It all started on March 22 2010 (Month Day Year :P ) which was my first day in Thomson Reuters :). U see a smile after Thomson Reuters but there was quite opposite expression on my face for the first two weeks. The atmosphere was not so great when I went to the floor after my initial induction programme. During the induction programme I came to know that my Sr.Manager has joined the company with me which made me exciting (dont know for what reason, but I was excited :D ).
Missed my cognizant friends a lot for the first week and there were at times when I thought that my decision to join Thomson Reuters would not have been the right one. But as the English proverb goes "There's always a calm before a storm.", there was a storm of enjoyment in workplace when I got to know more about the team and the team members. Had fun time with Maama, Don and Bill. Breaks with Hari were quite refreshing, got to know some success stories, learned not to loose hope when things don't turn ur way. Had a blast at the annual day celebration at Taj Banjara where maama and me got crazy on the disco floor and after watching those videos they named me as jumping jack!
Learned more about the team during meetings/status calls. I still remember how Ritu, Hari, Bill and Maam made up a scene that don is gonna get married in the call with Sankar and we had a hearty laugh :). Weeks passed by and the team started to expand. With Neil, Himashu, Haripriya, Sridhar and Koti joining the team , it reached its limit. One day during the tea break, we decided to form a committee (Neil, Bill & Jobs) and took some important decisions (well those decisions are not to be revealed :P). Enjoyed teasing Ritu & Roopa by adding 'aunty' as a suffix.
Had many gossip sessions in the evenings and got some really good friends in cab and in other teams. Time passed by and then decided to pursue my Masters in CS from Utah State Univ. It all happened in a very short span time :-/. Those two weeks were quite tensed.
Though I was quite excited to pursue my higher studies, I was not at all ready to quit the team on the last day. Had many wonderful memories over a short span of time with really good friends. I will be missing those Feel Like God ride on my Unicorn while returning home at 11:30 pm, eating ice-cream at 12:00 am with cab-mates, chatting with teammates, hanging out with Hari, koti, Sridhar for evening/late-evening snacks, gossip sessions with Don, Maama, Neil & Bill, hiding and applying cake more than twice to the birthday babies, fighting and teasing over the records at basement 2 after the log-out, stories with perfect screenplay by Neil... and the list goes on and on....
I never regret for switching from Cognizant to Thomson Reuters because It gave me an opportunity to work with a Great Team, lead by a very special Manager.
I miss U guys... I miss all the fun that we had :(. I will make sure that I will make time to blog and definitely be in touch with u all.
Cheers,
Jobs!
