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ASMA: HAPPY BDAY CHICA. 😳THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, LOVE & HUGS
In the second meeting, Ritu announced they were planning to have a "Small team of dedicated Small & Medium business Engagements"
Headed by an able experienced person...
II's heart did that familiar thing... her stomach somersaulted
SO THIS WAS IT?
THAT REQ?
Were there "Engagement Engineers?"
I HAVE TO GO LOOK
I WISH SHE IS DONE SOON
I HOPE ITS A TEAM OF 50 PEOPLE
I AM THE BOSS OF THEM ALL
"So many changes, as they say, change is the only constant, as you probably already know" Ritu sounded smug
WELL SHE SOUNDS SMUG TO ME ALL THE TIME
IPPO ENNA PUDUSU?
WHATS NEW
"How are u feeling?" Ritu asked
II smiled, confused
"I am hoping by the time you leave on Maternity we will have the team up and running" Ritu smiled
II nodded vaguely
"As the slides are self explanatory, I pitched the idea to Bally, mixing "Enterprise" though Excelsior is NOT quite Enterprise u know, u can
call them Large maybe? Mixing them with Small and Medium is just muddling everything up, if we are going
big with this idea of selling SW we need to do it right" she repeated what the slides said
SO SHE IS GIVING UP HALF HER BUSINESS TO A NEW ENGAGEMENT MANAGER?
DOES SHE NOT CARE?
OR DOES SHE PLAN TO CONVINCE BALLY AND MR B TO BUY ANOTHER SMALL TIME ACCOUNTING OR TAX SW AND ADD TO HER PRODUCT PORTFOLIO?
WHAT IS HER PLAN?
MYOB
AND APPLY FOR THAT FRICKIN JOB
I KNOW I KNOW...
II nodded smiling at the mental girls' advice
"Ashwini will be stretched thin, Bally and I need to talk about how she can support two entirely different segments of customers"
SHE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 3 YEARS UNTIL TWO HOURS AGO
WHEN U AND BALLY LAUNCHED THE FAKE NEW TEAM SEGGREGATING SMALL AND MEDIUM INTO A NEW BUCKET
"We plan to get a new Ashwini for small and medium deployments?" II asked uncaringly
"I am guessing... she cant do it all"
HELLLOOO HOW ABOUT ME?
IVE BEEN DOING IT ALL UNTIL U CAME?
I DIDNT RECEIVE A SPOT BONUS OR A RAISE
AND OH BTW... MY REQ FOR MY TEAM MEMBER HAS TAKEN FRICKIN 5 MONTHS?
YOU ANNOUNCE A NEW PLAN AND GET A NEW REQ INSTANTANEOUSLY?
NIIICE
"So this new engagement manager will be your peer?" II asked carefully
"Umm... we are still figuring that out, obviously I own the "large customer deployments" so"
BASICALLY A LEVEL LOWER THAN YOU?
HMMM...
The meeting went on and on and on... Bally couldnt show up for the next one so Ritu rescheduled the "Three Muskeeters"
THANKS!!
It was "teen tigada, kaam bigada only"
II cursed mentally
She got out... called AMMA IN SCHOOL
amma panicked...
"amma there is a req open I am going to apply"
She sat in the stairwell
"ENNA DI AVASARAM?" (What is the hurry?)
"Amma I have waited two months, I am getting nowhere with her"
"ENGLISH LA KATHI KATHI PESU" (Talk loudly in English) Amma scolded
"amma I want to apply"
"You have to go on maternity, soon you will start second trimester, are u serious?" Amma was scolding her some more
"Amma I have to come into work and do this thing in a completely diff atmosphere every day, do u even know how it is?" II begged
"U work in a airconditioned high rise u go and come by car, they pay you in lakhs, you are impatient and thankless" Amma said bluntly
"That is NOT true ma" II was startled
"Porumaye ille onakku. You are not patient, you wanted to marry him, in 4 months we scrambled and got u married, then within 5 months a baby, now a new job" Amma listed
"amma this is good for my career"
"It cant wait until next October?" Amma challenged
"Maybe, maybe not... THIS role will be gone" II was in despair
"Ayiram company irukku ayiram velai irukku avasara padaade" ( There are 1000 companies with 1000 jobs DONT RUSH)
"Amma"
"Onakku ellam eduthom kavuthom daan, innikki pidikaleya vittudanum, nalaiki pidichirka odanne venum"
(For u everything is NOW NOW NOW, u like something u want it now, u hate something U run away immediately)
II began to cry... she cleared her throat, set the phone on mute, and sobbed
"Be patient... its a virtue you dont have... Akka va paathuko, how much she endures" Amma let her emotions slip, quivering in the process
(look at ur sister so patient)
"Amma Akka can apply too wherever she wants" II argued, the biggest motor mouth
"U have the luxury of taking a AC car to work everyday kanna if she gets a job in Trans Yamuna college how will she go? With in laws, baby" Amma ranted
"amma" II began
"Dont make it a habit of wanting everything u see" Amma reminded II of her favorite advice... "Perasai padaade" (dont be greedy)
Amma's phone rang... "athai is coming over will call u back" she hung
Up
II was in pieces...
She went to her desk picked up her stuff.. and went down to the car... it was 6
She didnt give a damn
She dialed dude
"Busy ya irukeya?" she sobbed
"WHAT HAPPENED?" he was terrified "WHERE ARE U?" he asked softly
"Going home" she said
"Good!" he said spontaneously
"Amma thittina" (Amma scolded me) II cried uncontrollably
"Do u have water?" he asked mothering her protectively
ASMA: HAPPY BDAY CHICA. 😳THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, LOVE & HUGS
In the second meeting, Ritu announced they were planning to have a "Small team of dedicated Small & Medium business Engagements"
Headed by an able experienced person...
