Hi My name is Rocky and I am employed with one of the biggest telecom companies. Off late my boss has been behind me to get me transfered to our Regional Head Office .I actually did not want to move in there due to some family issues . I tried explaining my boss with whom i have worked for more than 7 years. I was sure that he would understand my genuine issue and help me out to come out of it without affecting my career. I had been buying time citing my marriage as the reason.
My marriage went very well as planned without any big hitches in the month of Sep 2009 but i was little bit tensed as I had promised my boss that I would move to Regional Head office after from my marriage. I really did not mean that i would surely move in , I said these words only to buy time from him.
I reported back to office on 29th Sep 2009 after a gap of 15 days. As told earlier , I was pretty much tensed . I just avoided speaking to my boss as i felt if i speak to him , he might ask me to move to Regional Head Office. I was actually afraid to report him about my joining back to duty. But my calculation went wrong .On the other hand, my boss felt that I was avoiding him . Some of his messengers spoke to me and asked me to report my joining back to duty to him immeditely ( This includes one of my close friend whom i trusted for helping me out come out of this transfer issue). I denied them right on their face. By now I was ready to face anything . What else would i do , I had no other options but to give priority to my family than my career.
Days rolled and it was 1st Oct 2009 , A new month had began with new set of target and plans. I was still in dilemma whether my request of being retained at Chennai would be considered or not . I prayed to GOD that no one should call me on this issue since that would spoil my weekend holidays.As usual God was not on my side. At around 6:30 PM , I got a call from the HR Head - Regional Office who spoke to me on issue. Probably my boss had asked him to speak to me on this issue.
The ultimate joke was that HR head himself who was asked to move in to Regional Head office was not willing to move over there and still was trying to convince me to move to Regional Head office. I do not understand one thing how come when he had the same issue and was buying time , he was not ready to listen to my plights . He spoke as if I have done some big mistake or i am a criminal or I am a guy whom he wants to push out of system . ( Joker did not even realise that I have always been rated Superior or Outstanding all through my career in this company) . He gave me two options.
1) Either move to Regional Head office ( which i would not)
2) Get retained at Chennai but report in to a person who is of same cadre ( Now I had/ have no issues in reporting in this person as he is my closest friend who has guided me all through my bad times but the ultimate check was that the role they offered was not actually suitable for me , this was confirmed by the same guy )
I asked him to give me role in sales or so . HR head replied me bluntly that there was no options left. I had shared my personal issues some months back to him but now he was behaving as if some one had instructed him " show no pity to Rocky, he has to come and report in regional Head office"
For one second , I recollected the roles and responsibility of HR manager that i had learned when i had given my MBA , one of the point in that was
1) A Good HR manager has to guide employees when ever they are in bad times and provide moral support and help them come over trouble times.
There he was , the HR manager who was very keen in fulfilling the commands of his superior rather than helping out a performing employee to come out of his trouble.
With these thoughts running over my mind , I told him
"Sir , a third option would have been better for me " , the third option which i was refering to was
" Rocky , pl look out for new job" ...
He hung up the call ..
On 5th Morning , he called me back to confirm what I had decided , I requested him to considered me another 2 challenging options that was open that time.
As expected , he called me in the afternoon to tell the same lie that " that position has been filled " and candidate has been appointed . Now I am damn sure that they are going to float IJPs ( Internal Job postings) within some days for the same post i had asked for ... because HR jokers here have to listen what is told by their superiors and words like Human relationships etc is just for passing out their MBAs and not for implementation in the organisation they work.
Now i have decided to take up option no :2 of reporting in to my close friend and then move out of this company.
I feel bad for two things
1) For HR Head of this group (Mr JK) who is really trying make things move in the company and wants to make employee feel comfortable here. Poor Guy , he is not aware that his innovations are not getting implemented at regional level by the HR managers like the one i had discussed now. If I get chance I would highlight the same to him when i leave this company
2) For My superiror who inspite of knowing me for more than 7 Years was not ready to understand my genuine problem and there by creating a situation of losing a good employee.
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