Saturday, February 16, 2008

TMILL’s Sunshine

The following are the ladies I usually see working in TMILL...they all are hard working...and they all have their unique way of saying “We are” ....let me tell you that all are always holding on to phone (be it landline/mobile)...this busy lot of TMILL has been doing a lot in the TMILL and I happen to capture it...

Riya Gupta: the godmother... “ Kyu..yeh jab aise hai, to woh waise kyu”...the biscuit queen...she is probably the mother to malnourished kids like me, kunj, shreesh...giving us biscuits, toffee, chocolates, sweets, samosa...from time to time..when we go to her..during office hours when we are hungry..”Riya biscuit de na”......her daddy (as we call her boss) is always giving funda....”you should buy good leather shoes”..”giving me a pen and paper I’ll show you the road map to the leather shoe shop”...”you people should have etiquettes...always offer chair to girls to sit”...and we follow these advice...”Riya take this chair and sit”...”chal hat....tu baith..mujhe kaam hai”...

Avantika: titir.com: the kid....The newlywed HR department girl.... Mentally she is still a school girl. “Arrey hum to pareshan hi ho gaye hai...sir ne google search karno ko diya hai...humse din bhar se kar kar ke pareshan ho gaye hai”....she is only one month old in the organisation...so do not have much to tell about her....

Swatilekha Ghosh: The troubled girl...”Hum itna try kar rahe hai excel par..yeh ho hi nahi rha hai...tum isme dekho na kya karna hai”....She is one hell of a talkative girl..nonstop.....and will run away/hide/freeze if her or your boss is around......she is usually seen roaming around from one desk to another...which is the inherent characteristics of all shipping and clearing people...and her boss has trouble letting out words...”and there there there there there there there there there... is something we need to to to to to to to to to.... do”.....

Sulochna Ghosh: The bandit queen/Jhansi ki rani....another shipping and clearing brand....on phone yelling: ”How come the shipment has landed...we were not told about the shipment landing...Kyle did you know the shipment was landing”....may be the most professional of the girls...she is probably the most vociferous girl of TMILL....and she can scold anyone...thanks to her aide Mr Kyle...they both are seen smacking (vocally) out the people coming to visit them....overall a very athletic girl....until she managed to heat the water and spill it over her legs...

Shweta: The Intellect....have very less interaction with her...as she is not coming to office...she had a baby recently....it has been observed.... she does not shout (which is an achievement being in Shipping and Clearing)....she is sweet...and she is one of the most level headed person in her department as sources have informed me...

Then there was Anindita Palit who recently got married and left the organisation...she was very helpful and devoted person...there are two more ladies in our organisation...Dinaz mam and Deepanita mam....as we have not interacted much with them..I am not writing about them.....though these are the two ladies as we see are first to be present in the office and also first to leave the office at scheduled time...they are punctual and they do their job very well as I am told...and come in the senior lot....About other ladies in the organisation...there are TKM girls...which again I have not had much interaction...they come to our office sometimes...there is Sudeshna...who joined as management trainee with us..another talkative person as informed...there is Gudiya....that is the nick name Kunj and I have given her...the name symbolises why....then there is another girl....the point is that these ladies have been giving their best to the organisation..may be running it....it’s difficult to hope the survival of TMILL without them....Guys like Shreesh are feeling the tremors...while Kunj is on the verge of something new.....at last I am gaining weight....anyways these ladies are the pride of TMILL....

Sources: Sumit, Shreesh, Kunj, Danish, Vineet...and of course the ladies themselves...

Friday, February 15, 2008

I am an Assistant Manager...

1st June 2007..my first step in professionalism..this was my first day in office in TM INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED....they call me management trainee...I am the new addition to the present system of hard working people...people who work hard and earn good money..people who have degrees from premiere institutes and are reputed in the society...people proficient enough to deliver in any type of job....I started my journey thus...as a trainee I was given a brief introduction to the company and all types of work being done by the company....we were allotted different departments...I was in chartering break bulk...after 2 months we were sent to a month long training in Haldia and Paradip ports...who cares.....PORTS..probably the most primitive infrastructure of the commercial world...who cares...big machines....big vessels...people sweating out...coal, iron ore...strong breeze...everything adding to the hard work done..who cares...welcome back to Kolkata....your department chartering break bulk...time charter is the new challenge..responsiblity ...bunker planning..voyage calculation..cash flow...soa...all simple analysis and arithmetic...mastered...now what..on the job...fix bunker stems for the vessel...follow ups....take care of the operations....vessels books profit...boss is happy...colleagues are happy...october November..another vessel..another profit booking...rupee appreciation...crude oil prizes going crazy...exports going down...no work in December...followed by training presentation in front of the company’s MD....congrats Assistant Manager...your recommendations on website revamp accepted..you are on the job...new work..change of job..from time charter to administration..site up gradation work...look for qualified people to do it...and they call me an Assistant manager...quotation taken..project allotted...change of job...you are in a new department...corporate strategy...and make presentations on the possible projects...analyse them...and they call me assistant manager....I am an assistant manager...Who cares what I am doing...I was not born to change the world...I am doing what society respects and hails as my criteria work...this is corporate life big packages..strenuous work...managing everything...and this is how we contribute to the society...was this my dream...is this liability for money....or can I be some one else...wait my friend there is a change of job in the company