30th June, 2008…..I joined Price Waterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. as a consultant in Performance Improvement. Since then, a week has passed. This entire week I’ve been busy, busy, busy…I don’t quite remember when last I had so much to do in 7 days. Having said that, I can’t deny that I am having a good time.
They are pretty strict here, at the least they try to be. But all of us have seen much of strictness, and dealt with it. Now who are “us”? We are 28, 7 from JU, and the rest from IITs & BITs. Not all have computer or electronics background though; we even have chemicals and mechanicals. And together we are a mischievous lot.
We are undergoing a 1-month training at present. After that we’ll be assigned to our respective SBUs. On our 1st day, they made us fill forms. Filling forms can be cumbersome. They made us sign documents, forms, applications, what not! In the end I was not even reading what I was signing, and breathed a sigh when it all finally got over. It took a hell lot of perseverance on my part.
The 2nd day, we had our general induction. Lengthy speeches, boring speeches, flourishes….seven hours non-stop. Our official timing is from 9:30 to 6:00, but I was let go only after 7:30.
The 3rd, 4th and 5th days, we had initiation in basic data structure. And I quite liked it, well..... most of it.
And I was almost forgetting the most significant thing, the FOOD! To say the least, it’s nothing short of marvelous. They feed us well, too well for my liking. The company pays for most of what we eat. 13.50/- for chicken biryani (as many helpings as you want!!!) is a little cheap, isn’t it?! I constantly remind myself to be careful, lest I return to my former self [sighs]. And then there’s coffee, being consumed dangerously. I find myself miraculously standing before the coffee machine at every break. This must be stopped.
We have Saturdays and Sundays off, but there’s no respite for me. I have to go for my French lessons at Alliance Francaise in the morning. I don’t know how I shall survive all this, having been so lazy my entire life. But then I feel that I shall adapt. Thankfully, I am not too bad at that.
6 comments:
A typo that caught my eyes: in the last para, "I fill" will probably be "I feel"...
And by the way, what are SBUs? Also, where are you now? In Kolkata, or somewhere else? Please detail.
The write was excellent (as always). But my request: Plz don't let all these busy affairs kill the poet in you...
@shibu: ami ekhon kolkatatei, SBU mane Strategic Business Unit...thank u for pointing out the typo....
...and don't worry, the poet in me, if there is such a thing, will live as long as I wish it to....
bhalo hoyche......ar chicken biriyani khaway todr roj roj?....wat non-sens?....company laate uthbe to...
@aveek: roj roj biryani hoe naa, majhhe majhhe pulao aar khichudi-o hoe......ami aar biryani khachhi naa, got bored of it...
Only if I had joined(sigh) :(
Ami join korte cheyechhilam ... Ekhon bujhhchhi na giye ekta i bhalo hoyechhe, onek murgi r pran beche jachchhe :-D
BTW, sob jaygar training ki emni i hoy ??? :-O
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