When the management is out to screw you, there is very little left for us to do, and what ever little is left for us to do would not make much of a difference anyway. After 6 months in Hyderabad, after the hundreds of promises of not forcing us into permanent transfer here, we are finding ourselves in the position where infact we are all getting screwed by the management. If they say straight out that we, the almost one year experienced associates, do not have any say in the matter of transfer, the matter would end there. But at the end of almost all the lines coming out of each manager's mouth, will be the suffix - " At the end of the day, the choice is yours".
So after putting all my acting skills to its ultimate field test, I came out of my Tech managers cubicle smiling after all sentimental acts I put on. It might not have mattered to much in the final outcome of things, but I was not going to leave any of my leaves unturned. Thus came about a long mail incorporating all the formal verbiage that I could cook up without being too obvious (hope those idiots need a dictionary to read it).
Even after all this, I sincerely doubt whether it would make even an iota of difference. The fact of the matter remains... If the management is out to screw you, you are screwed. Period.
Will know the outcome soon enough.. probably by end of day .. or latest by monday. Will update the status soon...
Friday, August 31, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Ponmudi..
Beautiful Ponmudi, the view was breathtaking.
The mist was covering most parts of the hills. The hills peeking through.
The winding roads were perfect for riding. The best part though was the ride up the hills at night.
The guest house was a 2 bed cottage, forced to accommodate 10 guys.
Everyone tried to keep their speeds down.
Tea anyone...?
The trip was always fun, especially since Sankar was at his best.
Kallar, No time to take a dip.
The guys..
Of course, the inevitable accident...Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The Wheel Turned Once..
The wheels of time have turned, and to be exact it has turned once and have brought me away from home and got me through two cities and through so many learning experiences on the way. This day last year I boarded my train to Bangalore on my way to join my first company. This day last year, I waved to my friends from the train while they ran along the platforms waving back at me, JJ and Joji even venturing to jump onto the train and hug me. This day last year I waved good bye to my family and friends, so many of them. Tear filled, Mag staring out after me. I knew I would miss her.
Life promised to be exciting for me and it indeed has been. Bangalore, Hyderabad. So many friends made, so many scattered in the winds. Rashmita came like a blizzard and left as quickly and shockingly. Bangalore roomies stood by me . Meenu stood by me every moment of the way in Bangalore, making my life there immensely better every single day. The hour glass turned and I slid down it inevitably, on to hyderabad, and it dragged Spoo in too, who gave me company for every second of the first 3 months in Hyd, before she was called back. I started out on my first project here. Found what it was to work in the industry. What disappointment was, what the joy of working well and everything turning out good, the hoop of victory.
Hyderabad gave me so much time. Time to think, time to pursue dreams, time to dream for more. Salsa, hiphop offering a mutlitude of new people to meet, and dance like no one is watching. And that I did.
Its been over six months since I set foot on my home soil, six months since I saw my parents or saw many of my friends. I can bearly contain the excitement of going home after this long peroid. I can barely sleep at night, thinking of the 4 days in tvm and kollam. Its sad that I will get only 4 days at home, but it can be well compensated in the months to come when I'll be safely back to the bustle of Bangalore. And this time back in Bangalore I plan to rock. Really rock. Savour it.
But for now...Trivandrum herrrrrrreeeeeeee I comeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
I've got my new camera ready... ;)
Life promised to be exciting for me and it indeed has been. Bangalore, Hyderabad. So many friends made, so many scattered in the winds. Rashmita came like a blizzard and left as quickly and shockingly. Bangalore roomies stood by me . Meenu stood by me every moment of the way in Bangalore, making my life there immensely better every single day. The hour glass turned and I slid down it inevitably, on to hyderabad, and it dragged Spoo in too, who gave me company for every second of the first 3 months in Hyd, before she was called back. I started out on my first project here. Found what it was to work in the industry. What disappointment was, what the joy of working well and everything turning out good, the hoop of victory.
Hyderabad gave me so much time. Time to think, time to pursue dreams, time to dream for more. Salsa, hiphop offering a mutlitude of new people to meet, and dance like no one is watching. And that I did.
Its been over six months since I set foot on my home soil, six months since I saw my parents or saw many of my friends. I can bearly contain the excitement of going home after this long peroid. I can barely sleep at night, thinking of the 4 days in tvm and kollam. Its sad that I will get only 4 days at home, but it can be well compensated in the months to come when I'll be safely back to the bustle of Bangalore. And this time back in Bangalore I plan to rock. Really rock. Savour it.
But for now...Trivandrum herrrrrrreeeeeeee I comeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
I've got my new camera ready... ;)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Nailed bY the TaiL...
Today I had a meeting with one of my managers. It really surprised me, to what extents they would go, what cheap and dirty tricks they would pull out to get people to do what they want and keep their mouths shut.
