Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Is this what I want?










Got a phone call from Maria (HR) today. The call that tested the extremes of my emotions - one that I have been eagerly anticipating and one that I dread to pick up. It's the placement for my third and final rotation.

Just two weeks back, I learnt that I will not be going to Planning. All my hopes hinged on this desired position as I have not considered any other options (although I did put down Credit Derivatives (CD) and Structured Capital Markets as the next two preferred options). This has dampened my enthusiasm for the third placement, hence one that I dread to pick up.

The inevitable has to happen. The voice on the other side said, "you know we have been going to and fro on this. So you will be going to Credit Derivatives. But I suggest you speak to so-and-so". I specifically told Maria that I wun want to be posted to this particular dept within CD. After all, the last two "rotatees" in this dept have tendered. My, am I gobsmacked!

Too bad, as part of the rotation programme, I will have to move (although management can do something to keep me in my present dept).

So is preparing P&L flash and posting journal entries going to kill me? Pray for me.

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