Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Corporate Thamasha

Shankar knocked the door twice...little apprehensively at first...then, little strongly.

Before he was about to knock the third time, he heard from Raghav - "Come in..."

While entering the room, Shankar gave a polite head nod and said "Hello"

Raghav - "Take your seat and give me a minute, Shankar. Let me quickly send this mail and catch up with you"

Shankar gave another polite head nod and said (as he cleared his throat) - Sure, Sir.

Clock went on ticking....1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes...............13 minutes.

Shankar mentally counted the number of  Achievement Certificates displayed in Raghav's room. "12 certificates? Wow! So, every year he has managed to get 2 certificates in the last 6 years in this organization??? Hmmmmm"

After counting the number of certificates mentally and brilliantly reaching a concluding question, he started reading the text on the certificates, "Best employee of the year", "Most valuable contributor", "Best innovator", "Howzzaat award", "Best Talent Leader", "Most admired vendor partner", "Li......

"So, what brings you here, Shankar?" - Shankar's text reading was interrupted by Raghav's terrific managerial voice.

"Well sir.......had been thinking about having this conversation with you for a while....."

Another interruption from Raghav -"I completely understand that you are very upset with the appraisal rating. While, I know you are not ok with it, I want you to understand the fact that I have given you what I could do best"

"But, Sir....I really need to..."

Unintentional interruption from Raghav - "Yes, I do see where you are coming from. But, you see, we need to go by Organization's policy.I admire you as an employee. But,when it comes to performance rating, I need to be really professional"

"I do understand, Sir. But, I wanted to ....."

"Come on yaar. .Our life is full of ups and downs. We need to learn from it and move on rather than sitting on it. You just work on your communication skills and customer service skills. I am sure, it will help you to get a better rating next year. Challenge yourself. That's the best way to improve your performance"

"Sir, i don't think......."

"The problem i see with you young folks these days is, you are very short term oriented. All the dreams cannot be achieved in single day. It takes step by step effort to achieve it. Hope you get it. Oh...by the way, I have a client call now. So, can we talk later?"

Shankar got up and walked towards the door.

" Shankar, Are you ok? I hope our conversation helped" - (Raghav couldn't help but, show his kind and caring nature)

Shankar turned towards Raghav - "I came to inform you about my decision to quit and invite you for my wedding in the coming month, Sir. Yes, this conversation really helped. It just reassured that I have taken the right decision. Thank you Sir.".

Shankar opened the door and before exiting the room, he turned towards Raghav and asked, "Sir, are you ok????"

6 comments:

  1. Timing of the blog is perfect..SN

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  2. Awesome and yes, timing is just perfect!!!!

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  3. I did this earlier this year ! Almost in a similar fashion :) Happened to see your blog and .. well I'm excited and surprised

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    1. Oh...really? :) wow! Nice bro. You did the right thing then :) I am also excited to know that you could relate to this blog well!

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