Hmm.. It sounds interesting isn't it? Well.. Yes its going to be interesting!!
So as fas as last blog was concerned I have painted a very rosy picture about IT job and people must have thought that it was just a perfect job!!
The blog post was taken from my Good Bye Mail written to all my fellow collegues on the last day of the assignment.It was more like a Thank you mail and it was not appropriate to disclose my frustration in the same mail. But if you have noticed carefully it is written in the past tense.
This story is not based on true story!! But those who know the story would really find it true..
So any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental...
As the previous blog goes I really enjoyed my project and my company for say till a period of 2 years. I was just enjoying the work culture and people were really good. I mean the way they managed the way we all were groomed and motivated. It was like a dream job.
But nothing is permanant and every thing has an end. So my story goes like this...
I used to do all my job with all the dedication and all my efforts that I can put into. And I never said anyone 'No' for any kind of work ( I guess now also I find it very difficult to say 'No'). I used to coplete my prescribed work well before the time and everyone was happy. All the work I and My batch mates used to do efficiently. We would directly get work assigned from either user or head of the project.
But then came this shit in IT.. Its called project restructuring and hierarchy management. I really dont know how it helps and increases the performance. You all must have played a game in your early days that a person says something in the next person's ear and you need to pass on that sentence/word in the human chain. Most of the time the word spoken by the first person and the word spoken by the last person never matches. This game shows that the more direct you go ,there is less chance of miscommunication. And the above bullshit of hierarchy management works entirely opposite of that. It involves the people who do know a shit about the system to get involved in between the technical communication which does No Good to the solutionist as well as the person who seeks the solution. Sometime the comments which ame through this hierarchy were so irrelevant that It used to made me think twice about the purpose of the original mail. Let it be....
So due to this bullshit the work which used to come from a single person now used to come from not 1 not 2 but 3 Jugheads.. Now till date I am wondering that why they did this. One take on that was to make the project more stuctured and follow the normal format that the company usually follows. It may look good from outside but from inside it was total mess. And many people will say that they liked the new structured approach but I certainly dont like the change.
We all can talk , we have quite in depth knowledge of the system then why you need jokers to explain this all to client. And that too with incomplete knowledge and weird logic of theirs.
It was really miserable working with those jokers ( Yes thats the perfect name...) and same time I have to be professional. Because I never wanted the system and the person who had always motivated us to suffer because of these new clowns in the town. So it was really dificult for me to keep myself focussed from year or so. Actually there are some other reasons too to make it worse but that I will tell you as we go on...
So the jokers start functioning in the manner they say pretty efficiently... The mail which I and my mates used to process in a day now used to filter down from these jokers. And Now it was taking 2-3 days to resolve a simple issue and we were not allowed to take the desicions. I mean if We could have taken the decisions then what these jokers would have done. I dont believe in stealing someones bread and butter :) With their Experience (??), Knowledge (phew!! Please No Comments), and Logic ( Not from the planet earth) we used to get added comments in the mail. And it used to go in long loop. I must say that though above all things they did, the really came with some nice solutions once in a six month. So lets appriciate that experiece has no substitute.. So what if the intelligence surfaces once in the six month.. It proves that even they have brains!!
It was just a background information to show how my frustration built. The first trigger goes like this.. I was committed to work for this project only for the period of 2 years. And I was really appriciate the frankness of the person who committed to me this tenure. But when I completed my 2 years I was not supposed to discuss that with the same person but the jokers who have just landed up. Firstly I mailed one of the joker to get me confirmation on my release date. Now I suppose we all have calenders and very well aware of monts and counting we learn from standard 1st. So I guess I am not supposed to print special promotional posters and stick them in office saying that I have copleted to 2 years and I need a release. ( This is what I thought.. I never thought that people would be so dumb..) Initially I did not get reply then I got one reply which said that Jokers wanted to discuss some things with me. ( By the way I had completed 26 months by that time ..Guess 26 Months = 2 Years and 2 Months) I have clearly written in the mail that I have worked with all my dedication during this period and I need a respectful exit.
and also let me know the release plan which you have. But first thing joker said is .. "Oh ..You have completed 2 years.. We know that". Then I repeatedly asked them about my release plan but seems the jokers as they usually do have not made any. And they keep on telling me blah..blah which I was not at all interested. If I am not worng this release plan thing comes under project management... then one of the joker said .. ( the funniest of them all) What you are going to do after the release?.. Such a nice question buddy... You dont do your planning properly and then you ask me for my future plans.. What the hell on the earth he has to do with that?? ( You wont believe but I had written in the mail that I dont want to have discussion as it always goes in wrong loop and I request you to just reply with the release dates) And as usual the joker took in the wrong loop and told me how the company assigns the projects after release.. ( This we already know.. Plus that was totally uncalled for that time!! ) But the funny joker is like that only.. If you ask him his name he will tell you complete address (Not once may be 10 times n 1 revision too..lolz) but never tell you what you have asked for i.e. Name...
Then I got so frustrated with these jokers.. That one point of time I thought of handing over my resignation later. But then I thought It would be a cowardly decision and Why my company and system should suffer because of these . I can tell you from that day I only worked for the person who always motivated me and always let my anger take a back seat just because I never wanted to hurt him in any ways. As he has done almost everything possible for all of us. And moreover I never wanted to be unprofessional any time. Just keeping that in my mind I was doing the work.
