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know I
have been working here for the last six months. Previously I worked in another
project and there was a ramp-down. And then I joined this project. I already
know quite a bit of how things are in this company and also a lot about the
people around here,” said Himesh.
    “Please tell
me your story,” smiled Vinay.
    Himesh went on
to tell the difficulties he faced in his previous project. He told how it took thirty
days for him to get door access for the ODC, how it took two months for him to
get all the software installed in his PC. He explained how Agile methodology
was used and how he ended up as the only working resource for that project. He
explained the unrealistic demands from the client and was asked to complete a
one year project in just six months in the name of Agile methodology. He said
he lost count of how many times he worked on Saturdays, Sundays and company
holidays. He told how many times he was blamed for somebody’s fault.
    “It was
horrible man. It was very horrible,” said Himesh.
    And then he
explained how he was released from the project with the feedback that his
performance was not up to the mark.
    “I was in
bench for two weeks,” said Himesh.
    “So Murali took
you in after that project ended? Do you know Murali before joining here and
other Project Managers?” asked Vinay.
    “Murali is not
the Project Manager for this project. He is the Technical Team Lead for just
our team only. He and Satish just interviews people and report the results to
the PM. Raghu is the PM and he decides the people for each project team under
his portfolio,” said Himesh.
    “But I thought
Murali is the Project Manager,” said Vinay.
    “Murali is the
Technical Team Lead for our team. And Satish is the Technical Architect for our
team,” said Himesh.
    “Both Murali
and Satish doesn’t get involved in anything related to technical work for this
project. And that fellow Satish, he is a namesake Architect. He has nothing to
do with creating the Architecture for this project,” said Himesh.
    “And what
about Shanthi?” asked Vinay.
    “She is just a
time pass. She barely does any work. She will pretend to be busy and avoid
work. She is a big time pass,” said Himesh.
    “All these
guys come around 11.45 in the morning and usually leave by 6.45 in the evening.
They will spend around one hour for lunch and thirty minutes for tea break. Murali
works like a manager. And Satish will check our progress and ask questions just
like our client does in the weekly status meetings. He just oversees us. That’s
what he does. And you know that Shanthi. She pretends she doesn’t know anything
to avoid work. She will act blur. If you ask her anything about project work,
she will say mostly like, ‘I’m not sure ya. I don’t know ya. Check with him.
Check with her.’” said Himesh.
    In the
afternoon, Murali came to their seats and started discussing the daily
progress.
    He said, “This
client is a very big client. Client is aggressive in the project time lines.
This project is marked as high risk project and closely monitored by the higher
level management. Company wants this customer account at all costs. Make sure no
escalations are raised from the customer side. We will have a daily progress
meeting. If your work gets blocked for some reason, you have to be proactive
and take the initiative and reach out to the concerned people and get things
done. All tasks assigned every day by Satish should be completed on that day
itself. Stretch yourself and make sure to complete the assigned tasks on that
day itself.
    Guys, you have
to sit in the front seat and drive the things. This is a highly visible
project. You will get lot of visibility to the management which will help you in
your promotion.
    I will be reviewing
your performance every three months and provide you feedback.
    Client has
informed they don’t want any of the resources to take leave till the end of this
project.
    We will now
dial in to the weekly status