Roc....
Being quite tired of the IMT happenings, I was desperately looking for a break in the form of the 2 month long ST!
Well, I knew about the company only to the extent of familiarity of its name and that some of my batch-mates (of CBS) were working with it. Well, after 3-4 days of hard core enjoyment (typical post exam freak-out), I left home for a ‘Roc’ing day, with no great expectations but bit of an excitement that automatically flows in when we go to a new place due to the uncertainty associated with the kind of place and people to be encountered. The journey was okay but I could not keep my eyes open for more than half an hour in the bus (now that I was quite habitual of getting a sleep till late in the morning..). I reached the destination well before time in spite of roaming around in that area for 10-15 minutes trying to figure out the office building (as we were looking for a wrong address..this happened given the fact that I had visited the company once. Hence concluded, that I am bad with directions!). My father left me there outside the office wishing me luck for my first day at office (well, he does that every now and then on every single tiny-miny occasion..).
The day began with some waiting for the HR person. Then some formalities of filling up forms and submitting documents followed. Then came the surprise package….a box of ‘Ferrero Rocher’ chocolates. But who knew even these chocolates could not be a suitable compensation for the boring sessions that awaited us!! The COO inaugurated the sessions for us, boasting that we had started as per the IST (Indian Standard Time) as we were running late..behind the given schedule. And then followed several sessions on databases which I slept through!!
This continued for three days. But today when I look back, I find those days really good (as we say, the honeymoon period….). On the third day I was told about my project and I started doing some secondary research (to simplify…googling!) on the topic like a child who gets engrossed in playing with a new toy. I got bit of an idea about the client on whose project I had to work. KK (a final recruit from FORE and a sweet person) also told me about a similar project that he worked on during his internship.
I got a little apprehensive about the project as the one-page project brief talked about some corporate repositioning best practices that we had to determine on the basis of some parameters. We were also supposed to make some audit work books and then in the end was mentioned the deadly terminology “white paper”. I have never understood the exact meaning of these words but do hope to when I would be working on one.
So, I got a break of three days in between because of the weekend and the offsite visit that the company had organized for the employees (Jim Corbett…). Again I had a good time and I spent all the days relaxing at home. I wanted this break to continue forever but then not all your wishes come true…
I got an understanding of my job and I got some relief knowing that we did not have to start our work from scratch as the client had given us a template and a checklist to help us rate the companies. Tarun (summer intern from IMI and a chilled-out personality), Neha (employee and a cool married woman), PG (Priyanka Gambhir, talented employee and a helpful unmarried woman), Ankit (intelligent employee and an introvert), and Abhinav (employee, my CBS senior, and a cute guy) comprised of my team. I don’t know much about them, so not in a position to give a bio of these people right now.
I started putting in my best efforts to learn things and to do my job in time even if that required me to take work home. Recently I had to stay in office till midnight to complete my task but then it wasn’t new to me as GENPACT made me get used to it. My mentor (Ranjan, a bindaas IIM L graduate with considerable experience) also recognized my efforts and sent me an appreciation mail.
It’s going on fine till now, however, the work becomes monotonous at times. But then, you can never get the perfect job. Hope to get a good (rocking!)experience here…
Well, I knew about the company only to the extent of familiarity of its name and that some of my batch-mates (of CBS) were working with it. Well, after 3-4 days of hard core enjoyment (typical post exam freak-out), I left home for a ‘Roc’ing day, with no great expectations but bit of an excitement that automatically flows in when we go to a new place due to the uncertainty associated with the kind of place and people to be encountered. The journey was okay but I could not keep my eyes open for more than half an hour in the bus (now that I was quite habitual of getting a sleep till late in the morning..). I reached the destination well before time in spite of roaming around in that area for 10-15 minutes trying to figure out the office building (as we were looking for a wrong address..this happened given the fact that I had visited the company once. Hence concluded, that I am bad with directions!). My father left me there outside the office wishing me luck for my first day at office (well, he does that every now and then on every single tiny-miny occasion..).
The day began with some waiting for the HR person. Then some formalities of filling up forms and submitting documents followed. Then came the surprise package….a box of ‘Ferrero Rocher’ chocolates. But who knew even these chocolates could not be a suitable compensation for the boring sessions that awaited us!! The COO inaugurated the sessions for us, boasting that we had started as per the IST (Indian Standard Time) as we were running late..behind the given schedule. And then followed several sessions on databases which I slept through!!
This continued for three days. But today when I look back, I find those days really good (as we say, the honeymoon period….). On the third day I was told about my project and I started doing some secondary research (to simplify…googling!) on the topic like a child who gets engrossed in playing with a new toy. I got bit of an idea about the client on whose project I had to work. KK (a final recruit from FORE and a sweet person) also told me about a similar project that he worked on during his internship.
I got a little apprehensive about the project as the one-page project brief talked about some corporate repositioning best practices that we had to determine on the basis of some parameters. We were also supposed to make some audit work books and then in the end was mentioned the deadly terminology “white paper”. I have never understood the exact meaning of these words but do hope to when I would be working on one.
So, I got a break of three days in between because of the weekend and the offsite visit that the company had organized for the employees (Jim Corbett…). Again I had a good time and I spent all the days relaxing at home. I wanted this break to continue forever but then not all your wishes come true…
I got an understanding of my job and I got some relief knowing that we did not have to start our work from scratch as the client had given us a template and a checklist to help us rate the companies. Tarun (summer intern from IMI and a chilled-out personality), Neha (employee and a cool married woman), PG (Priyanka Gambhir, talented employee and a helpful unmarried woman), Ankit (intelligent employee and an introvert), and Abhinav (employee, my CBS senior, and a cute guy) comprised of my team. I don’t know much about them, so not in a position to give a bio of these people right now.
I started putting in my best efforts to learn things and to do my job in time even if that required me to take work home. Recently I had to stay in office till midnight to complete my task but then it wasn’t new to me as GENPACT made me get used to it. My mentor (Ranjan, a bindaas IIM L graduate with considerable experience) also recognized my efforts and sent me an appreciation mail.
It’s going on fine till now, however, the work becomes monotonous at times. But then, you can never get the perfect job. Hope to get a good (rocking!)experience here…
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