My First Month
I did not realize till my grandmother pointed out to me that it has been one month since I joined my new job. I am already cribbing about the work so I guess celebrating was the last thing on my mind. But, in a way I did celebrate, I met silly-boi and J for lunch and had a great time catching up so I guess no worries.
I kinda sorta talked about my project in another post. Anyways, I am working on this uber cool assignment. I am doing market feasibility for a big consumer product firm. It’s a great opportunity to apply all that I have learnt in B-School. (If you are wondering whether I am on crack or something, please don’t worry I am trying this new anti-everything writing trick, instead of cribbing I just wrote about all those great things about my project).
As a part of the project they sent me to Hyderabad. Oh the joy! I thought they have staffed me after looking at my resume and seeing a strategic fit. Ahem, ahem. It was a very simple decision for them, they wanted someone who knows telugu and yours truly was the only vela person available :) My manager is amazing. She calls us for a meeting every day and goes “this is what I want you to do today…” So, every day during the last two weeks we did primary research in Mumbai and I am doing the same thing in hyd. Now, I don’t have a clue about the either city, and I am supposed to move from one part to another and talk to Pan Walas, Grocery store owners and Supermarket store managers. For those who missed the most important part of the last sentence Pan Walas!
My first assignment and I am running around pan shop to pan shop where these guys are staring at me as if I have gone crazy. The pan walas are so chatty, they won’t leave you even when you say “thik hai bhaiyya, dhanyawad”. They are ready with their solutions for the product “Madam, aap ko killer ads banane ka, Shahrukh ya Sachin ko leneka, phir aap ka maal solid bikega”. They will keep on talking and you have to smile away to glory and make notes, because you have the client with you all the time like your shadow.
My dad keeps shouting at me. He is like, why did you study so much when all you do is running around the city like a sales girl. Actually I do look like one in my formals, a hand bag in one hand and the sample bag in another, going around from one shop to another asking them to try my new jelly drink (it’s a hush-hush thing so please keep it a secret!)
But there are some good things about the whole surveying process. I am with the client so I get a nice shiny car with a chauffeur who opens your door whenever you get out. I can get used to it. I get to go to nice restaurants to eat out. It’s all short lived though, the client left today so from tomorrow it’s the city bus for me ( You ask me why, according to my pay grade manual I am supposed to take public transport only, meaning no black and yellow taxis/autos). My life has its up and downs, living in 5 star hotels one day, road side homeless person the next; Honda City one day, city bus the next.
All in all not a bad experience at least I am not stuck to my desk. I am hoping that the next part of the project would be better. Even though a lot of my colleagues predicted, I did not commit suicide after a month of working in the company, I am still alive and kicking.
I kinda sorta talked about my project in another post. Anyways, I am working on this uber cool assignment. I am doing market feasibility for a big consumer product firm. It’s a great opportunity to apply all that I have learnt in B-School. (If you are wondering whether I am on crack or something, please don’t worry I am trying this new anti-everything writing trick, instead of cribbing I just wrote about all those great things about my project).
As a part of the project they sent me to Hyderabad. Oh the joy! I thought they have staffed me after looking at my resume and seeing a strategic fit. Ahem, ahem. It was a very simple decision for them, they wanted someone who knows telugu and yours truly was the only vela person available :) My manager is amazing. She calls us for a meeting every day and goes “this is what I want you to do today…” So, every day during the last two weeks we did primary research in Mumbai and I am doing the same thing in hyd. Now, I don’t have a clue about the either city, and I am supposed to move from one part to another and talk to Pan Walas, Grocery store owners and Supermarket store managers. For those who missed the most important part of the last sentence Pan Walas!
My first assignment and I am running around pan shop to pan shop where these guys are staring at me as if I have gone crazy. The pan walas are so chatty, they won’t leave you even when you say “thik hai bhaiyya, dhanyawad”. They are ready with their solutions for the product “Madam, aap ko killer ads banane ka, Shahrukh ya Sachin ko leneka, phir aap ka maal solid bikega”. They will keep on talking and you have to smile away to glory and make notes, because you have the client with you all the time like your shadow.
My dad keeps shouting at me. He is like, why did you study so much when all you do is running around the city like a sales girl. Actually I do look like one in my formals, a hand bag in one hand and the sample bag in another, going around from one shop to another asking them to try my new jelly drink (it’s a hush-hush thing so please keep it a secret!)
But there are some good things about the whole surveying process. I am with the client so I get a nice shiny car with a chauffeur who opens your door whenever you get out. I can get used to it. I get to go to nice restaurants to eat out. It’s all short lived though, the client left today so from tomorrow it’s the city bus for me ( You ask me why, according to my pay grade manual I am supposed to take public transport only, meaning no black and yellow taxis/autos). My life has its up and downs, living in 5 star hotels one day, road side homeless person the next; Honda City one day, city bus the next.
All in all not a bad experience at least I am not stuck to my desk. I am hoping that the next part of the project would be better. Even though a lot of my colleagues predicted, I did not commit suicide after a month of working in the company, I am still alive and kicking.
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Had the same feeling last year, when I was staying in a 3-star hotel in Mumbai one night and travelling in a general compartment during a long distance journey, the next night XD
Hope you get to many more months before the 'suicide' :P