Comm Res 160 Journal Entry No. 16

For today, I just continued my task of researching on the companies’ Q1 (first quarter) of 2012 performance, what they are doing, and the number of stores they have. It was frustrating and I wanted to give up and tell my boss I cannot find what he wants me to look for. I still tried though and researched to the best I can. It turns out, only Jollibee among the other companies (McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, Greenwich, Max’s Fried Chicken) who was able to disclose their financial statement. It’s not even updated because the financial statement they uploaded was last year’s.

So my boss approached me and told me that if I can’t do it, I should have told him. I was frustrated and I really wanted to do it and finish it so he won’t look down on my research skills. But I learned from that mistake even though I felt sad when my boss scolded me a bit. I did not think of it that much though and tried to be professional. I am intern so I have to know my place.

So there, my other co-interns helped me with what I was doing. Our boss gave the template of what we will do. It is a powerpoint presentation for their Business Operations Report (BOR) and what we needed to do was fill out the templates of the powerpoint such as the performance of Jollibee, McDonald’s, KFC, Shakey’s Pizza, Goldilocks, Pizza Hut and Max’s Restaurant; the new products and promotional activities they offer; and the stock-keeping unit (SKU) we can offer them such as the battered, breaded and fried products San Miguel Foods Inc. have, it’s Magnolia Chicken, Magnolia Cheese, etc.

We were able to finish 90% of that task given to us. The task of compiling the food blogs and finding their commonalities is not yet done and there are other tasks given to us that need to be accomplished but we prioritized this one. I decided to take the overtime again and left at past 8PM.