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Originally posted by tamilkuravan

Hello guys!
Tomorrow i am having a meeting with the client in whose project i made a mistake at 9:30 am. I will not discuss the house that i made a mistake. I am trying to see the builder's (client) son and discuss with him this issue personally.
Tomorrow's meeting is regarding the progress on the project. Me, my boss and manager will meet with the client and his authorised reps.. I saw the summary of the work done by me and it is not good. The client is looking for 100 % completion where as i have done only 50%. The problem was that my boss told me to concentrate on other projects too.
There will be a lot of bad word usage (Let call this , speaking in French) tomorrow and i donot know what to do. Should i take his insults personally or should i take it jovially? i am not sure. I am a consultant now and with that i donot know what rights i will have. Already, i have made up my mind that even if i lose this job that i should not feel sad.
TK

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Hiren,
The meeting got postponed for tomorrow morning. None of my information is confidential and so i will freely share it when it happens. Actually the client came for the meeting but my boss sent him off. He also came with 2 more problems , for which he thinks that i am to blame.
Anyway, let us wait for tomorrow. No use worrying about the day yet to comewhen the present day itself has "hazzar" problems.
TK
Sidenote :
Hiren's comment :
" TK Saab,
We are wating for the news...who fired whom? Hope all went well your way..just curious if you dont mind sharing..unless it is confidential. "

My reply-> there will be/ can be no firing from me or the boss to the client. This client is our bread and butter. When housing land is scare in the GTA, this client gives us projects. The boss once said that " Without clients, this office canot exist". The outcome lies in the fact , if i can prove my innocence and blame the slow down/ mistake on others or conceal it.

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hiren,
The meeting was postponed today too. That is good news to me.
I actually went to the client's office and requested the client's son to please help me in correcting the wrong drawing that i did . He did not fully understand it but atleast i gave him a hint.
I am now busy in another project which requires very carful attention. If i make a mistake in this (Site analysis in which i decide which model will fit which lots) then it will haunt me forever. I made a similar mistake in Dec. 2002 and it haunts me till today. The client will come often and say that the house he sold did not fit on the site. We then have to either cut the house, shift (reverse) the driveway or locate site services away from the driveway. It is a very tough life/ job to be working for $12.50 or so an hour.
It is 8:30 pm and i am still in the office. I removed the office garbage. I may leave for home around 9:30 pm. I have to buy Subji at a sri lankan store and cook rice at home. I already have the left over fish stew from yesterday.
TK

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TK

You show a gloomy picture of your job with the firm you are
working. Have you seriously seeked another job after having
many years' Canadian experience?

Hi isunuwar,
Thanks for your input.
The job scene for architects in Canada is not that good. This employment is by god's grace and i have to keep it. from 2002-2005 i applied to each and every advt. but there was no reply. I stopped from sending job applications. Through this site , i have come across many architects, all in worse condition than me.
Every one's advice is to stick on to the job.
There may or may not be jobs in other areas in Canada but it is very risky to try it out. In GTA, there are no professional jobs for architects/ draftspeople. There may be physical jobs in the construction/ housing industry but it is hard work and i did not come to Canada for labour/ manual work. I had worked in manual labour job for 3 to 4 months after i came to Canada and it was hell. I could not last in any job for more than 2 or 3 days. Luckily the last labour job that i did was for a month and it payed me $8 an hour for 12 hrs, 5 days a week. My shift was from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am in the moring. At 7:00 am , every day i used to feel like Crap. Everyday, i used to think that i was educated professionally but is this all that Canada is offering me? It is not only the case for me, Go to any factory and you will see so many professionally educated people working in labour jobs for 1-10 years and even more. IT people can never understand this suffering as most of them have never gone through this system. Sankaracharya can tell about this as he is one person who has been through all this and he is a regular contributor to this forum.i got overtime for 16 hrs a week at $12. It was a lifting and fast paced job but the lifting was not that heavy. At the end of the month i was about to become a mental person. I was thinking, why did i come to Canada, is this all what canada has to offer me, How easily Canadian govt. cheated me etc..
Even today , when ever i think of leaving my job in my present office, those days in which i worked as a labourer come infront of me and i shudder to leave my job. Yes . it is hard work 7 days a week but atleast i am able to sit in front of the computer and do drafting. Yes. i have to pick my own garbage but atleast i donot sweat at work etc..
Canada has been a disater to me and i will never leave Canada until the govt. compensates me. Thanks for your concern but jobs for Architects never exists in GTA (most of the time)
TK
Sidenote -> what ever that i have said above is just my opinion and experience in Canada. It is just a one sided story. If this offends anyone, please indicate so and i shall edit my post.

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TK

I came to read a number of your posts in this forum. You seem to be very
active contributor.

If you wish to take my suggestion don't give too much importance to
hourly wage. You will not enjoy your work if you think too much of your
earnings and savings. Difference of few dollars is not going to make you
rich. On the other hand, minimum wage of Canada may not result anybody
starving even one is doing odd job.

It may be off the topics but I am wondering how you will be able to get compensation from Canadian government. If you have any noble idea,
would you please mind to share in this forum.

There is another forum which is demanding professional compensation from
Canadian government. Here is the link:
http://www.canadaimmigrants.com/Compensation.asp

Hope you will find it interesting. You must be aware of the story of legal battle of one couple presently located in Alberta with Canadian government .

"My life sucks. My job sucks". Repeat this 10 times.
How do I feel ? Do I feel great ?


"My life is great. I love my job". Repeat this 10 times.
How do I feel ? Do I feel great ?

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