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Finally!! I finally joined Tech Mahindra today. This has been one long wait, but the end (or should I say beginning?) came swiftly and as a huge surprise! As I went through the activities throughout the day, I kept my eyes and ears wide open for anything "interesting" and kept making mental notes of all that I saw or heard. I mainly did this because I knew that I would be writing a post here at the end of the day! :P Here's what I observed:
1. Pune city wakes up VERY late. At 9 in the morning, I couldn't find a single photocopy-shop open.
2. My first reaction after reaching the Tech M office: What if they cancel my joining and send me back? The mere thought terrified the hell out of me :D Initially I had butterflies in my tummy but the anxiety went away after a while.
3. My first reaction after entering the Tech M office: :O (The Orkut equivalent of this emoticon comes closest to how I felt at that time!)
4. On meeting Richa early in the morning: Ah I do know someone here!
5. My thoughts while we were being taken to the conference room: :O :O :O Goddamn this office is SO HUGE! And so utterly confusing too! If you want to get rid of someone, go with him to the Sharda Center Tech M office, give him the slip and quickly find your way out (DON'T attempt this, if you don't know your way around the place!). Chances are that the poor fellow might spend the entire day trying to find his way out. :P
6. Once I was inside the conference room, I quickly checked out the gals who were going to join with me. And I was disappointed. Holy shit! Not the holiest of starts!
7. The actual orientation began by around 10 am. We were instructed to fill out quite a lot of forms. The form-filling and subsequent document verification took more than 2 hours. In the meantime, we were briefed by various people. One thing that I would like to mention here: At Tech M, everyone seems to know Marathi exceedingly well. I was amazed at the ease with which the people who inducted us, spoke in Marathi. Call it the "Pune effect" or something else, but everyone seems to know Marathi here!
8. In the middle of our form-filling session, in walked a lady... (she didn't introduce herself.. Damn! She didnt.. :( I got a clue that she happened to be from the HR dept. ) I looked up and my eyes stayed fixed!! Beautiful! She made my day! Thankfully, she hung around for the rest of the day :P
9. After all the forms had been filled up and duly verified, we dispersed for lunch. In my bid to find the cafeteria, I got lost somewhere in the building! I called up Richa, and she bailed me out :P
10. Lunch was OK-ish. Not 5-star, but edible and tasty. Can't expect too much, when it's free! ;)
11. Post lunch, we gathered back to the conference room for the remaining orientation lectures and bank-account formalities. Tech M has a tie-up with Kotak Mahindra Bank (obviously) and IDBI. After the briefings by the executives of both these banks, I realized how badly (rather hopelessly) the Kotak M executives marketed their product and in contrast, how "effectively" the people from IDBi marketed theirs.
12. Post-lunch session was dull and boring. Just sat in one place, listened to the boring lectures and stared at the beautiful lady across the room ;)
13. Towards the end of the day I got my photo clicked. I'll get my employee ID card on Monday.
14. While leaving I came to this huge revolving glass door which I had to push, to get through. When it didn't budge, I shoved a bit harder... and once again, before a guy walked from behind me, swiped his ID card to open the door and let me through. I felt like a complete idiot!
15. Stupidity continued. I got lost again, while attempting to leave the building. I called up Richa, and poor thing had to hurry all the way down to find me wherever I was, and escort me out of the office :D
Day 1 in office was quite eventful. (I realized that this post sounds like a diary entry :P ) Looking forward to training from Monday. I hope I can keep up the tempo and enthusiasm. Wish me luck!
11:55 pm; 17th October '08
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1. Pune city wakes up VERY late. At 9 in the morning, I couldn't find a single photocopy-shop open.
2. My first reaction after reaching the Tech M office: What if they cancel my joining and send me back? The mere thought terrified the hell out of me :D Initially I had butterflies in my tummy but the anxiety went away after a while.
3. My first reaction after entering the Tech M office: :O (The Orkut equivalent of this emoticon comes closest to how I felt at that time!)
4. On meeting Richa early in the morning: Ah I do know someone here!
5. My thoughts while we were being taken to the conference room: :O :O :O Goddamn this office is SO HUGE! And so utterly confusing too! If you want to get rid of someone, go with him to the Sharda Center Tech M office, give him the slip and quickly find your way out (DON'T attempt this, if you don't know your way around the place!). Chances are that the poor fellow might spend the entire day trying to find his way out. :P
6. Once I was inside the conference room, I quickly checked out the gals who were going to join with me. And I was disappointed. Holy shit! Not the holiest of starts!
