Day one, Bangalore! A new city, new beginning, new faces and a a lot of never before stuff. The big day was finally here. A Wednesday reporting at 8:30 sharp in the morning and I was off my marks as early as I could with my Sister-in-law. Drove a little over half an hour and reached the destination. Lot of best wishes meant a lucky day for me. I walked into the basement at the venue given, went on to the security desk to validate my joining and get a temporary ID. Moved in with a group of 139 other fresh faces as me into the basement of the complex where we were supposed to have our induction program. The day started off with an introduction by a member of "Team Discover" (Sunita Mam), trust me she just talked us through the day effortlessly. After an hour and half we had a tea break and when we came back, members of EHS team was waiting for us and straightaway they gave an order of few documents and stuff we need to submit and then started one of the never before stuff "The signature marathon". It never seemed to end, once it started. The pages kept on turning and we kept on scribbling signatures for almost 2 hours or so. 83 of them, to be precise. The usual lunch with free meal passes was not much to talk about though what followed lunch was going to take a lot of effort to keep our eyes opened. The much needed break from such strong sleeping drive was given by the security tips and other related issues that are ear-marked as "Important". The day kept on going till 7 in the evening at a slow pace and then the bankers came in to introduce themselves and open our salary accounts. Time flew in their instructions to fill the form and put a few more signatures here and there. We got the welcome kits and some stationary from the EHS team. and the day finally came to an end with a trip back home on a bus directly to a place very close to my brother's home. I know it is not detailed but 'first things are best things' not in these words but the memories they invoke when I read them are important and special!
When I first came to know that I was doing to step into the boot of an employee very soon, I was preparing myself for a life completely different to what I was living. A new beginning from the end of student life, a life with financial freedom (although Dad never said “No” to my demands, but own earning is a different level of financial freedom) added responsibility of being an employee of an MNC. I was very certain of being relocated from Hyderabad. Had my bags up and ready for a journey to a new place with a new life style waiting to be discovered. As expected was called to Bangalore (now Bengaluru) and I set out planning a life in the traffic and all the rush of high class social and corporate living beings of IT Capital of India. Day 1: went on with never ending sequence of signatures. Day 2: a boring yet energetic half day. Day 3: very excitedly I reached office and was having a nice time cracking jokes and making friends. As if somebody cursed the largest laughter in t...
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