300% employee turnover, blued out but published
and just like that, i am on my fourth maid in as many months. while the first lasted 3 months, the last two were 4 days and 6 days each. while i layed the first one off, the last two fell to attrition. while the first one was underperforming (in hindsight) the last two were successful equals (also in hindsight). and now, number four has a chance to exceed expectations.
enough intel speak?! i would think so :)
susheela comes from coorg. if i saw her walking down the road, i wouldnt classify her as a maid. she is quiet, reserved and capable. thus far. lest i be proven wong, let's just say i havent much to say eitherways. but i am feeling the lack of privacy big time with all the churn. i just wish one [maid] would settle down and disappear into the routine of a day.
and then to top it all BSOD happened. dead, completely, not a peep from the darn laptop. as if someone knew i craved for the welcome change of dealing with the very capable dell support (note the dripping sarcasm, please), i spent a full three days with them. Rs.10000 later all i had was a brand new hard drive that actually costs half that. for all dell support says is: you can download the drivers from the web. (haan, how do i connect if i dont have a network driver?!). ma'am you must be having another computer, no? what am i -- a factory? oh sorry ma'am. but we cannot send software -- it is company policy. those last two words are the usual cop out everywhere in the world when someone somewhere cannot help you, sorry. and so i raved and ranted at unprepared and unempowered minions until one relented and burned a "drives and utilities" CD for me on her own time and sent it across. finally, i was able to have something more than just a dumb terminal in front of me.
lesson learned: carry all your software from OS to the smallest measly .exe or driver with you. for if your system goes kaput, no one will oblige with gates' damn stuff unless they owe you previously big time -- or by a quirk of fate, are related to you (thanks vinay).
and all this mental trauma has nothing to do with the serious withdrawal symptoms i felt being away from the net. i would read this and read that (all very fine) -- but each time i felt like checking something more -- a phone number -- a reference -- and mentally reached for my computer, my hands knew better. darn. ok, make a note to look it up later. so much so, that i even rely on the net for my dictionary. the isolation was unbearable. what a commentary on lifestyle, uh? well i dont make any apologies. so i am an information junkie.
speaking of information, my first article after 1995 appeared at:
http://indiatogether.org/2005/sep/gov-bangalore.htm
all i can say is, it is exhilarating to be doing what you like. again.
enough intel speak?! i would think so :)
susheela comes from coorg. if i saw her walking down the road, i wouldnt classify her as a maid. she is quiet, reserved and capable. thus far. lest i be proven wong, let's just say i havent much to say eitherways. but i am feeling the lack of privacy big time with all the churn. i just wish one [maid] would settle down and disappear into the routine of a day.
and then to top it all BSOD happened. dead, completely, not a peep from the darn laptop. as if someone knew i craved for the welcome change of dealing with the very capable dell support (note the dripping sarcasm, please), i spent a full three days with them. Rs.10000 later all i had was a brand new hard drive that actually costs half that. for all dell support says is: you can download the drivers from the web. (haan, how do i connect if i dont have a network driver?!). ma'am you must be having another computer, no? what am i -- a factory? oh sorry ma'am. but we cannot send software -- it is company policy. those last two words are the usual cop out everywhere in the world when someone somewhere cannot help you, sorry. and so i raved and ranted at unprepared and unempowered minions until one relented and burned a "drives and utilities" CD for me on her own time and sent it across. finally, i was able to have something more than just a dumb terminal in front of me.
lesson learned: carry all your software from OS to the smallest measly .exe or driver with you. for if your system goes kaput, no one will oblige with gates' damn stuff unless they owe you previously big time -- or by a quirk of fate, are related to you (thanks vinay).
and all this mental trauma has nothing to do with the serious withdrawal symptoms i felt being away from the net. i would read this and read that (all very fine) -- but each time i felt like checking something more -- a phone number -- a reference -- and mentally reached for my computer, my hands knew better. darn. ok, make a note to look it up later. so much so, that i even rely on the net for my dictionary. the isolation was unbearable. what a commentary on lifestyle, uh? well i dont make any apologies. so i am an information junkie.
speaking of information, my first article after 1995 appeared at:
http://indiatogether.org/2005/sep/gov-bangalore.htm
all i can say is, it is exhilarating to be doing what you like. again.
posted by ara at 3:13 PM
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Aah, to see your name in fine print! An addicting high - like the first bite of a warm Krispy Kreme doughnut around tea time and licking the crusty sugar off your sticky lips and paws.
Nothing else comes even close...
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