7. The actual orientation began by around 10 am. We were instructed to fill out quite a lot of forms. The form-filling and subsequent document verification took more than 2 hours. In the meantime, we were briefed by various people. One thing that I would like to mention here: At Tech M, everyone seems to know Marathi exceedingly well. I was amazed at the ease with which the people who inducted us, spoke in Marathi. Call it the "Pune effect" or something else, but everyone seems to know Marathi here!
8. In the middle of our form-filling session, in walked a lady... (she didn't introduce herself.. Damn! She didnt.. :( I got a clue that she happened to be from the HR dept. ) I looked up and my eyes stayed fixed!! Beautiful! She made my day! Thankfully, she hung around for the rest of the day :P
9. After all the forms had been filled up and duly verified, we dispersed for lunch. In my bid to find the cafeteria, I got lost somewhere in the building! I called up Richa, and she bailed me out :P
10. Lunch was OK-ish. Not 5-star, but edible and tasty. Can't expect too much, when it's free! ;)
11. Post lunch, we gathered back to the conference room for the remaining orientation lectures and bank-account formalities. Tech M has a tie-up with Kotak Mahindra Bank (obviously) and IDBI. After the briefings by the executives of both these banks, I realized how badly (rather hopelessly) the Kotak M executives marketed their product and in contrast, how "effectively" the people from IDBi marketed theirs.
12. Post-lunch session was dull and boring. Just sat in one place, listened to the boring lectures and stared at the beautiful lady across the room ;)
13. Towards the end of the day I got my photo clicked. I'll get my employee ID card on Monday.
14. While leaving I came to this huge revolving glass door which I had to push, to get through. When it didn't budge, I shoved a bit harder... and once again, before a guy walked from behind me, swiped his ID card to open the door and let me through. I felt like a complete idiot!
15. Stupidity continued. I got lost again, while attempting to leave the building. I called up Richa, and poor thing had to hurry all the way down to find me wherever I was, and escort me out of the office :D
Day 1 in office was quite eventful. (I realized that this post sounds like a diary entry :P ) Looking forward to training from Monday. I hope I can keep up the tempo and enthusiasm. Wish me luck!
11:55 pm; 17th October '08
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6 comments:
i wonder how my sister must have felt...coz she is really bad in remembering pathways :P
did u get to meet her ??
Awesome post.. describes things well.. here is my take..
1. I loves cities where mornings are very late.. though getting a photocopy is serious work..
2. Ha ha ha ha..! You didn't kiss the floor like they do in Indian Idol.. did you..?
3. :D
4. Richa who..?
5. And I thought I was bad with directions..
6. It pains me to imagine whether the girls would have felt the same.. :P
7. Seems like Raj Thakarey has one place he can't complain about..
8. I want to do an MBA in HR now..
9. Lost again.. and who's richa..? (again)
10. Free lunch.. my mom would be so happy when she hears this..
11. So which one did you choose..? Kotak is the family kid right..? they don't need the publicity I suppose..
12. Watch it dear... she might turn out to be your boss someday.. :D
13. Yeah.. ID card..! Now that will keep you sane for a while..
14. The guy would have felt the same..! ROTFLMAO..!
15. I want to visit this place.. it would be nice to get lost sometime.. :)
and did you meet Shubs..?? and remember.. I am still waiting for my template.. :D
Take care.. Enjoy..!
@ Sammy....
Yes I met Shubhi last evening.. We haven't been put in the same training batch... I will take one final crack at it on Monday, and try and get my batch switched.. I hope they change the batch!!
@ Shantanu..
1. The late morning left me very flustered..
2. Thankfully no. :)
4. Richa = Old friend...Been knowing her since school times.. My savior at TM!!
5. My faith that I understand directions well, has been shaken!
6. I pray not!
7. :D
8. MBA in HR.. I am contemplating that option too now! :D
10. Lunch was free only yesterday... From Monday I'll have to pay.. :(
11. In spite of being the family kid, Kotak M fared badly.. Poor marketing is all that is to be blamed... IDBI won hands down..
12. Amen!!!
13. Pray it does! Else Shubhi will be in trouble!
14. Don't mock.. Poor me.. :(
15. you are welcome..!
And yes, I met Shubhi last evening! The re-union was so sweet! :)
Template status: Wait!
gr8 going HK!puneri effect yeu deu nakos bas!hehehehe!and beware of puneri girls also!
and u know the card thing also happened with me in persistant!i also tried pushing and pulling the door and a security guy came and did the card thing!ya itz a real stupid feeling we get!
and yes now u can definitely look for an MBA wife i guess!
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Quite a good way to describe your day in points... at the very outset I want to congratulate you and wish you all the best in your new aspirations...
About your blog... the template is quite matching your style of writing... very neat...
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