An Euphoric Start!

After getting successfully graduated from college,(yes i did pass in all the subjects!!), it was time to get set for the so-called "Corporate" life. Lot of hope were pinned on this new era of life. I did choose Yantra Solutions over the other two job offers in hand, i.e GDA Tech(my 1st placement!), and Flextronics. After a long vacation at home(where i just added on my wieght), it was time to knock the doors of Yantra(ooooopssss its renamed to Sterling Commerce). Dint knew how shud be the etiquettes in this company! The 1st day incident is worth telling! All of new joinees were given a royal welcome to Banagalore by the company by providing gr8 accomodation( in Nadhini Hotel), but then little did we knew wat wud happen on our 1st day!July 13th 2006 it was! Adrenaline rushing inside me to face this day! I could see myself excited as each moment passed by. Got up early morning at 7am and can u believe ppl that i took a bath! Our HR had changed the time of joining thrice the day before that, by 1st sayin 9:00am n then 10:00am n then again 9:30am! I was in contact with him all this time! So it was my duty to inform others in the hotel about when to be ready as a transport vehicle was arranged for us!Wat a sight it was at the breakfast table! All clean shaven, with new dresses, folks from different colleges, coming
and having a grand breakfast at the hotel( there we actually 12 different varieties to choose from!!)All seemed to be a dream! We got introduced to others! Little did we knew that in a day we would be so freindly with the same guys! then we all were waiting for the vehicle to come from 9:00am. Time passed by.. Our patience was tested.. I called up the HR n he said, " Oh! the vehicle hasn't come yet! Wait i ll check it out!" 15 minutes passed by. Now it was 9:20am. He only called me and enquired again about the vehicle. Yes the vehicle still dint come to pick us up! He said he will arrange for some other vehicle. Then came the punch of the day! He called within 5 minutes and said, " krishna, see there is some problem with the vehicle as it has broken down, so can u please take a auto and come till office! how ppl are there, i hope it wont be a prob for u guys to come by auto!" And then it was the most hilarious moment!! 10 guys coming out of a hotel, with new attire only to call autos!!It was quite funn, coz the decision taken was late, the company couldnt arrange for a back up vehicle! ( We came to know later that the company still has not started its own transport service for the employees). The rest of the day went well, with lots of HR sessions, and another highlight of the day was the session with our MD. We call him Buck! That one hour session, he didnt boast about the company, but he put the facts in front of us, like the company is small, got acquired a year early, problems faced while shifting to new office, problems faced in the new office.... he was just being so frank with us! It was an expreience in itself- sitting beside the MD and listening to him! We were having a lot of ice-breaker sessions, lot of group activities like knowing other person and all.We were 20 joinees on that day! And what a group we made of that! It turned out to be the most notorious gang in the company!!Well the 1st day was surely an Euphoric start to my career!! Isn't it?????