Waste of time.

I got a call from Rahul,the manager who handles the metlife operations.He said ,come to CMS office Amar,I have something to talk.I knew this guy for only 2 months,and I can catch a whiff of what this guy was upto.I asked him,is it for attending calls?

His tone began to come down.He said ,he has a shortage of engineers and I need to fill the space.I couldn' t say no.I asked him the time at which ,I had to be there in CMS (he said he wants me at 9.30AM).I don't care a shit about this guy ,because ,I have to cook food and get out of the house.

I reached CMS on Saturday ,at 11.00 AM.Last time ,he said ,he doesn't want to hear my personal execuses.This time ,he asked me why i was late again.I said ,"sir,I don't want to bore you with my personal execuses ,and we could get on with the call".I got the place where ,I was to take charge from another guy in CP.

I reached JantarMantar and walked till Barakhamba to Gopaldas building.It wasn't too bad just 2 KMS.On reaching ,I had to wait for minutes just to board the lift and found IGL at the 14th floor.The guy ,I had to help was a lean and lousy guy from Noida.We played pool in the computer and saw porn together.
He said,the other engineer used t guide him through the web and even allowed chatting.I got bored seeing porn .

I reached home at 6.30PM and started cooking .I had my supper with TV,then,studied JSP and slept at 12.00 at night.
On Sunday,washed the clothes in the washing machine and had my brunch.I just watched movies and read JSP simultaneously.I drank chilled milk in the evening and bought milk.
I even switched on the motor for water.I didn't forget anything thoughout the two days .
I drew 3000 rupees on Monday and reached metlife at 12.00.The administrator at metlife, Delhi called up and asked the sales co-ordinator when I come to metlife every day.She sees me only at 11.00AM so she said so.I called Kuldeep and he asked me why I was coming so late?I said that I come nearly and around 10.00AM.He said ,that the office starts at 9.00AM and I should be at 9.00AM.I didn't tell him,according to the contract the timings are from 10.00AM to 12.00 noon and 4.00PM to 6.00PM.
The guy is going to come today and I am going to feel hell today.This guy is a calm looking guy ,with an aggressive mouth.His mouth chews paan,bubble gum and spits words of insult.I have blisters in my mouth due to eating channa-batoora on saturday.These are the perks you get when you work for a lousy company like CMS.

I Hope my mistakes soon get reduced and I start towards something worth to work for and cherish the experience for the rest of my life.

OOPs! I did it again.

I know ,that I shouldn 't follow orders until forced ,and I kept following .Whenever,I follow orders,I end up in a big soup. Last time I followed orders the messages in the Outlook Express of the manager was deleted and even the back-up was not taken.
This time ,it is about the SQL server.I got a mail in my Outlook Express that I have to apply some .bat files and import the Master table.The mail came in the morning and I applied in the evening.I got a SQL server error.I called the administrator in Delhi and told him,that ,I got an attachment and upon application it shows an error.

He bounces back saying that I should have consulted him before doing anything.This happened on 27th May.On 28th the printer stopped talking prints ,I called the printer vendor.He came and diagnosed that ,the printer motor is not working.It seems one of the sales co-ordinators had sent a mail to the zonal co-ordinator and this fellow has mailed the same problem to Banglore head office.This co-ordinator in New Delhi called up immediately ,as soon ,I was issued a notification about the printer.
The new tecnology has made my life difficult .He asked me whether the problem is to be locked by me or by CMS computers.I said ,I had to take the real step.


On 27 th ,I got a chance to see my old colleague,Debjeet Bhattacharya.He was before a chubby faced and fat guy.I had reduced my weight after joining this company.But,this Debu had a large tummy,he had to hold his stomach whenever he had to make any changes in his postures.This is all because of the food from GECIS,Gurgaon.Everyday ,all of the CMS guys catch a bus to their sites,and it takes nearly 2 hours everyday for each us to just reach their destination.Debu has the most convenient of conveyance ,provided by GE.GE provide lunch and conveyance to their employees and support groups.

The life of an outsourced administrator is the worst thing that could happen to a person.I want to change my job profile from the Network/hardware guy to a software development guy.I had a call from my manager ,he says,since,I have a saturday off,I can come and attend the calls for CMS.He says ,there is shortage of field engineers.I have to go to CMS tommorrow.Its tough man.I hope ,I didn 't make a mistake.I should have done this SISL interview better.

hectic times

The whole week went from 17/05/04(Monday) went on very well.It means that nothing really happend worth mentioning.The daily routine of writing down reports starts much during the morning and continues till lunch .I usually send those wretched reports through mail before lunch.But, a mail usually comes back saying that ,"I need reports of the last ten days",or,"I want an elaborate report".It usually my methodology to just outwit the administrator.By the time ,the second reports are sent the administrator feels that,the second is more elaborate and more informative because ,he has to finish his end of the job.

