hi friends and dear seniors,
i finally put in my papers yesterday. Actually an incident yesterday went into favor for which i did not take the initiative. Been the pay day the admin/hr manager called me in person for evaluation and assessment, and he went onto deliverables that are expected of me else i would not get a 'good' letter and it further things. Taking the cue I told him frankly i never asked for sales, but took up the challenge to try the exercise. I told him frankly my core is MarComm or CorpComm but the company doesnt really have an orientation towards it. The research wing is entire related to finance domain which is not my core, i am being put out of my core.
He suggested himself then then there are 2 routes:
(1) either i continue to achieve targets or conversions. A slight detour in profile can be arranged OR
(2) or i relieve myself at this point
This happened at around 11AM. I requested him to give me till 5PM in the evening to think of it. Around 3PM, i was called in my the owner/promoter telling me that I took SALES on my own, I was never told to just do it. Well ok, i did not react at all. I put calm. He further added that now since I was not comfortable (read: i told the admin man frankly), what i can do i try Communications instead of sales. Even in that I would just have to document what they do in soft copies and show how convergence is achieved (read: strategy. concept. creativity , etc would not be a part of it since they KNOW how to do it). I took the bitter pill of hearing him out and said alright, I'll align with it. However by the end of the day I realised that practically there is no other work besides Sales for me, and it was just put as an option as again i was told they would proportion my daily activities (and report it to 3 people)........something did not make sense for me, and i again re-assessed that neither would i have a value addition or they from me.
At 5PM, I requested the Admin Manager to give me 5min of his time. I told him i want to be relieved ensuring to complete the remaining tasks of the day by the end of the day.
End of story.
Regarding my project, I think i am gonna do an individual survery regarding perceptual mapping of their mag. And put it in. At least I will know what the market thinks of their product being an external stakeholder.
Thanks for all your support.
From India, Mumbai
5i finally put in my papers yesterday. Actually an incident yesterday went into favor for which i did not take the initiative. Been the pay day the admin/hr manager called me in person for evaluation and assessment, and he went onto deliverables that are expected of me else i would not get a 'good' letter and it further things. Taking the cue I told him frankly i never asked for sales, but took up the challenge to try the exercise. I told him frankly my core is MarComm or CorpComm but the company doesnt really have an orientation towards it. The research wing is entire related to finance domain which is not my core, i am being put out of my core.
He suggested himself then then there are 2 routes:
(1) either i continue to achieve targets or conversions. A slight detour in profile can be arranged OR
(2) or i relieve myself at this point
This happened at around 11AM. I requested him to give me till 5PM in the evening to think of it. Around 3PM, i was called in my the owner/promoter telling me that I took SALES on my own, I was never told to just do it. Well ok, i did not react at all. I put calm. He further added that now since I was not comfortable (read: i told the admin man frankly), what i can do i try Communications instead of sales. Even in that I would just have to document what they do in soft copies and show how convergence is achieved (read: strategy. concept. creativity , etc would not be a part of it since they KNOW how to do it). I took the bitter pill of hearing him out and said alright, I'll align with it. However by the end of the day I realised that practically there is no other work besides Sales for me, and it was just put as an option as again i was told they would proportion my daily activities (and report it to 3 people)........something did not make sense for me, and i again re-assessed that neither would i have a value addition or they from me.
At 5PM, I requested the Admin Manager to give me 5min of his time. I told him i want to be relieved ensuring to complete the remaining tasks of the day by the end of the day.
End of story.
Regarding my project, I think i am gonna do an individual survery regarding perceptual mapping of their mag. And put it in. At least I will know what the market thinks of their product being an external stakeholder.
Thanks for all your support.
From India, Mumbai
just wanted to update on this. 2 days after i resigned, when i went to collect my letter and stipend, the company just reneged out to give me letter. The owners went into an argument for no reason, found x faults in me, and the hr/admin manager himself who had offered me 2 options earlier (either to resign for which he will give me a one month letter OR to continue towards completion of targets assigned) now blatantly tells me on my face "Letter won't be issued. It's not in m hands".
To save my dignity, I didnt put up a scene nor did fall into arguments. Left politely. Just so that you know, I dont even have a work letter now, something which the orgz themselves told me to give. I dont even know whether i should mention this intern period in my CV any more. Seniors and friends, please advise.
From India, Mumbai
To save my dignity, I didnt put up a scene nor did fall into arguments. Left politely. Just so that you know, I dont even have a work letter now, something which the orgz themselves told me to give. I dont even know whether i should mention this intern period in my CV any more. Seniors and friends, please advise.
From India, Mumbai
Dear Mediaboy
Sorry to know about your plight, a part of which I think you brought upon yourself, by not taking due care in the initial stages.
To salvage the situation, what you can do now is to discuss the matter with any senior with whom you have worked and try to get their personal certification/endorsement of doing the project to the extent you have worked.
Even if you take up an alternate project, you should mention this truthfully in your CV/Report. There are certain good organizations that appreciates mistakes committed and the learning from it.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
Sorry to know about your plight, a part of which I think you brought upon yourself, by not taking due care in the initial stages.
To salvage the situation, what you can do now is to discuss the matter with any senior with whom you have worked and try to get their personal certification/endorsement of doing the project to the extent you have worked.
Even if you take up an alternate project, you should mention this truthfully in your CV/Report. There are certain good organizations that appreciates mistakes committed and the learning from it.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
Thanks Raj for the advise. I am trying my best for it.
Yes i know due diligence was not taken while i chose to intern in the organisation as I just had an opinion about them by reading some online articles and their website. I had absolutely no contact who was working for them, or knew someone who has had some contact with the organisation for any reason. Just applied, went there. Won't be making the same mistake again in my life.
I need to learn how to research for a company which you seek as a prospective employer. All/any ideas from dear friends and seniors would be highly appreciated.
From India, Mumbai
Yes i know due diligence was not taken while i chose to intern in the organisation as I just had an opinion about them by reading some online articles and their website. I had absolutely no contact who was working for them, or knew someone who has had some contact with the organisation for any reason. Just applied, went there. Won't be making the same mistake again in my life.
I need to learn how to research for a company which you seek as a prospective employer. All/any ideas from dear friends and seniors would be highly appreciated.
From India, Mumbai
Dear M'Boy,
Now let us come to action. Read once more the post of Ankita dt.30.1.13 and let's find your answers quickly. My son also did a project in Marketing (Research) for his MBA at Bangalore. Let me know whether some of his experience would be of some help to you in this.
kumar.s.
From India, Bangalore
Now let us come to action. Read once more the post of Ankita dt.30.1.13 and let's find your answers quickly. My son also did a project in Marketing (Research) for his MBA at Bangalore. Let me know whether some of his experience would be of some help to you in this.
kumar.s.
From India, Bangalore
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