My Job Story-1

 My Job Story -1 

  ( PN: This article was drafted on 20th April 2008 , today just posting )   

Today was the day of celebration for me. Yes I did it, after huge struggle finally I could get into MSEB selectors list. Though it is not an IIT or IIM selectors list, still I am proud of myself.

 Needless to say, I am so ecstatic today and I should be. I deserve to be happy.

When I look back to my past two years, its hard to believe that I have done it…my entire destiny was playing with me. As someone said nothing comes free, you have to pay it to get something.

In retrospect to those days, yet I still remember a day when I came to this strange city called as Mumbai. Every year thousands of engineers come to this magic city to weigh up their potential, test their metal. I was one of those masses.

 Peoples likes to give free advice “ beta ha course kar future prospects changale aahe , amuk amuk la resume devun thev, apti prepare kar, IT madhe sadhya changala job milato”.

Needless to say, I was also getting these initial doses from my acquaintances.

 I would definitely say, I was quite lucky to have some blood relative in Mumbai. My aunty was staying in Airoli ( Navi Mumbai ) . I started my initial job prowl staying with them. Scanning various job’s site, forwarding resumes was becomes my breakfast, churning out apti books,interview notes was becomes my lunch.

I remember, how enthusiastically I used to check my mailbox, and whenever I used to get a reply that “your CV has been selected, please send your latest updated resume to” ….. “What the hell updated resume they seeks now….this is my latest CV, what should I add more to make it latest” …. . 

Initial 2-3 months were gone with small kind of assignments. In those days only I explored my internet knowledge specially talking about orkuting, chatting and hence forth. Later day’s responsibilities were pilling up on me. I could realize now, I was the only employee who was good in EXCEL, records maintenance even in integrating the team. My co-workers were asking me to train them in EXCEL. How funny…!!!It would be worthwhile to mention about the food. I had heard about corporate mess of an organization, but here even I could not find any good kind of restaurant nearby my office. Eating outside was the only option. Sometimes my colleague used to bring parcel from her mess. She was friend of mine. One another day, I was asked to attend customer calls. I was told to address customer’s technical/ service related problems. Our small unit was also dealing in providing technical assistance of our product. I was a novice then with no prior experience of attending problems or handling the customers. Nevertheless attending the technical problems was the easier part, but handling the customer was difficult one. Now I don’t remember exactly how many times I had fumbled in those assignments. Days were just going on; I was continuing my fumble with present assignment. In addition to this heat, I was assigned some accounting responsibility. It was a big hell. That week, I had always ended up my days in argument with my boss for giving me this obnoxious and boring task.

My professional high and dry condition was putting impact on my health. Also in same duration I had some conflicts with my aunty and circumstances impelled me to take some hard decision. I had to find new accommodation near by. These hiccups had significantly contributed in my health problem. I had devastated and got down with high fever. My health became severe and I had to call up my papa to take me back to hometown.

I think I had left some good impression over my boss even after frequent arguments; he was in constantly touch with me and regularly updating my health status. After resuming back, he might have realized that I need more experience to solve the problems rather than throwing me in the water and expecting me to swim. I was pulled out of operator kind of job and assigned to regular record maintenance job.

Out of the blue, one day my boss asked me to go for training somewhere in Ahamadabad or Banglore. I don’t remember now. He could be thinking he was giving me better opportunity. I was not in position to decide it, whether to go or not. Various opinions from my friend circle were making me more confused. I was realizing it was a sugarcoated capsule for me. Finally I refused to go for training.

The job was not fun neither was it paying me much. Although I did not mind the pay but at least I need to have exciting job. I was getting depressing. Few exams were lined up in a row. Preparation for exams, interviews are not letting me to settle down in life. During the entire year . I have been the witness of my few friends who got good jobs in multinational. Their conciliation was always with me but truly speaking sometimes their suggestions were teasing my nerves.

I kept busy myself in dreaming about the day which would dawn and bring something change for me. 

 I ‘m waiting for the day  

When I can finally say

That I’m the gal number one

And that’s the my job number one

‘Cause at the moment it’s only a dream

At times I just want to scream

Fearing this will never happen for me

Yet in my mind it’s all see

Thinking, knowing I’ll never see it that way

What can I say, it’s every girls dream

But for me it will never be that way

It’s a dream, that’s all I can say.

  ……………….Jessica Diamond

 

Meantime I had been advised to look for teaching job. One of my friends suggested me to attend interview at Engineering College in Belapur (Navi Mumbai). The present job had a feeling of suffocation and now I was looking for get the rid out of it. I was seriously started thinking about this option. 

 To be continued………….