I have a new job !

It's been a looong looong time since I posted last and I know I should keep posting more frequently. Incidentally, whoever did visit my blog to read info related to Riyadh, did appreciate it as it helped to clear a few misconceptions about Saudi Arabia.
Coming back to the present, Let's see. Lots of events have happened since I posted last. I came back from Riyadh on Jun 11th, changed jobs from TCS to Unisys India on Jun 19th, coordinated and attended the NASSCOM HR summit@ Chennai in mid July, watched my darling daughter Srishti learn and grow a little more everyday(most interesting !) . Another major milestone is that I have recently resumed Yoga after a break of 6 months. I had stopped it due to my knee injury and subsequent surgery. So, my next few posts are going to be about these topics in general.
This post is going to be about my new (well, relatively new) job at Unisys India. I am sure I have some good Karma because I am enjoying my new job so much. I have joined at a very exciting period for the company as it is in a tremendous growth phase and I am happy to be part of the same. There is a lot of autonomy in my work and the bosses as well as peers are easygoing and very supportive. My work involves dealing with lot of people as well as communicating, coordinating and making things happen in general... Which is what I have wanted to do always . I was doing this in my previous job on a smaller scale but now there is much more visibility. Another important advantage in my new job- the office is located in the city center- a mere 25 minutes drive from my home. In a city which is bursting at the seams due to overcrowded streets and messy traffic jams, it is a huge relief to be able to commute to work in less than half an hour !
From the time I sent my resume and during my interview, I had the feeling that this is going to be my dream job. I hit it off beautifully with my reporting manager during the interview and right from the beginning, it looked like this job and I were meant for each other. One more thing- After the interview, I did not have the usual anxiety - about whether I would get this job or not. I was almost detached... so to say. and the job literally fell into my lap. They gave me an offer and I asked for a revision based on the fact that I had received a good appraisal but not mentioned to them. I didn't expect it, but they came back with an offer that sounded like music to my ears and tasted like nectar to my tongue. There was nothing else for me to do but accept ! After accepting and agreeing to a joining date, what surprised and sort of frustrated me was that the recruiting folks called/emailed me at least 4 times to confirm the date that I was joining. As far as I was concerned, I had confirmed my joining date once and that was that. About a month after I had joined, I found out the reason. The market for IT talent is so hot at this time that people accept offers and dont turn up on the agreed date ! They either get a better offer or just decide they don't want to shift. So far so good, but the candidates do not even bother to inform the HR and dont take calls from them. The issue then, is that the company has to go through the whole process all over again and its such a waste of resources. Wonder if the candidates would do the same if the software slowdown of 2000 happened again ????....
On that note, and with manny many thanks to the Almighty for having blessed me with this job, I end this post. My next post is the article on the HR summit that I wrote for my office online magazine called Unibytes. Do come back!