It was a usual day, i had just came back to bangalore from my native kerala - " Gods own country" that's what people say. I was on hury-bury to get back in office, where i knew my TL - team leader would have already though about something for me to keep me busy.
Soon after i was in the office , as a normal software engineer i went to my desk to check my email and evaluate when i can go back in the evening. I saw devils sitting around me (Thats the way i like to see my peers in the Team)
Being a service oriented company day to day tasks are assigned to everyone including me. That day i didnt have a single mail , apart from some junk MOM mails. "Wot the Hell i said" , and then went for a coffee.
The chaye wala (vendor who supplies tea & coffee in the cafeteria) said "Tea or Coffee". I prefer coffee in the morning, so said "Coffee Boss", Since i was on "No Emails" that day, i went out to the balcony beside the cafeteria. After few refreshing cigerette puffs i got call from gajju -friend of mine whom i had met on the joining day (Not int the devil's list ).
"Hi man - did you hear?" gajju said
"Hear what ?" i asked
"Few people around me got mails on org change. No ones knows why " he said
I knew my office was not doing well that quater and CEO had already told us a few days back on resource (Thats how they see people in company - "Dumb Asses") cutting.
"Thats not good i said and hung the phone". I remembered trashing some junk mail on org change and went back to my desk, to look at the mail which has made hair's stand on many people hands that day. Well after a gentle reading i knew i am in trouble. The mail said to attend mandatory org change meeting at 11 PM.
I was among the first in the room where the "Ambiguous Org Change Meeting" was about to begin. Some eight people gather in couple of minutes. I am scanning the faces of others , the same was applicable vise versa. One guy asked me "How long are you here?" to which i replied 8 months. "Ass holes he replied back"
Well most of them looked nervous so was i. After checking out with others i came to know some just joined , some are on bench (thats wot people call people without project), some in project doing some serious jobs, one was a manager. I heared someone speaking on phone "looks like its the last day here man". By then I knew nothing more could be done to change the situvation.
HR lady came in and said she had some sad news to announce.
She said "We are sorry to inform you that today unfortunately is going to be your last day in this organization" .
I still remember the faces of people that day , unlike before "Techies with natural faces and emotions" sad though. Questions , arguments, confrontation followed , but wots the point , once they say out you are out , nothing much matters after that.
Truth is no company gives a shit about you ! The earlier you know this passive aggressive shit the better.