So here it is, finally - the first day of my last week in IBM.
Things are, quite predictably, hectic - the same old rigmarole of filling irrelevant forms which will gather dust in some dark corner of some forgotten cupboard, submitting online requests and feedback which no one will bother to go through, copying megabytes and gigabytes of supposedly "critical" data that I wouldn't wanna read even if spanked with a cane rod.....
Sometimes I just sit back, and wonder - is any of this needed ? Life will still go on - I will still survive, and drink as much, and love food as much, and be the same ol' mad-hatter as I ever was...and IBM is still going to remain the same old lumbering behemoth - the show always goes on.
Still, its been a good ride, and some moments have truly been jolly good fun, while others have been excruciating. I've preened myself on the tops, and struggled through the downs - met some good people, and roundly abused a few crass idiots - been there, done that, and looking back, its been an enjoyable 4 years - the rain and the shine.
Here's the beginning of the goodbye, and I hope everyone here does well, and I hope I do well for myself too - live and let live (and if that's not possible, then - live, and the world be damned !) :-)))
2 comments:
Relief...sadness...confusion...frustration...and a myriad of other emotions...these are just as much a part of moving from one co. to another as are the reams of paperwork and miles of red tape...can't hide from any of these...so the idea is to enjoy while u can...look ahead to the change...and try and leave on a happy note...ITs a small world...
not to forget those seemingly-endless post-lunch hours when you have no work to do but you have to sit in lifeless ennui waiting for the "handover" to complete...
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