Bargaining....learn it

Today one of my X-colleague & a very good friend of mine came down to bangalore. we served for same company for over 3 years and now I stepped into another company and he is still working with the same.
Today evening, I had rendezvous with him and we moved to gossip world, topics were streaming between us. Mostly they were about my previous colleagues, who is doing what and the latest happenings in every one’s life…. I was going nostalgic about those days.
Even he bogged me with questions and one pinched me and that still haunting me. He reminded me that I had moved to new company with no means of gain in my personnel and professional life.

Yes, he is true. I am no more excited about the new environment. Before joining I was in a hope to learn some new technologies to put up my career in ever increasing brightness and earn a bit extra in my wallet.

But, Literally after mooting all my incentives, I found out that my new salary slip is having a thousand bugs extra per month in comparison to previous. Just 1k bugs compensation for staying away from all those intimate relationships, friends, relatives and parents .

I am feeling shy coz of my meager negotiating skills. I cleared technical interviews with notch but couldn’t reap the best out of it. Of course, paucity of market knowledge and poor on bargaining skills easily plunged me into HR faulty promises. Result, I end up in this present situation.

Now, I have checked all my options but can’t look around for any new opportunity.Coz of this, I am experiencing thorny days in professional life and of course that is blowing my personal life too…can’t help it. Have to bear it till next move, for sure I will be wiser this time.

Some tips for better negotiations

• Identify your skill set and find out how desperately they are looking for professionals. This will help you in taking the advantage of the company, but other should not know that you are taking advantage of his dire needs, coz others may be wiser and more experience in negotiation field than you.
  
• Show your interest in offer and assure them 100% willingness.
  
• Do thorough market research for the position offered, what should be an ideal package? And other amenities, you are going to be privileged with this offer.
  
• Take your time, don’t be shy in asking for clarifications with the negotiator and don’t believe whatever they say. This should be the first mantra, only then you can judge the offer very well.
  
• Don’t only look for present package details and don’t be fanatic about only money. Enquire how people will be apprised of their work in company.
  
• Go through the offer letter carefully and any thing that doesn’t seems to be complying the negotiations, then raise your concerns immediately.
  
  These are some which I believe will help any individual to gain the best for his experience.
  

Good News in 2009

2008 era is over, this year i feel many of us really had a taste of Ugadi pacchadi. Ugadi pacchadi is a drink blended of items to bring out 6 different tastes(sweet for happyness, tamarind-sour experience) of life. THis one drink symbolizes the all sorts of experiences that one has to taste to have a perfect life. I believe 2008 pacchadi was little sour to every one, coz we have been through many terrorist attacks around us, global meltdown slowing our economic growth...blah blah, If i start listing out there will be many in 2008.

More traumatic for us was recent mumbai attacks by terrorists, this attack was really different they came out in open and shot every one on the roadside untill their guns go in vain. we are beraved of many of our friends, the bravo commandos who put up their lives to save innocents in this attacks. A salute to them in honour.

I believe, Its an open challenge to us by terrorists about a common man's security on streets. It took almost 3 days... for our solidiers, policemens to knock them down.

I am not raising finger against our bravos, but concern about the preperation of our govt to thwart this kind attacks before hand. I am talking about failure of our intelligence agencies, failure of indian governance in webbing right laws to dismantle terrorist activists.This attack has shown up fissures in our governance, raised many questions about threat to nations integrity and safety for which 2008 had no answers.

But the recent good news from our cogress govt, is that a new vigilence agency,National investigation agency(NIA) and a new law Unlawful activities (prevention) amendment,UAPA has been set up to track down terrorists activities has been set up to track down terrorists activities. On the new year day our president Hon prathiba patil had given her assent to bring these regulations to motion. Adding on Govt is also, turning the pages to establish National security guards in all major cities and some counter insurgency and anti terrorist schools to rebuild the safety levels.

Many a good things for 2009 to start off with from Govt and I still want to give one suggestion it, to improve the infrastructure in all Govt and private hospitals to be euip with proper treatments for the injured once if this kind of hienous acts commited. Hope to see many new initiatives from every one in offending terrorist acts unitely.

wish to see a terror free years...

Thanks 2008...

Today is 31st dec, last day for year 2008. Like any other even i have planned many ways to give a grand adieu to 2008. But, for the last 2days,i am not feeling well , even today i was lying on bed through out the day, not in a mood to celebrate it. But If i dont initiate for party, Me and my male roommate have to stare at each other. He wont join in any celebration, when i am lying on bed in sick mood.

Now i am in turmoil state whether to party tonight or not, coz to be candid this year was not good for me, means i tried many things both in my career and my personal life but no success at all in any one of them.
if i turn back in my life and see there was nothing memorable, that i can carry forward to next 2009. Its empty, like a glass with a leak and what ever i pour in has drained out as on then itself.
Through out this year, i was doing only 2 things, go to office come back late nights and sit back before books and try my best to creep into one of the B-schools. only these two, Nothing else.
ofcourse, on the last day, i am right there where i have started.

hey, there is one thing which i would like to talk about,when i am writing this blog, I am very different from what i was on 31st dec 07. sheer difference, i can experience that difference in me. The difference is in confident levels, i am now so confident than ever before.

Before this i used to afraid of life, some silly thoughts (dont ask me about these, i dont want to divulge them), always planning for future and getting frustrated if they didnt turn out. I used to be very timid, both in office and personal life too.


But now, I am taking every thing in a lighter manner, I couldn't make it to premier B-schools for which i was getting ready for through out the year. I didnt feel sad for it. Rather, I became so stronger and harder. I am confident enough to challenge life. I believe, I can lead a better and succesful life in future.
I have stopped planning for my future and moved into actions.
I have reached my old friends and relative who had almost forgotten me. Really, It brings a new energy if you meet the people who are close to you.

I dont know when and at what time, i got this much confident but this happened in 2008. I might not tasted any success in this year, but it had changed me from the bottom.
Thanks 2008...now i got to go n ready for the party.