Thursday, September 13, 2007

Pehchan kaun?

I love my job, I love my colleagues, I am planning to stay in my company and take the gratuity after 5 years. It seems HRs are reading blogs and hiring candidates. The blogs give them insights on the personality of the candidates. So I am going to write only good things about people and bosses. Kindly forget me cribbing about my client Mrs. M in an erstwhile organization and my boss doing the monkey act. It is in the past. I only have good things to say about my present organization. So, Pehchan Kaun? This is Karunima in the blog world. I consulted a numerologist and I have been suggested I add a ‘K’ before my name.

I say, I really admire the HR profession. Infact, I’d want to be one, the one who read blogs. I’ll put all my efforts and take it one step further by even commenting on them. To talk about my credibility, this is what has happened. Before I joined, there were some 2 bonuses in a year and two hikes. After I joined, the bonuses have become once a year with no increase in the percentage, hikes are still unheard of at least until today. My team used to get overseas assignments. We are not software programmers and we are not sent for long durations, but it was there. After I joined, that has also stopped. Therefore, I am the right candidate to be hired by all counts, not to forget that some erstwhile company that I worked for has closed down or has changed the line of business.

That was about work. I have been closely following up the papers on how Hyderabad is reeling under one tragedy after another. I am going to Hyderabad this weekend. Will be missing J as I had visited the place first with her. Bitch, why did you get married? While at it, we will be visiting a home for the aged and spend some time with them. I have always been involved in projects dealing with kids. This is going to be a different experience all together.
Wanted to meet M but the bugger has been sent to the UK for a year or so. Blessed him over the phone not to be screwed by the project. I asked him to earn a lot and buy me something nice, be it from there or from here after coming back but buy. Boy, I should have at least copied my way to an Engineering degree.
I am hoping no bridges, flyovers collapse or any blast happens at Hyderabad as one of my friends has already backed out.

21 comments:

Layon said...

Karunima...lol...I m also a numerologist. I think Qarunima or Xarunima would have been more favourable.Now try once to pronounce ur new names ;)

Anonymous said...

hahah thats why I had to go underground.. when my colleagues and bosses started to predict and use my posts against or for me .. :)

Anonymous said...

BTW!! if you dare what is the name of your company? Can I forward my CV? Nice Post :-)

KP said...

nice blog...nice post...:) I am part-time numerologist i suggest 'Zarunima' will be more help to ur sucess...:)

Anshuman said...

as long as its not "Czarunima" - O Russian Queen ;-P

Yeah its been pretty shaky out here.. the blast by the inhumans, followed by the flyover fall by the humans. But I guess the city is still a kid, and learning fast..

weather's nice though, maybe cause thats beyond us humans?

AmitL said...

Hey,Karunima,this is Kamit here...it's soo nice to hear that you're going to blog only nice things about your co and the HR dept in particular...:)Amd,what a dramatic change in your co,since you joined..you seem to save the co's money,I believe...but,seriously,how much of this is fact,how much is humour?Puhleaaase reveal...and,happy tripping to Hyderabad.

Stone said...

Or atleast HR firms should outsource their work to me...and I would gladly read and reread all my fav. blogs at peace!!

plush said...

:)...kisine pehchana? now even i want to be a "hr person"...(sounds wierd..)...

Anonymous said...

hey hon.....am gonna be in hyd from the 4th to the 7th...will u be around till then??

Nautilus said...

Karunima, eh? Well, why not?? Specially if the name change works...right??
Loads of bad things are happening to Hyd - and lots of other places too! At this rate no one's going to get out of their homes and work online...now that's a thought...hmmm!! Anyway, have fun in Hyd and have an extra plate of biryani at Madina Hotel if you find yourself at the old city :)

AmitL said...

Karunima,I wonder whether you started a different klog,hence,no new posts here?????update,update,pls.

V said...

"Before I joined, there were some 2 bonuses in a year and two hikes. After I joined, the bonuses have become once a year with no increase in the percentage, hikes are still unheard of at least until today. My team used to get overseas assignments. We are not software programmers and we are not sent for long durations, but it was there. After I joined, that has also stopped."
/me checks my company directory. It looks like you are in my company.

Tys on Ice said...

:) that was one of the funniest thing i hve read today...really sorry if iam laughing at your life...but if u r rite and HR is hiring thru blogs, then Iam kinda screwed...

claytonia vices said...

So, did you try firangi pani?

Passionsoflife said...

Where have you disappeared? I have been a regular here for years and don't remember such a big gap. Are you ok?

Passionsoflife said...

Where have you disappeared? I have been a regular here for years and don't remember such a gap. Are you ok??

manuscrypts said...

so, how long is the makeover gonna takke? :D

Cynic in Wonderland said...

dLucky u..at least your HR can read..i have grave doubts about that in my office.

infinity said...

hmmm...good job of ass kissing there...keep it up...i'm sure the blog reading HR person will give you a hike now...and now that everybody is a part time numerologist, i too would like to put in my suggestion...how about '!Xarunima'? for the uninitiated the first syllable(!Xa) is a click :D

Stone said...

All Well?

Samba said...

I've heard much about HR folks being jobless enough to read blogs and visit social networking pages before hiring. I frankly have never experienced either. IMHO, it's a function of the demand and supply of people and of course the joblessness of the HR community. The larger question to ask is, does personality matter to an employer? Obviously not, if the employer is doing well enough to offer the right incentives, financial as well as non-financial. And personality really takes the back seat if it takes any seat at all when there are more jobs being offered than the people exist to fill! And honestly, with aggressive targets for hiring, the HR folks are no longer jobless enough (probably not skilled enough either) to give two hoots about personality.