This post is for my previous company where I worked. I must say that working in that company was not beneficial to me. And the credit for that will go to my previous manager whom I would not like to name here. All I can say that he was the Commercial manager in my department and the credit for ruining my life will go to him. And if he is reading this surely he will know about it.
But I can name my company and that is Wipro Ltd. That company makes tall claims that it does not discriminate based on religion, caste, region, mother tongue, gender etc. but the fact is that there is a lot of discrimination. Now personally I have nothing against South Indians. Most that I have seen are of quite accepting nature i.e. they will accept you wholeheartedly but my previous manager discriminated against me because I was from Orissa state and did not know any South Indian languages. With North Indian folks from Delhi, Mumbai or Kolkata he used to speak in Hindi but never spoke to me in Hindi and only in English.
But with his own folks from Kerala he used to speak in Malayalam and for people from Tamil Nadu he used to speak in Tamil. And I have personally seen that for folks from Andhra he used to say few words of Telugu (like Garu) as he was not fully conversant in that.
Obviously he was fluent in Kannada, the local language of Karnataka and often used to converse in Kannada with them.
I joined in Internal Audit department Wipro in June 2006 and it was okay there. Internal Audit department was full of young and dynamic people. Then I was shifted to another department in Wipro Infotech in November 2006 and after that another manager came and in-spite of him not knowing Hindi fluently he was okay. And this guy who was soon to become my manager was already there in my department albeit in another role. Slowly and slowly, he came to occupy what my manager was occupying and my manager was shifted abruptly to another Department.
My reporting status to him also did not happen immediately. The manager of our entire department was the person whom my soon-to-be manager was reporting to. And I was under him.
But when annual appraisals were due in 2011, our HR 'mad-am' made the arrangements and re-arrangements and I reported to this guy who was soon to "hang me" so as to speak.
Parallely, there was a person who took my interview when I initially joined Wipro Infotech. And this person called me in April 2011 to meet him. I met him and then he along with my boss 'conspired' to give a 'negative appraisal' to me. As a matter of formality I closed the appraisal as I thought that my interests would be well looked after. But that was not to be. My boss and the interviewer who was like a 'super-boss' really screwed me.
Then in May 2011 end my boss told me to stop all the work I was doing and told me hand it over to another person. After about 20 days of sitting idle, I was bored and asked my boss to 'release me'. It was then in June 20, 2011 that I was sent to another building at Garbhevavipalya and they called it M4 office. There was the job that to find out why "installation" of machines sold across locations did not happen and updating of serial numbers in SAP. There also there came a new manager and he was even more 'stifling nature'.
In my earlier office in Electronics City I had bought a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and used it. My boss never said anything. Here, he told me not to bring it to office. In my earlier office I used to listen to FM/Internet radio at work. Here he told not to listen to any. That was it. The day he said it to me, I decided to quit. I said **ck off all of you. I don't need you. After all which is more important my life or my job. I settled for my life. Once I decided to quit, I was least interested in the job. Earlier I could have dragged on with it. But once my decision was 'cemented', I was inclined to use my leaves and take half day off. Then the folks at M4 office told me to go back to Electronics City.
Once I went back to Electronics City, I never went back to my old job. I found my computer disabled. The Hard disk was probably removed. Like a 'new joinee' I used to spend my time in the library and then take 'half day' off which was leave applied from my balance which I had 'earned but not used'. July 12, 2011 onwards till my last day July 27, 2011, I was in the same position.
I bought the Galaxy Tab in December 2010 after taking personal loan in my company and due to the monotonous nature of my job I was inclined to use it but when my new boss at new office told me not to bring it that was the 'tripping point' so as to speak.
And another thing, the reason my old boss never said anything about my Galaxy Tab was because he had already decided to 'hang me' so as to speak. And it was a 'long time waiting' for him but it was not that long. He only needed to wait till the appraisal to 'hang me'.
He also did it slowly. First he removed my seat to another place. First I was sitting within the team. Then he sent me just outside that. Then our entire team changed the floor from 2nd floor in Building A to 1st Floor in Building B. It was there he told me to stop doing the work I was doing.
I joined in Internal Audit Department in Band A3 in a 'probation role'. During confirmation my band was supposed to get changed. It did not happen. Then after four years under another department it did not happen. Now this manager was intent on screwing me and promoting 'his own' people in the department and no way was he going to give me a positive appraisal. And without positive appraisal my band change would never have happened.
Now in New office (M4), I was to continue at A3 band. It was a transfer without remedy. I was condemned to it. I did not know how long I was to stay there. Perhaps they were planning to keep me there till I died or retired. When in July 6, my boss sent the mail to make my transfer official, I said I am not interested in the transfer but in 'separation'.
Then that snake like person who took my interview before I joined Wipro Infotech told me that I could continue for 3 more months and then I told him that I did not want to continue for even 1 day. I told him that I had been 'fooled once' by him and again he would not be able to 'fool me'. {Like they say "Fool me once shame on you, but fool me twice shame on me"}
He told that God gave me another chance to prove myself. In effect he is declaring himself as God as the entire episode was directed by him and by supervisor and it was 'months in preparation'.
Separation process happened in July 26, 2011 and that day my boss asked how I felt and I said that earlier I was unsure about separation process yesterday but now it was okay. Then he told that a child when he is born also learns all things slowly and so on. Now, Wipro will advertise no sexual harassment tolerated and this includes no boasting of sexual prowess and then how can he say that to me. He has two children but he cannot boast about it. And what does he imply by comparing my case with a child case.
Now occasionally when I go to Wipro gate 1 and I can see from outside, I might have gone five or six times after leaving job, twice I have seen my ex-manager still rocking Wipro. Just three days back I passed through there and saw him with his 'pals'. His 'pals' are technical persons from Kerala or Tamil Nadu and five or six of them always stick together even earlier they used to 'stick together'. They are all National Level managers. Their bands must be C and above. I was left hanging at A3 band. Lets see the 'casual nature' which enables them to come out of their desk and building to the road. Least of work-pressure for them. For them it is like nothing has happened and life is all fine and roses and chocolates for him but my life has been left in ruins. Thanks to him and to the person who was like a 'super-boss' and took my interview when I joined Wipro Infotech.
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Yesterday watched two more movies. "Go Goa Gone" and "Ishq Vishq". Both movies are okay. While one movie is based on Zombie Apocalypse, other one is Romantic comedy.
