Being a fresher is tough, many are thinking “he may have the aptitude, but why did they hire a guy?? They could’ve hired a stunner, that’d be more exciting!”
Couple of days go by doing absolutely nothing, just “observing”/* translation- watching other people work for a while-> getting bored-> singling out anyone and counting how many times that person leaves the cubicle*/. The exciting days pass and the BIG DAY finally arrives.
Apparently no one says “get him a computer” instead they say, “allocate machines to the new resource” /*Ya, I know that’s a turn-on! */.
Its THE day I get my PC. It arrives and suddenly the cubicle starts looking a lot smaller. Since the computer isn't configured,I am not allowed to touch anything.After much hoopla the guy (let’s call him IT guy1- for obvious reasons) arrives to set up my ‘machine’, but I guess copying names written in block letters off a paper posted on the soft board isn’t his specialty. Apparently he has a knack for misspelling people’s names. These guys are weird, don’t know if they are tagged or not, but they are definitely IT. The IT guy1 was at it for almost ninety minutes; then called his colleague over to help him out, but the colleague brought 3 other guys with him as he was ‘off for lunch’. They made a huddle as they discussed the possible problems
IT guy1- don’t know what’s happening over here
Me( sitting besides him)- ????!!!!!!
IT guy1- actually I don’t have the access rights yet, I joined last week
ITguy2- why didn’t you say so? I was making access profiles just before the lunch break.
They discussed/argued/commented but like almost all meetings, they decided lunch was much more important. This experience taught me that-
‘The competence of the IT guy can be gauged by the force with which he presses the ‘Enter’ key’.
So, the other day my computer refused to accept my password, I knew I was a goner when the IT guy bashed the keyboard. They are they black sheep in the power tie, sharp suit and branded shirt crowd, like even if the power is disconnected, it’s an IT dept problem and a reason to curse the minions of networking. And 'they' are NEVER your friends.
That’s corporate life, Eh?
