I LEARNT MY FIRST CORPORATE RULE :)
The most awaited moment was here. I had mixed feelings. Several thoughts running through my mind. I waited at the lobby. I was then escorted inside and completed my joining formalities.
I felt so proud of myself as if I had achieved big success in life. The interiors were splendid, bright lights, round cubicles, employee collages and paintings every where. It had a media look with a dash of corporate element to it.
I strolled around, went to the cafeteria, grabbed some coffee and was quietly observing all the activities around me.
After 10 mins, I noticed someone walking towards me, I immediately recognized the figure, it was none other than Akshay. “Welcome Ziya and congratulations!
“Thank you,” I replied in a soft voice.
“If you have finished your coffee, I can take you to your workstation”.
“Sure. I’m done, let’s go.” I jumped to my feet and walked behind him.
Let me introduce you to the team.
“Hello everyone, we have a new joiner, Ms. Ziya Subramanian. Ziya this is the team, you will be working closely with them and I'm the Manager, you will be reporting to me. Please make yourself comfortable and everyone please introduce yourself to Ms. Zi
Zi!!!!!! I felt like a television channel.
“I hope you don't mind me calling you Zi.”
“Hmmm….Yes”, I replied sheepishly. Anyways you have already made up your mind to call me Zi. Wasn't this moving too fast? First day, first intro and I already got a nick name Zi or was he just trying to make me feel at home?
“Hi, I'm Sujoy, this is Anamika and Rolston. You will be working with us. We are a team of three and now including you four. We basically handle the clients; look after their branding, work in unison with other teams etc, etc, we do a lot of work!!!! Since it is you first day, obviously there wont be any work but you can browse through our intranet sites, company policies and stuff.I think that should be enough for today.”
Saying this he pushed off to his workstation, leaving me all to myself. I logged in, changed my password and started browsing the sites he mentioned. I went through some of the magazines published by the company, saw their work pattern, tried to understand how big the company is and was slowly settling in.
It was lunch time and Anamika came by.
“Hey, let's go for lunch.” she said.
“I haven’t carried my Tiffin” I replied innocently. “Awww… you don't need to. We have a huge cafeteria that serves free lunch and if you don't like it then we have many restaurants around the corner, you can always go and grab something there. We usually do at times or order food on special occasions.”
“Special occasions, like birthdays, festivals or so..”
“Noooo FRIDAYS!!!!! That day of the week, which we all look forward to. It marks the beginning of our weekend and celebrations begin in full swing.”
She sounded as if it was a big festival.
“Do you drink??? I hope you don’t mind me asking you this question”
“No”, I said in a stern voice. “Well we usually go out for drinks on Fridays.”
I replied with a surprise look on my face, “Ok. So everybody drinks?”
“Yes, off course they do”.
Well this world was new to me. I know girls drink but I was experiencing all this for the first time. Friday night party and drinking, this concept was a bit difficult to digest. How can a person party every Friday evening and not spend time with his family or friends.
I remember, Friday evenings was a time to relax, be happy and spend time with family - Family dinners and movies with friends was the only agenda on my mind. All this was now slowly being replaced by boozing and partying.
I'm definitely not of this type and I will never do that, I swear to myself. This is not what my parents have sent me here for. I need to focus, learn, excel and grow. I don’t care what others think about me or do but my aim is different and I am a different person.
Remember Ziya Subramanium...IT IS A PROMISE TO YOUR SELF. WORK HARD
Lunch was pretty decent, 4 o clock we went for the tea break and 6 I pushed off. I didn't do anything much on day one...Just learnt that Friday marks the beginning of the weekend, drinks and party.
Wow...First corporate rule I guess.
I was looking forward to my induction. Hope I learn something useful out of this.
The most awaited moment was here. I had mixed feelings. Several thoughts running through my mind. I waited at the lobby. I was then escorted inside and completed my joining formalities.
I felt so proud of myself as if I had achieved big success in life. The interiors were splendid, bright lights, round cubicles, employee collages and paintings every where. It had a media look with a dash of corporate element to it.
I strolled around, went to the cafeteria, grabbed some coffee and was quietly observing all the activities around me.
After 10 mins, I noticed someone walking towards me, I immediately recognized the figure, it was none other than Akshay. “Welcome Ziya and congratulations!
“Thank you,” I replied in a soft voice.
“If you have finished your coffee, I can take you to your workstation”.
“Sure. I’m done, let’s go.” I jumped to my feet and walked behind him.
Let me introduce you to the team.
Zi!!!!!! I felt like a television channel.
“I hope you don't mind me calling you Zi.”
“Hmmm….Yes”, I replied sheepishly. Anyways you have already made up your mind to call me Zi. Wasn't this moving too fast? First day, first intro and I already got a nick name Zi or was he just trying to make me feel at home?
“Hi, I'm Sujoy, this is Anamika and Rolston. You will be working with us. We are a team of three and now including you four. We basically handle the clients; look after their branding, work in unison with other teams etc, etc, we do a lot of work!!!! Since it is you first day, obviously there wont be any work but you can browse through our intranet sites, company policies and stuff.I think that should be enough for today.”
Saying this he pushed off to his workstation, leaving me all to myself. I logged in, changed my password and started browsing the sites he mentioned. I went through some of the magazines published by the company, saw their work pattern, tried to understand how big the company is and was slowly settling in.
It was lunch time and Anamika came by.
“Hey, let's go for lunch.” she said.
“I haven’t carried my Tiffin” I replied innocently. “Awww… you don't need to. We have a huge cafeteria that serves free lunch and if you don't like it then we have many restaurants around the corner, you can always go and grab something there. We usually do at times or order food on special occasions.”
“Special occasions, like birthdays, festivals or so..”
“Noooo FRIDAYS!!!!! That day of the week, which we all look forward to. It marks the beginning of our weekend and celebrations begin in full swing.”
She sounded as if it was a big festival.
“Do you drink??? I hope you don’t mind me asking you this question”
“No”, I said in a stern voice. “Well we usually go out for drinks on Fridays.”
I replied with a surprise look on my face, “Ok. So everybody drinks?”
“Yes, off course they do”.
Well this world was new to me. I know girls drink but I was experiencing all this for the first time. Friday night party and drinking, this concept was a bit difficult to digest. How can a person party every Friday evening and not spend time with his family or friends.
I remember, Friday evenings was a time to relax, be happy and spend time with family - Family dinners and movies with friends was the only agenda on my mind. All this was now slowly being replaced by boozing and partying.
I'm definitely not of this type and I will never do that, I swear to myself. This is not what my parents have sent me here for. I need to focus, learn, excel and grow. I don’t care what others think about me or do but my aim is different and I am a different person.
Remember Ziya Subramanium...IT IS A PROMISE TO YOUR SELF. WORK HARD
Lunch was pretty decent, 4 o clock we went for the tea break and 6 I pushed off. I didn't do anything much on day one...Just learnt that Friday marks the beginning of the weekend, drinks and party.
Wow...First corporate rule I guess.
I was looking forward to my induction. Hope I learn something useful out of this.
It is old concept of working hard....u get nothing after working so hard....it is better to work SMART rather than working hard...
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