II's heart did that familiar thing... her stomach somersaulted
SO THIS WAS IT?
THAT REQ?
Were there "Engagement Engineers?"
I HAVE TO GO LOOK
I WISH SHE IS DONE SOON
I HOPE ITS A TEAM OF 50 PEOPLE
I AM THE BOSS OF THEM ALL
"So many changes, as they say, change is the only constant, as you probably already know" Ritu sounded smug
WELL SHE SOUNDS SMUG TO ME ALL THE TIME
IPPO ENNA PUDUSU?
WHATS NEW
"How are u feeling?" Ritu asked
II smiled, confused
"I am hoping by the time you leave on Maternity we will have the team up and running" Ritu smiled
II nodded vaguely
"As the slides are self explanatory, I pitched the idea to Bally, mixing "Enterprise" though Excelsior is NOT quite Enterprise u know, u can
call them Large maybe? Mixing them with Small and Medium is just muddling everything up, if we are going
big with this idea of selling SW we need to do it right" she repeated what the slides said
SO SHE IS GIVING UP HALF HER BUSINESS TO A NEW ENGAGEMENT MANAGER?
DOES SHE NOT CARE?
OR DOES SHE PLAN TO CONVINCE BALLY AND MR B TO BUY ANOTHER SMALL TIME ACCOUNTING OR TAX SW AND ADD TO HER PRODUCT PORTFOLIO?
WHAT IS HER PLAN?
MYOB
AND APPLY FOR THAT FRICKIN JOB
I KNOW I KNOW...
II nodded smiling at the mental girls' advice
"Ashwini will be stretched thin, Bally and I need to talk about how she can support two entirely different segments of customers"
SHE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 3 YEARS UNTIL TWO HOURS AGO
WHEN U AND BALLY LAUNCHED THE FAKE NEW TEAM SEGGREGATING SMALL AND MEDIUM INTO A NEW BUCKET
"We plan to get a new Ashwini for small and medium deployments?" II asked uncaringly
"I am guessing... she cant do it all"
HELLLOOO HOW ABOUT ME?
IVE BEEN DOING IT ALL UNTIL U CAME?
I DIDNT RECEIVE A SPOT BONUS OR A RAISE
AND OH BTW... MY REQ FOR MY TEAM MEMBER HAS TAKEN FRICKIN 5 MONTHS?
YOU ANNOUNCE A NEW PLAN AND GET A NEW REQ INSTANTANEOUSLY?
NIIICE
"So this new engagement manager will be your peer?" II asked carefully
"Umm... we are still figuring that out, obviously I own the "large customer deployments" so"
BASICALLY A LEVEL LOWER THAN YOU?
HMMM...
The meeting went on and on and on... Bally couldnt show up for the next one so Ritu rescheduled the "Three Muskeeters"
THANKS!!
It was "teen tigada, kaam bigada only"
II cursed mentally
She got out... called AMMA IN SCHOOL
amma panicked...
"amma there is a req open I am going to apply"
She sat in the stairwell
"ENNA DI AVASARAM?" (What is the hurry?)
"Amma I have waited two months, I am getting nowhere with her"
"ENGLISH LA KATHI KATHI PESU" (Talk loudly in English) Amma scolded
"amma I want to apply"
"You have to go on maternity, soon you will start second trimester, are u serious?" Amma was scolding her some more
"Amma I have to come into work and do this thing in a completely diff atmosphere every day, do u even know how it is?" II begged
"U work in a airconditioned high rise u go and come by car, they pay you in lakhs, you are impatient and thankless" Amma said bluntly
"That is NOT true ma" II was startled
"Porumaye ille onakku. You are not patient, you wanted to marry him, in 4 months we scrambled and got u married, then within 5 months a baby, now a new job" Amma listed
"amma this is good for my career"
"It cant wait until next October?" Amma challenged
"Maybe, maybe not... THIS role will be gone" II was in despair
"Ayiram company irukku ayiram velai irukku avasara padaade" ( There are 1000 companies with 1000 jobs DONT RUSH)
"Amma"
"Onakku ellam eduthom kavuthom daan, innikki pidikaleya vittudanum, nalaiki pidichirka odanne venum"
(For u everything is NOW NOW NOW, u like something u want it now, u hate something U run away immediately)
II began to cry... she cleared her throat, set the phone on mute, and sobbed
"Be patient... its a virtue you dont have... Akka va paathuko, how much she endures" Amma let her emotions slip, quivering in the process
(look at ur sister so patient)
"Amma Akka can apply too wherever she wants" II argued, the biggest motor mouth
"U have the luxury of taking a AC car to work everyday kanna if she gets a job in Trans Yamuna college how will she go? With in laws, baby" Amma ranted
"amma" II began
"Dont make it a habit of wanting everything u see" Amma reminded II of her favorite advice... "Perasai padaade" (dont be greedy)
Amma's phone rang... "athai is coming over will call u back" she hung
Up
II was in pieces...
She went to her desk picked up her stuff.. and went down to the car... it was 6
She didnt give a damn
She dialed dude
"Busy ya irukeya?" she sobbed
"WHAT HAPPENED?" he was terrified "WHERE ARE U?" he asked softly
"Going home" she said
"Good!" he said spontaneously
"Amma thittina" (Amma scolded me) II cried uncontrollably
"Do u have water?" he asked mothering her protectively
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