Work and Weather ( Part 2)

Work and Weather ( Part 2)

I can easily remember the golden days of my internship with Crayons advertising where I use to sit and have written on the same topic with a coffee on the desk and thoughts in my mind.

That day it was raining, raining heavily and we were working, working madly. I am actually going through the same phase today. The only difference is; I now have a cubical to sit, I now write while i’m in a bank and I have no work unlike Crayons.

(we’ll discuss on ‘No work’ in some other of my writing and for some idea you can always read the articles i.e. ‘Mixed feeling’ or ‘Changing Lifestyle’)

I now encounter gigantic towers everyday, giants as in the huge Buildings which have names. Like I sit in NARAIN MANZIL, same way every building/tower here have some names with them. They look terrific when its full sunny day or when its raining heavily.

But today I got the chance to see them covered with the black dark clouds as a background and it gave me the feel of some animated Hollywood shoot. I was so mesmerized to see and couldn’t stop myself to click a picture of the view. I took my earphones , played the song ‘ek ghadi teher ja’ from the movie D-Day, Sung by Rekha Bhardwaj, and started clicking some pictures.

Out of some 4-5 clicks I selected one and I then used a bit of instagram (an application to edit the pictures) and made it more lively. Instagram rocks!!

The weather today helped me to re-click the photography  bhoot in me and I enjoyed it to the core, forgetting all the non-sense stuff I do and ignoring all the pressures.

So that’s it for today, keep in touch because “Non-sense @ING” and “What is Pressure”…COMING SOON!!

The title picture which looks like some animated picture is the same picture which I clicked. (Location : Barakhamba, Connaught Place, New Delhi)

-Abhishek Bothra

!! CHANGING LIFESTYLE !!

Changing Lifestyle

"A lot can happen over a coffee" 

4^th Saturday in office and as usual I am feeling very sleepy and lethargic to work today. Though I have got some follow ups to make but I will do that on Monday with a fresh mind. As I’ve mentioned earlier that I am feeling dull so I had one cappuccino @CCD some minutes back and some quick thoughts came to my mind which I would like to pen down.

Being into corporate surely changes a person and his lifestyle. Same has happened to me.

The learning and specially the earning made me more matured and has changed the way I use to live and to spend.

I like being in formals, talking business, less of leg pulling stuff during office hours, trying to be in limelight and trying to connect to everyone, excel sheets, Daily Sales Reports, coming on time, staying late etc. etc. have become my daily schedule. That was about the living part.

As far as spending is concerned, I now think less while spending. Every 28^th I receive my salary ( though its been 2 months only) I forward major part of it to my dad and rest stays with me. So the rest that is with me is the liquid money jisko main sirf food items main kharch karta hun. I like shopping but I don’t shop regularly. I am a foodoholic so I hunt for good food everytime.

Shoes are my weakness but if I buy them I wont be having enough bucks to spend on other items so I’d b very happy if someone gifts me a pair of shoe.:)

That’s it, yahi sab baatein thi which I wanted to share and after reading this if someone feels to help me with the shopping stuff, I have some list to share too. 

-Abhishek Bothra

!! A SMALL HOPE !!

A Small Hope @ ING

Starting a day again, a fresh day in the bank with some fresh calls in my list. No meetings are fixed as usual but was able to see a hope to pick one ROF* ( relationship Opening Form).

During one call, the client wanted to inquire about savings account and I was pitching for salary accounts as usual. So I went down in the branch to give the lead to someone and met Mr. Rajendra ( Manager Operations). He asked Shikha to handle the query as she is from liability sales CASA i.e. Current Account and Saving Account. During the query session Mr Rajendra asked me about salary account and some more details about the documentation of some company.

Then he made me meet one client of his for the salary accounts and we’ve had nice conversation which gave me a new hope and a sense of motivation which I lost yesterday.

Now I am all rejuvenated and have tighten the lace to work again with the same energy and enthusiasm.

Eagerly waiting for the next week because either it will change my attitude towards banking and its monotonous feedback within me or it will be the same as usual. I am keeping my fingers crossed and praying to god to help me find the better way.

• ROF:  When a lead is cracked, a client has to sign a form of 6 pages with the first page on the company letter head, which includes the company name, Number of employees, Average salary, turnover and various other details. This form is called as Relationship Opening Form. 
• So in banking term if a CSM ( Corporate sales Manager) has picked any ROF, is a sign of another step towards the account opening and goal achievement.

 - Abhishek Bothra

!! MIXED FEELINGS !!

MIXED FEELINGS

Finally I am working. Working as an employee of ING VYSYA BANK as a Corporate Sales Manager- ASPIRA. ( ASPIRA is our product name)

This is my first job and the moment I got selected, when they said,”Next who got selected is – Abhishek Bothra” and I was the happiest person on this earth. GD was good, Interview was good, I was confident and I was ready to enter the corporate and deliver the efforts.

To be honest I never wanted to be in banking industry because I knew that the work here is very monotonous and I can finally feel the same feel which I felt earlier. Though my profile is a bit interesting; interesting because I am suppose to roam around in market and hunt for the clients. As the quote says, “We are the hunters and service people are farmers”.

But after working here for two months, one of training and another On The Job, I am bored. Bored of whatever I am doing. I can call it either De-motivation or lack of concentration. I think of something else, I think of something which I could do or could have done. Something that interests me but this really doesn’t work in the practical life because a normal human being has so many responsibilities because of which he/she can always not do what he/she thinks of doing. So, same is the case with me.

Here in bank my profile is challenging as compared to other profile but getting the fresh leads from market and cracking the same for accounts is even a tougher task to do.

I am paid well which is luring me to stay and work. Another reason would be my parents who are happier than ever. So I am all confused.

I know what I have to do here but I don’t want to do, I understand my work culture here which I never wanted to understand, I am giving my 100% and putting all the efforts which I never thought of putting.

I guess either I need some time or I have less time to decide what to do, where to go and how to tackle the situation. The more proactive I will be, the more benefit it will generate for me. Let’s see what happens and where I take myself considering all the circumstances.  

-Abhishek Bothra