First job

I am waiting for Vibha to pick her up from her hospital. Am also missing the people and the fun at GMR.

hmm...let me write something about my first job.

Life at GMR started at the dark, dingy begumpet office with 4 people in the business development team. That was my first job, straight out of college and a blank head. I had absolutely no idea of the aviation or the real estate industry or of any industry for that matter. The role assigned to me was that of an executive assistant to the COO. The first activity was to prepare a board note on the PTB and ALS contracts. I had no clue to what these were, no clue to even what the abbreviations stood for. A hell of a time followed. Also boss was stressed with the work and the pressure and me being his so called executive assistant had to take in everything like a cushion. Every evening at 8 was the wrenting and I usually went home thinking about life, work, its purpose, meaning etc. Home was about 6 km from office and I used to walk back. I stopped eating regularly, the appetite went down, stopped talking, went into a kind of depression.
But I used to smile whenever I could. Ambrish once remarked that I bring in the sunshine into the office whenever I enter and he feels good and cheerful seeing me. The others never spoke, they were busy in their work and they were generally not too conversant. I was the youngest and that made me the default clown. After the remark by Ambrish, I made up my mind to smile, talk and cheer people up. That was the only way I could overcome my depression.

Meanwhile, Philip joined and we also shifted to the new office building in banjara hills. The first few days were the same. Boss asked me to leave, saying I was not fit to work for him and that I was slow at understanding things and was not interested in work. I asked him to give me one last chance and that I would want to work under Philip on a single project. He agreed.

Philip had been working for GMR for the last 7 years and was much more patient and level headed than boss. He was willing to guide me and open to my thoughts, stupid doubts and would take all effort to clarify them. Things started looking bright and the new big, clean, spacious and bright office made me feel good.

A month later, a new batch of 8 Management Trainees joined.....

Have just checked with Vibha and she can come now. So will continue the story.