The short version of the story is that we are 5 people (was 6.. spoo left) who have been brought to hyderabad on company's expense. Now when the expenses are being paid by the company, they expect something in return, therein lying whole logic of actually shelling out about 1.5 lakhs per person for a total of 6 months. All this money would have to be made back and more by making clients pay up good money for us. But this is were the glitch happened, in the fact that they actually failed to get any one of us satisfactorily billed for the enough amount of time so as to justify the company taking so much expenses on itself for our benefit. The time has almost come upon us when we are to be returned to our rightful masters, that is to the imperial lord of the office in Bangalore, without much to show for paying us so much dough. Heads have to roll. Heads have GOT to roll.
Now at this point it would have been nice, even amusing to see the managers take the fall for their mistakes or lack of foresight or pure lack of managerial skill which brought about this immense investment/return anomaly. But since two of us(which sadly didnt include me) flatly refused to stay back in hyderabad when asked directly, he resolved to the underhand method of a completely unexpected and intense battery of one's senses with pretty obvious(to me) psychological tricks. Thankfully he picked my teammate for the first round and I was more free to observe the tactics that were being adopted, and saw to my relief that this guy, how ever experienced he was in this, was leaving far too many openings to be classified as a completely unsurmountable obstacle on the steep road of career progress. But my colleague fell for it, and was dutifully mashed up into a pulp state somewhere in the vicinity of a mango milkshake. And when he turned to me, I was prepared mentally that I would reply reply professionally to what ever he asked and appear to be as competent as possible and not give him much of a leeway for him to do his bagdering my self esteem.
I could see that even though the meeting was held under the pretensions of being a discussion he was expecting more of a one sided monologue. But how could any self respecting professional who thinks he is any (or a lot) good in what ever he does keep his mouth shut when their skills were being blatantly played down. Underappreciation was not even in the same league as this. So what ever point he made, I made it a point too to somehow make him lose his flow by either agreeing with him at the wrong point or not agreeing with him at all when ever possible. Finally when the meeting was over, neither me nor my colleague could recollect what had been actually discussed even though it has lasted for a good 30-40 minutes. Anyway since this was not a proper HR manager (was a techie manager) he was also definitely not able to achieve his final objective. Actually if we are lucky enough we could both wring the situation a little more and collect the money that leaks out it, in the form of another extension to our relocation and personally I could do with a stub for the future in the form of a BizTalk resume entry.
Though staying in hyderabad without finding a real nice chick would certainly not be worth it... even with the money.
Somethings never change.. where ever a person might be .. or how much ever time has passed ;)
The short version of the story is that we are 5 people (was 6.. spoo left) who have been brought to hyderabad on company's expense. Now when the expenses are being paid by the company, they expect something in return, therein lying whole logic of actually shelling out about 1.5 lakhs per person for a total of 6 months. All this money would have to be made back and more by making clients pay up good money for us. But this is were the glitch happened, in the fact that they actually failed to get any one of us satisfactorily billed for the enough amount of time so as to justify the company taking so much expenses on itself for our benefit. The time has almost come upon us when we are to be returned to our rightful masters, that is to the imperial lord of the office in Bangalore, without much to show for paying us so much dough. Heads have to roll. Heads have GOT to roll.
Now at this point it would have been nice, even amusing to see the managers take the fall for their mistakes or lack of foresight or pure lack of managerial skill which brought about this immense investment/return anomaly. But since two of us(which sadly didnt include me) flatly refused to stay back in hyderabad when asked directly, he resolved to the underhand method of a completely unexpected and intense battery of one's senses with pretty obvious(to me) psychological tricks. Thankfully he picked my teammate for the first round and I was more free to observe the tactics that were being adopted, and saw to my relief that this guy, how ever experienced he was in this, was leaving far too many openings to be classified as a completely unsurmountable obstacle on the steep road of career progress. But my colleague fell for it, and was dutifully mashed up into a pulp state somewhere in the vicinity of a mango milkshake. And when he turned to me, I was prepared mentally that I would reply reply professionally to what ever he asked and appear to be as competent as possible and not give him much of a leeway for him to do his bagdering my self esteem.
I could see that even though the meeting was held under the pretensions of being a discussion he was expecting more of a one sided monologue. But how could any self respecting professional who thinks he is any (or a lot) good in what ever he does keep his mouth shut when their skills were being blatantly played down. Underappreciation was not even in the same league as this. So what ever point he made, I made it a point too to somehow make him lose his flow by either agreeing with him at the wrong point or not agreeing with him at all when ever possible. Finally when the meeting was over, neither me nor my colleague could recollect what had been actually discussed even though it has lasted for a good 30-40 minutes. Anyway since this was not a proper HR manager (was a techie manager) he was also definitely not able to achieve his final objective. Actually if we are lucky enough we could both wring the situation a little more and collect the money that leaks out it, in the form of another extension to our relocation and personally I could do with a stub for the future in the form of a BizTalk resume entry.
Though staying in hyderabad without finding a real nice chick would certainly not be worth it... even with the money.
Somethings never change.. where ever a person might be .. or how much ever time has passed ;)
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