Well yday was my first day at DP. And saying that was I excited would be an understatement. This piece would probably be worth showcasing for someone who moves out of the BPO life to another Core vertical.Ok, for my job, I will be taking care of Collections and part of Fraud Operations for 2 of DP's Vendors and would be working out of Bangalore and Delhi. First things first, being able to visit Delhi on a company paid trip almost every month was a welcome note in the work profile.
But this wasnt why my first day was so exhilarating. Professionally, I consider myself a product of the BPO industry having spent over 5 yrs in it and what I saw there and the treatment meted out was an absolute delight.
The office space is small, built with about 30 workstation space and about 3 cabins for the big bosses. Having worked in a BPO outfit where I would any time of the day see atleast 200 people working-this was…different. As soon as I entered the office the house keeping guy greeted me and asked me if I’d like to have a Tea or Coffee. Wow! I cant remember having been asked anything to drink in the last five years except when I’d gone for an interview in a couple of places.Lol.. I had a cubicle designated for me- yes a fixed workstation! And it was all decked up with stationery n’ all…Ahan! Then I got my TP and talked to the folks who were in office- about 5 odd of them. My boss here happens to be someone who I worked with when I had just started working… Lets see what beckons ahead!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
My last day@work - memory of last 6 months
I, Kinny Kohli, worked in ABC (am giving it a fictitious name to safe guard their privacy..he hee) for 9 months and left their services effective 31st May. The last day was quite eventful, as one may guess. The office seemed more fun than ever before and I was also given a parting address by my boss and his boss's boss, and some wishes- no gifts:( Thereafter, they gave me bumps-dont ask me why. Havent quite still completely figured out if they meant to wish me luck-as in Birthday bumps- or went about kicking my ass for being rude, or callous with them.Dont know:)
The most emotional moment of the day happened outside office and with no one realted to ABC being there. There is an Andhra Mess near my office and I have had most my daily lunches and dinners there since coming to Bangalore. Almost always I've had their regular offering of a meal which cost 30 bucks and I tip 5bucks,and 10 at times. There is one guy,out of a staff of 7-8 guys, who always serves me the food there. I find the food there absolutely lovely and he used to take care of me like royalty, always keeping a vigilant, yet unobtrusive eye on my dishes and serving me before I was through with the serving and making me eat more than I wanted to on more ocassions than one. Yes, I almost felt like royalty:) The most amazing thing is that he has served me food for such a long time without us knowing a common language. Yes, he doesnt know Hindi, English or Punjabi and I dont know what he speaks-am guessing it'd probably be Kannada.
But the moment I was at the desk paying for my last meal there for quite some time to come, I asked the owner to tell my man that I am leaving that place and wont be a regular at the Mess anymore. Then I gave him my biggest tip to date (dont ask me what:)) and left with moist eyes and I think I saw something in his eyes too.. That is the lasting memory of my last day at ABC
and the 9 months spent there... God Bless him!
The most emotional moment of the day happened outside office and with no one realted to ABC being there. There is an Andhra Mess near my office and I have had most my daily lunches and dinners there since coming to Bangalore. Almost always I've had their regular offering of a meal which cost 30 bucks and I tip 5bucks,and 10 at times. There is one guy,out of a staff of 7-8 guys, who always serves me the food there. I find the food there absolutely lovely and he used to take care of me like royalty, always keeping a vigilant, yet unobtrusive eye on my dishes and serving me before I was through with the serving and making me eat more than I wanted to on more ocassions than one. Yes, I almost felt like royalty:) The most amazing thing is that he has served me food for such a long time without us knowing a common language. Yes, he doesnt know Hindi, English or Punjabi and I dont know what he speaks-am guessing it'd probably be Kannada.
But the moment I was at the desk paying for my last meal there for quite some time to come, I asked the owner to tell my man that I am leaving that place and wont be a regular at the Mess anymore. Then I gave him my biggest tip to date (dont ask me what:)) and left with moist eyes and I think I saw something in his eyes too.. That is the lasting memory of my last day at ABC
and the 9 months spent there... God Bless him!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
