Right place to work!!(?)

When I started to write blogs, I thought, it will be a good platform for my poems/compositions (if I can call them so… I do scribble whenever I feel like). Now when I look at it, it looks like a repository of the same. Feels nice :)

Today when I am writing this, I am actually sitting in a lab in Bosch and it is just the 3rd day of my job here!!! And, I am typing this in a word document hoping to transfer the same to my blog…

Having just 3yr of work experience, I have seen a lot in professional life (and personal!!??). I started my career in a very small place. We were just a bunch of 10-15 working in the company (including my BOSS – I call him “SIR” with all love and respect). He will be remembered by everyone who meets him for whatever he is (not to mention for all good reasons). Such a person he is. I have always admired his knowledge, patience and teaching skills. He is the only person whom I call teacher (after my school). It was more than just a wonderful experience to work with a gem like him. All went well, except for this fact that I dint have a career growth (in terms of money)!! My destiny just took me to a better place when I was in a crisis and it was too mesmerizing to deny!

I was suddenly into a new company, a big one, of course. BIG in terms of name, and money to a certain extent. I was given a cabin of my own! Phone, internet, what not?? But, work wise, I never was satisfied. I, basically being a very friendly, fun loving person made some good friends there. We literally rocked the place!! Enjoyed all the time with them. Did not last there for long… I could not find peace there. Wanted a break. So, left that job too!

Small company is far better than BIG ones, I thought now. I had work satisfaction and a good number of friends in my 1st company, but, no money. And sadly, money is one of the factors with which a person’s success is measured. BIG companies offer BIG money, but, job satisfaction?? I was not sure. Maybe, not all companies are same. This was my thought process when I sat jobless at home for 15 days. Fortunately (!!?), there was something that came up my way which I felt was the break that I was looking for. I got a chance to train the freshers on C, C++, Unix who were recruited into some BIG company :). I felt like I was back to college. Had a great time with all my trainees. I loved them all and they loved me equally. Never realized how time just flew away… And all my trainees had to move on with their work (Although we are still in touch). I was left with no work again!! I had to go to office, and spend time doing nothing! Back to square one. Meanwhile, certain problems arouse there with the HR people and others too. And most importantly, that place also reminded me of one “person” who became a very important part of my life and went away… I knew him hardly for a few months… But, time really does not matter (looking at all the pain and joyous moment that I have had) when it comes to having feelings for someone. Ohh!! Let me not make it personal (although that influenced me too). The place started looking like hell to me. I started feeling suffocating there. I put down my papers again (without a job in hand)!! I was serving my notice period and meanwhile, I got a job!

Company was again BIG! I had to work at the client’s place which was quite exciting for me. Work was neither very interesting nor bad. I somehow started liking it. Friends!? Worth mentioning, that friendship just happened. Amazingly, we were all like minded people put together in one place. Time again went on partying, having blasts, making merry. Money came into picture again… This time, it was not for me, but, for my family that I was fighting and there was no room to compromise. There was no hike given because the market is low and I gave up the job!

I am here now getting more money than before. The place, work, food, everything is too good out here, except for the team :(. The team is utter boring and conservative. But, I still have to hang on, because, I have a lot to learn here… And of course, the biggest of all reasons, I have good money.

Don’t know what’s hidden in my future. But, after 3 years of work experience (also), I still am struggling hard to find the right place to work!! Wonder does it really exist??