All my intelligence and mind was there in the work but heart was not there... And somehow I felt I was humilated and frustrated just because of some personal egos... And sometimes neglected too.. I should say that all my team members were always behind me like a family but the fun and joy of freedom what I had enjoyed earlier in my career was totally gone!! Thanks to Jokers..
The other major problem I faced is the immense intellectual ability of the jokers. To understand the things which are not there and building sand castles in the air with their limited knowledge and undoubted imagination power.. Once If I am not wrong one joker had committed the client a thing which is not at all possible in our system. Now tell me is it possible to grow apples on Mango tree? But after all Jokers are Jokers!! and thats why I call them Jokers..
Then come another nice occassion.. And this time it was discussion for my performance appraisal.. As I have mentioned.. That I have always tried to give more than 100% and I never let my work get affected due to tantrums of these jokers. oh and I forgot to tell you one thing ..these jokers also follow hierrarchy.. One is supreme boss and other is down him and the third one thinks that he has the same authority of the second one.. ( I dont know why people Live in the dreamland... ) The third one actually does nothing but to do leftovers of the second one and also he coonducts Adult education classes. I dont know somehow he feels like people are weak with the numbers and he has to read out numbers to each and everyone in the team.
So the third joker who thinks that he has authority of second joker called me up for the discussion. I was very amused and the same time so much frustrated. ( Why a person with same designation as me should judge my capabilities ? If you want him to judge then let him give the position from which he can do it with dignity) But no jokers work like that only... They love to get cursed and humiliated from people. Then the 3rd grade jokers started and asked me how much I expected (The Rating)? I supposed we were not seating there to play mataka and guess my rating and it was supposed to be a serious discussion... But still with all my patientance and respect to his age (not his brainz) I answerd politely.. Then he told that he wants to share with me something.. And here opens the door of the sewage pipe....
He told had found out 2 negative feedbacks about me.. (oh thats cool.. but bloddy who gave you right to give any kind of feedback on my work .. Guess we were sharing the same designation at that time) Sorry.. I will cut my crap.. let it flow from sewage pipe itself.. I said Ok.
Then He Started.. The First one was I dont pick their calls after I go home..
Do u think I am supposed to comment on this.. Neither I have married any one of the jokers nor I shared any such kind of Special relationship with them. ( Oh and the cell is my personal one and not given by the company) then why I am supposed to pick these jokers' calls after leaving the office? Usually I used to be available in the office from 8:30 to 6:30.. And Jokers are supposed to get all work done in this period ( Hmm.. 10 Hours is quite a long time.. even if you remove 2 hours for food upload and download!! he he ). So this was a negative feedback about me... oh gosh!! I am scared.. This only shows inefficiency of jokers that they could not take out some work from me in office hours.. and the point which was mentioned was against the privacy of the person. Cant I have some private time after working whole day in the office? By the way office pays me only for work hours and not after that..
And one more thing.. Every other person in the project is able to reach me.. when there is a problem and called by a proper person I always respond back. I had came on many saturadays and sundays even in emargency situatuions and everyone knows that!! It must be the case that as all these 3 jokers talk utter bullshit I may not have picked their calls.. Now they want me to say this on their face!! But How could I do that.. I am so professional u know!! he he
The most surprising fact was the joker who just dont know anything about it was telling me and over that he gave me some Milk and Curd example.. That really made me go crazy..
oh you think this is enough. No the next point is more frustrating!!
The Second Point he told was about unplanned leaves... Oh Holly God!!! Just leave these jokers alone... I have done Unplanned office for so many days and weeks and no one kept record of that and when I had to stay back due to health problems these jokers are telling me that it is not done!! I still have an excel on my desktop which says that I have 43 more unplanned office days ( saturday, sundays ,31st dec, Diwali, Indepance Day etc) than my unplanned leaves.. I worked day in and day out for this project and always felt it as my own system. And I never told anyone that I want comp off for all those days.. Now If you cant appriciate this then atleast dont humiliate me!! and Appriciation was not even expected from Jokers.. I should say they dont have the level to do that!! Then I asked third joker to check my records for leaves now.. And we will decide whether unplanned office is more or unplanned leaves were more.. But he told that I have to discuss it with middle joker.. (Then Sir if you dont have rights and the decision making power why are you doing the work which you are not authorised to do? ) then suddenly the biggest joker came and he told me lets go out and discuss ( As he is the most useless and coward of all jokers). So first he took me near toilet then we stood at different positions in the corridor. I said boss this is not the place to discuss ( atleast be professional some time!!) lets go inside and chat. Then he also continued with the same crap.. And after this bull shit he told that he has given me highest possible rating.. Great Jokers!! Where were you GOD when these pieces were made? See I with highest rating was not happy at all leave alone those with lower rating. This spreads disharmony in the project...But Jokers oh Jokers you are great..
All the three jokers should made to give the hourly record of their work as every team member does!! Within 1 month you will come to know that they are useless.. I mean No need to have the trplet of Jokers .. One Joker is sufficient to do all this bullshit!!
Then frustration went on increasing in beetween with more filthy incidents than this!! And I decided to go for further studies rather than being called a Joker one day by someone!!
There are Many Good Technical People around.. Please Find them and Remove the Jokers.. Cause life without Jokers is so nice.. Right Now I am Enjoying..
Many More Incidents involving Jokers will be documented in coming weeks.. So Just check out for the same space!!
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