Posted by Zabi | Posted on 11:13
“Can I help you Sir?”
“My last day, today. Are all my exit formalities complete?”
“Yes, except for one sir. You have to handover your ID card. “
“I want to keep it. Can I? “
“No sir, you can’t. “
“What if it’s lost and I don’t have it right now.”
“Well, in that case sir, you have to pay a fine of 1000 RS and also if we ever find you using it, you will be prosecuted. I suggest you don’t take that risk Sir.”
“Well here it is. take it. Wait! Can I at least keep the tag with me or you will fine me for that as well”
“Sure sir, you can. The tag contains the old logo. It is no value to us whatsoever, as the brand satyam has changed to Mahindra Satyam. But sir may I ask why you want to keep that.”
“My four years here in Satyam...”
“To correct you Sir, Mahindra Satyam!!”
I don’t’ understand why HR has to be politically correct all the time. Also I know I can’t argue with them for the very same reason. So I replied,
“Thanks for correcting my huge mistake Madam. Mahindra satyam it is. So my 3 years in Satyam and 1 year in Mahindra satyam this tag is the only thing that was there with me all the time. When I was nervous and sweating in the air conditioned conference rooms, it was this tag that soaked my sweat. When I worked 16 hours straight, it was by revolving this tag around my finger that I relieved my stress. When I was struck solving a programmatic errors it was by biting this tag I got the solutions in my mind. It was this tag that…”
“Sir, Thanks for letting me know. As I said you can keep it for free but submit the card. I think you can write a poem about you love for this tag.”
“Not just a poem but I think I should write a book about my experiences at this place.’
“Can I get it Sir?”
“When I have it written, I’ll send you a copy.”
“Sir! I mean the tag.”
I took the ID card out of the tag and gave it to her. She gave me a weird smile to suggest either me or my idea is stupid. I smiled back at her to suggest I was just kidding.
I came out of the HR block. I was exactly in the place from where I can see the entire campus. There was no one around to walk me till the gate for the very last steps that I am going to take in this campus. All my friends bid me farewell already and got back to their work to meet their respective deadlines. I took one good look around the campus.
I started walking towards the gate. With each step my head felt heavier and my thoughts became emotional. I saw the word SATYAM painted on one of the tallest buildings in the campus and at that moment the entire 4 years I spent in this company flashed before my eyes.
