At the end of the last year, my young colleague caught a cold and broke down under the strain of hard work.
Unfortunately, he had a mission to finish the patent work assigned to him.
I am in charge of the patent management, so I was going to make a perfect line against this emergency situation.
(1)First of all, I confirmed with the system administrator that the company patent assistant system keeps working through New Year's Eve.
(2)Secondly, I asked both the chief and the head of the department for a request for managerial decision during the countdown of New Year's Eve.
(3)If the worst happens, I was going to write for him,
(4)Finally, I mailed him to take a rest with the message "Don't worry. It is O.K. that you could submit the patent statement by the end of the year"
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The another young colleague told me that
"Ebata-san. You are a devil"
I felt quite unhappy about the comment.
I was worry about my fellows, and made a perfect line for him as a company organization.
Am I a devil？
"Ebata-san. You misunderstand the direction. The solution is easy. All you have to say it that "you can miss the deadline""
Oh.
It was a blind spot.
Certainly, I had no idea the above.
But business is business.
Above all, I wanted to avoid getting mad with my boss.
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The young colleague recovered from his illness, and went to our office.
"Are you O.K.?"
When I was worried about his physical condition, he answered
"It is O.K. I will submit the patent statement by the deadline.
He told me about the work.
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I thought "Could be" at that time.