so to dumb it down, the new parent company owns companies like mine. My company is an Investor Relations and Financial Communications firm. Put simply, we help companies with publicly traded stock build and maintain relationships with current and potential investors. We do that by helping tailor a company's communications (Presentations, Press Releases, Announcements) to better suit the people they are being delivered to. For a primer go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor_relations
This week I need to discuss with my current boss and the new parent company people what they would like to do with the Tokyo office going forward. My office is in the old parent company's office. On top of that, the parent company's office in Japan is moving to a new location and not taking me with them.
I was presented a few options in the past, none of which will be guaranteed to be there when I discuss the issue with my bosses next week.
1) Move to the company's office in Hong Kong
2) Work from home
3) Quit/get fired
That's about it. I am pretty sure they want me to move to Hong Kong, but I have no intentions of doing so. It's not exactly somewhere I want to be. A nice place to visit with great food. But for me, the fun stops there.
Working from home does not really seem like a good option either. I don't think I would be doing any actual work. Additionally, I don't know where to put all the office equipment/supplies in the meantime.
That leaves the third option. I could quit/get fired and collect unemployment. The bright side would be I would be able to study Japanese everyday and take/pass 日本語能力試験1級 this summer (it's being offered twice starting this year). The drawback is the monetary costs. It ain't cheap living in the love hotel district...
I am a little compelled to move to Osaka to live with my dad. I would be able to live rent free and at the same time concentrate on my studies since I would have no friends/distractions there. In English we often say you have to take a step back to move forward. Moving to Osaka would be a good real world application of this saying.
Anyway, that's what's up at the moment.