Posted:
9 years ago
Stress test & Ship Wrecks
Bally's cube was officially empty, Gurtej's/now Bally's admin sent an invite out to people that worked with Bally, Thursday night at Sober Souls
"Drink & Despair" it said on the Outlook subject line
"Bally as you may know is filling in Gurti's spot. Lets drink over it and despair over how we can survive his absence at customer meetings
P.S. Rumor has it Iyer is buying everyone the first round"😳
She chuckled when she read it hitting accept immediately. It even went to R&B she noticed.
She wandered to Gurtej's office, Bally was on the phone (on her missed 9 AM call),
she waved, left the dabba of jamuns with his admin with strict instructions to not open it
"Sure" she nodded over politely😉
"I have a radio device attached to it" she warned walking away😆
Bally had waved at her, a glass wall and two glass doors separated her work best friend and her, she tried to cull that feeling with no success.
She decided to bury herself in work after a quick trip to the Perk
She had meetings with her team and Ashwini later in the day, she reviewed the smaller accounts, Bhavna
Chanchal and Bhavna were the only one she had 50% of the time with Excelsior, and Bhavna was quitting.. end of the month, she had to set up exit interview, wrap up meetings
She met with HR in the morning about getting a replacement req for Bhavna, she was told there was a "a month long wait period" from the time a request was made to HR to the time
the forms were filled out online by the Hiring Mgr, the month many times gave them a better idea if a req was even "necessary or not"
THIS IS INSANE. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY WORKING 60 HOURS A WEEK
TAKING ON A QUITTER'S PORTFOLIO AND SPREADING IT ACROSS THE TEAM WILL SAVE COSTS BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ALREADY OVER WORKED TEAM?
she argued for a good 30 minutes with HR "Isnt this unfair, HOW can we pick up what Bhavna does between us, even expecting us to keep doing it permanently is unfair"
The HR lady was unmoved "I hear this all the time Ishita, but its company policy, sometimes we find we are replacing reqs too soon, without giving it a second thought"
"Does HR even know how much Bhavna did? They announce programs to "understand workload" better but nothing ever comes out of it. Redistributing Bhavna's work will result in one thing for sure, EVERYONE ELSE QUITTING" II complained
"I hear you" she whispered "I dont make policies Ishita
"I DONT either" II cried
"U can talk to Gurtej, sorry Bally, he can expedite your new hire req for approval. Bansal owns the "Revenue/head" for the SW team. Every new add drives his productivity down."
"ITS NOT A NEW HIRE"II begged "Its a replacement"
"But if we dont add any one, then then Bansal's headcount goes from 720 to 719 so it will be a upside" HR said
"This is insane" II argued... the gal just nodded understandingly, or pretending to be that way
She walked back to her cube and sat down with Bhavna's work load, and sliced it up logically, Chanchal after rehab was doing better,
not doing 60 hours like the rest, but was over 40... Diwakar and Amit's smaller accounts many were closer to delivery... so she could breathe a bit
She spent most of her morning doing that... around 1 PM, she scanned her phone for texts
"SO? Do u have the afternoon off?" She threatened Amma
"Velayadreya?" she asked (are u kidding?)
"Amma board exams have been over for a month now" she ordered "School moodiyachu (schools closed)
"I TOLD you I have 3 people's answer sheets for correction" Amma shot back
"Amma give me some no, I will do it, please CUTIEEE po kanna" she cajoled Amma
Amma CALLED
"I thought you went back to work"
"I did I am on "torture amma" meeting right now" II giggled
"Do that to Appa, I have a book meeting at the Saket teacher's house at 4, I am still not done with today's quota of correction" Amma said
"Yaar noothukku nooru (who is the top scorer) (its a famous Tamil term 100/100 for the star student)II asked curiously
"Many... not not 100/100 but many have done well, I have a list, when u come I will show you"
"Amma please give me some no?" she begged
"Please? U can have atleast 100" Amma said
"Will u buy me a red pen? not ball point" II giggled
"Seri va taren" (Sure)
"Amma I get off work hopefully at 5, be there by 6 ish, Appa eppo vara?" she asked
"He should be home by 7, I wont I think but will try" Amma promised "Avar varaara?" (is the hubs coming?)
"Avana naan invite ey pannale" II giggled (I didnt invite the dude)
"ayyoyyo. Thats wrong Ishita, I will" Amma said
"Ayyyooo NO MA... I WANT TO COME" II shouted
Chanchal peeked and vanished
"Ayyyo no ma" II whispered the same thing again
"Edo pannu... u are out of control" Amma said wearily.
"AMMA CAR, AMMA CAR AMMA CAR AMMA CAR" II chanted
"OK Ishita OK Ishita OK ishita" Amma chanted back
"Onna epdi daan taangarano, ayyo paavam" (wonder HOW he jhelofies you)
II laughed uncontrollably "The flip side is true also"
"I will write two Horlicks bottle just for him in my monthly samaan list (grocery list)" Amma cooed
"Yes yes" As Appa would say" II giggled, hanging up
She went back to text "Lunch?"
"With who?" he texted back
"NEVER MIND" she sent back a sulk
"Meeting at 2 with some Bihar realtor" he texted back
"Oh! fine"
"Unless u need more than 28 minutes to chew" he texted
She went up with the lunch, Mrs Sagar greeted her warmly... she invited Mrs Sagar to join them, she declined with a thanks
She quickly opened up her stash, and began eating, by the time Mrs Sagar brought place settings, she was 20% done...
He sat on the couch, legs stretched out, she sat by him... he just ate from the plate she served for herself...
"Do u miss Paris?" she asked him
He looked at her deliberately, and nodded...
"So u do love wearing biz suits" she chuckled misunderstanding his statement purposely..
He smiled his half smile... she ate quietly... "u could wear suits here" she offered
"I "could" he said noncommitally
"Bhavna's is moving to Treasury, HR is not giving me a new req, they want us to perform stress tests, when a person leaves, sounds awful doesnt it?" she muttered
He listened carefully
"U are a client, I shouldnt be saying thing about my employer to you" she back tracked
"I can wear my husband hat" he said
"That would just hide the hair" she muttered, she was leaning back, satiated... sipping the apple juice Mrs Sagar brought..
He was leaning fwd finishing up...
He turned on that comment, leaned over her, bending down, claiming her lips fully... wiping off every speck of paneer spice ,
and fennel seed flavor off the cauliflower curry, as he attempted to release, she hung on... f
ollowing his lips to wherever he wanted to take em clutching his tee... his jaw smooth like butter... she felt it with her tongue and went back to his lips before he could change his mind
He pushed her on the couch, leaning over fully, crushing her, he hovered.. 1 mm over her lips..
"here! take all you want" Her arms went around his neck, she took what was offered... her joyous moan signalling how satisfied she was, his hand under her shirt a long time ago, his thumb on her peak as she arched
"Dont go tonite" he begged
"I shouldnt" she agreed, her brain fogged up completely, 0% visibility...
They panted on each other...
"Ur fault... why did u shave?" she moaned on his lips
"I knew u were going to tell me about D II in the car" he lied (I preemepted your evening appointment and now you cant go to D II. Clever move?)
"I have meetings all afternoon" she said sadly
He held her tight...
"I want to be ship wrecked in a remote island.. and be found by you and trade sex for food" she giggled
"U better have a big appetite then" (I would probably want lots of sex) he said savagely, nipping her lobe...
Edited by Nisha0604 - 9 years ago
