Damn, its getting increasingly frustrating at work. May 8th was the last day I did anything significant to talk about. My current project is extremely slow and I am dreading the day when we all get the boot from here with no new projects in sight. It was all quite hunky dory last April when I had joined Wipro for this project. Hectic training schedules, new and exciting challenges at work, more people interaction, non-stop action in terms of protocols, component testing and reports. April to October was the golden period in terms of real and satisfying work experience gained. November 2007 was the start of Leads work for me and it has been slow ever since. Very recently have I started thinking about looking for another job, which if I get one, would be my fifth in four years. A dubious distinction to have in a short career span. Stability is one thing that I haven't had in any of my previous jobs. Complaints about pay, increasingly boring work combined with a weak growth outlook were some of my earlier reasons to be on the lookout for a new position. Wipro gave me the stability in terms of paycheck, and an opportunity to learn, albeit in a Project Engineer role. Tempted to stay with Wipro for the fact that it is an Indian major gives me the hope that if I have to go back to India for some reason or the other, I can trust Wipro to give me a job complementing my education and current work experience. I don't have many complaints regarding the people policies and have made quite good friends in the year that I have been here. Still that does not tilt in our favor the frustrating days that I and many of my friends have suffered here because of work, or rather the lack of it. Being in the medical industry, it is not the fastest in terms of product launches and new product development, but still, give us something..anything.
We started off in this project with 40 engineers. We are left with 25. There are still some more cuts to happen in the workforce. Some left to pursue other opportunities, some are leaving to get back to the grind in India. Some of us hope to get some projects in the down-spiraling US economy and the rest of us have no hope at all. In this day and age where $70,000 jobs are quite normal, we are increasingly becoming like beggars who cannot be choosers. Quitting this job and looking for another one in this volatile market is not the easiest and safest option. Even if we find one, that one necessarily might not be the best paying nor it might be the best in terms of stability, but looking at what we are currently experiencing, just getting to work at 8 am and getting some work done by 5 pm would be a gamble that most of us will gladly be willing to take.
We started off in this project with 40 engineers. We are left with 25. There are still some more cuts to happen in the workforce. Some left to pursue other opportunities, some are leaving to get back to the grind in India. Some of us hope to get some projects in the down-spiraling US economy and the rest of us have no hope at all. In this day and age where $70,000 jobs are quite normal, we are increasingly becoming like beggars who cannot be choosers. Quitting this job and looking for another one in this volatile market is not the easiest and safest option. Even if we find one, that one necessarily might not be the best paying nor it might be the best in terms of stability, but looking at what we are currently experiencing, just getting to work at 8 am and getting some work done by 5 pm would be a gamble that most of us will gladly be willing to take.
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you know what i am going to say!!!
please... and I say please....
Just kidding!!!