"I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times."
And for me these few times/people are my dear friends from Team Bxxx.
All of us got to know each other because we joined Ixx at the same time, but it was really more than that. We clicked as a group of people, we complemented each other and we accepted each other for what we were. And not forgetting similar interests which range from dancing on Friday nights ;) to eating waffles or cursing/swearing/bitching about random things.
We may have worked together as a team in Ixx Club, but it was really more than that. All of us had the same passion, the same vision and unidentified levels of enthusiasm and motivation. If I ever felt down or upset, the rest of you were always around to cheer me up.
We are no longer working together or might see each other everyday (though I wish we could), but I am sure this friendship that we have formed will last forever. We should all be happy for each other that we are pursuing careers or dreams of our interest be it studying in Canada or being a station manager for the world's top airline ;)
At this stage, I am really running out of words but I guess all of you know how I feel. The feeling of starting work at a new place is sinking in slowly and I miss you folks too and feel the vacuum, however I know that my friends like you are just a phone call away and I cherish that more than anything.
"I realized how much I missed you only when you were not around."
----------- That is the end of emotional Atul -------------------------
Regarding sales rallies, I have always felt they were ra-ra events and for people to show off and earn brownie points in front of the senior management. It is just sad that corporate life has come to this but it is true that not many people who go up on stage feel much for the company or are even sincere about words they sing/say. I am still very young in my corporate career and perhaps in no position to make such statements, but I feel that for Ixx to be even a better company the people and specially the salespeople need to step down from their thrones 10,000 feet high in the sky and be who they are. They need to peel off this layer of plastic and stop portraying a certain image , an image that they think people will appreciate because we do not. But somehow we are all caught in such a vicious cycle that it will take something big/drastic to break it. Who dares?
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