On friday,as usual,I was browsing the web for study materials(this is what I do to kill time).I got a call from my company,that ,a company called IBP 19 KM from Gurgaon,Haryana has a problem where a user cannot open his Outlook Express.As usual ,I had assumed that ,the computer would have software problems or it would have been due to patch updation.

The company called IBP was in Manesar ,another village near Gurgaon.On reaching the company,I found that there were many problems apart from which my group manager had warned me about.I just sat in front of a computer and tried to dial-up the remote server from a remote location(rather ironic isn' t it).I just tried using the hopeless connection for nearly three hours.It was 7.30PM when I decided to call it quits and phoned every guy connected with this site that there was some problem with the connection and was not able to connect to the server,due their own problems.
When I got out ,it was very dark with a glimmer of light a few distance away.We usually have a public transport or few TATA sumos gathering people for a flat rate.They are actually people who may have a driver's license or drive this vechile for companies.
By the time reached the bustop where I could get a direct bus to my place,it was 8.30PM.I boarded the bus which was supposed to reach my place,this was the time I felt that it is nearly 28KMs from my place and I travel everyday.
I reached home at 10.00PM and started cooking for dinner.It was as usual salad and I don't have time for cooking anything .
The most lousy part was that my CMS manager asked me to open the CPU and take out the MODEM.Since ,I operate alone he should have given me a toolkit.The toolkit was my right.He even asked me to come to the company to get the toolkit.

saturday.
I went to the bank.I met a guy who had a badge on his breast pocket,which read"ask me how to reduce and gain weight".He introduced himself and said that he works for a company which sells herbal solutions for individuals with weight problems.He gave me his number and the people I have to call to be a member of the company.
I reached CMS at 12.30 PM.I asked Monica(whom I was asked to contact for a toolkit) for a toolkit.Shesaid "did not the manager tell you something else?" call Rahul(manager)on his mobile.When I called him he started to get aggressive saying that I should have come earlier.I told him that ,he never said anything about attending calls .He went onto another topic that I should never make Monica wait for me.I just told him that the bank opens at only 10.00AM and hence I was late.
The lousy girl ,Monica,gave me two addresses to which I had to attend to.One of them had a faulty Floppy drive and in another I had to take the inventory details.
I reached IGL(the place with a faulty floppy drive) and found out that ,they never had a faulty floppy drive and no one complained about it.I just got a little bit cross with Monica over the phone.
Next address was to sify ltd.I reached that place after a long walk and found that another CMS guy had already done the inventory.My whole butt was aching by the long walks.I even met a guy whom I asked for instructions,after much talking he gave me his card,which said that he is a real estate guy.
I reached home and had my dinner of youghurt and rice with ripe mangoes,lithchis and melons.I got a call from the neighbours in my hometown.They insisted that I go and meet them.They can't understand the fact that ,I had travelled the whole day,the day before.I was nearly forced to go and meet them,they are old people who just want to see and talk with people of their own language.
I was as tired on sunday evening as I was on saturday.They had come to be with their son a 41 year bacheolor.
The whole fo the week was spent with the company of food and old people.I hope to find a better job,which required less movement and more of brain power.
Every thing that happend this week was my fault ,should have done the Siemens interview right.

Terrible time to create one....

Being an outsourced system administrator without any real training is just waste of my time.I know now where all the companies lose their money,in unneccessary positions.

I know only to trouble shoot the network and take care of the system requirements ,update patches and anti-virus.This is no big deal .Anybody ,who has a decent knowledge of computer settings can do it.I am not the person,who did the networking in this place.I just have to detect the source of any error in the network.

I have to do an extra job of taking backup of anything that the users do.
Well,my mistake began when,I got a mail from the region office to update Windows2000 patches,he also wanted me to do it before quitting.
I just did it.I applied the patches to all the computers including the branch manager's .
The next day,the manager calls me to his cabin and says" where are the mails,Iam just gonna lose my fucking job".I am caught in a fix.i called another Outsourced System administrator in another branch office.He told me that ,I have to just uninstall the patches to keep the Outlook Express working ,but the mails are lost forever.

I called the regional Administrator ,he says"You should have tested it first before applying ,and,did you take the mail backup?" Oh,my god!I didn't take the backup,i mean do I have to take the backup?
Well it all simmered down to after the weekend and a letter to their head offices saying that it was all my fault.

Ok,I don't have any problems taking the blame,as long as,the company outsources to my company.

Well,I have learnt a lesson.Always wait for others to take a step,before taking yours .You may never know!!!