I am amazed. Don’t have any other words. I am simply amazed. It’s the 5th day that I am workless and it is driving me nuts, completely nuts. There have been times when I have longed for 2mins of free time, and now I am longing for work (not too much of it mind you!). Here’s the thing – most of my friends who joined the company with me have had more or less a consistent work schedule (at least for a major part of the 17months that we’ve been working). And mine has been the most erratic so far. No kidding – look up my work hours for the past 1.5yrs and you’ll know it is crazier than the people who work shifts.
I started off with a pretty laid back schedule; a month of ok-kind-of-work. But a person like me, out of sincerity and a conscience bigger than most, I could have been granted employee of the month award. As a result, I left quite a few people impressed. :D ……. Ok ok, I wont brag much now
Then I got this new project which was officially my first project as a professional. How 8 months just flew after that I have absolutely no clue. It has been my best project so far. Work was ok (read work-I-could-manage-to-do-satisfactorily), team was great, had loads of fun, still remember all the luncheons and the dinner parties… and my schedule? Well, lets just say most of my waking hours were spent in office . But I didn’t mind because office used to be fun. I made some great friends in that project. There were days when my team members used to know more about me than my family! That’s bound to happen when you spend 14-15hrs a day with your team……….. yep, one time I remember reaching home at 4am in the morning and reporting back at 10am the next day!
The next project was less hectic. Work that I could finish in the 9-6 slot, go home on time and get the required amount of sleep. The only not-so-good part of the day used to be the 2hrs of travelling everyday to and from office. But overall, ok types of project. It lasted only 3 months.
Then came the most grueling of them all. Client being one whose product you all use almost everyday and the logo you see everytime you switch on your computer ;) It was a 47 day project to be precise; 47 most hectic days of my career so far – most of them I spent sleepless or foodless, or sometimes both! Now who would have the energy to cook at 11-12 in the night? But all said and done, it was a great experience; hurdles galore, but nevertheless one hell of an experience!
And here I am now, an ideal time to relax and unwind… but the workaholic that I have become, I have no idea how to pass the time! As a result of which, you get to read my blogs :P
I started off with a pretty laid back schedule; a month of ok-kind-of-work. But a person like me, out of sincerity and a conscience bigger than most, I could have been granted employee of the month award. As a result, I left quite a few people impressed. :D ……. Ok ok, I wont brag much now
Then I got this new project which was officially my first project as a professional. How 8 months just flew after that I have absolutely no clue. It has been my best project so far. Work was ok (read work-I-could-manage-to-do-satisfactorily), team was great, had loads of fun, still remember all the luncheons and the dinner parties… and my schedule? Well, lets just say most of my waking hours were spent in office . But I didn’t mind because office used to be fun. I made some great friends in that project. There were days when my team members used to know more about me than my family! That’s bound to happen when you spend 14-15hrs a day with your team……….. yep, one time I remember reaching home at 4am in the morning and reporting back at 10am the next day!
The next project was less hectic. Work that I could finish in the 9-6 slot, go home on time and get the required amount of sleep. The only not-so-good part of the day used to be the 2hrs of travelling everyday to and from office. But overall, ok types of project. It lasted only 3 months.
Then came the most grueling of them all. Client being one whose product you all use almost everyday and the logo you see everytime you switch on your computer ;) It was a 47 day project to be precise; 47 most hectic days of my career so far – most of them I spent sleepless or foodless, or sometimes both! Now who would have the energy to cook at 11-12 in the night? But all said and done, it was a great experience; hurdles galore, but nevertheless one hell of an experience!
And here I am now, an ideal time to relax and unwind… but the workaholic that I have become, I have no idea how to pass the time! As a result of which, you get to read my blogs :P
