Life on bench is like walking on a tight rope hanging between two poles, one wrong move and you are gone. It can be really tough to be on bench sometimes and sometimes it may feel very good when you see people around you slogging at work and you don't have to worry about any work. But as I wrote before its like walking on a tight rope.
I have been sitting on bench for almost 4 months now even though I have worked on say 3 projects till now . Now don't get the impression that I was thrown out of these projects because I didn't work but it was becuase the projects went into production or were already in production when I went in those projects , so there was no work in them . It was more like getting to know about the products of the company , how things work in a corporate world and stuff like that. I did learn quite a bit about them too . Yet it was not the kind of work which I had imagined myself to be doing when I entered my company .
There have been so many days when I just come to the office and sit on my desk for 9 hours , staring at my PC , going from one website to another , wandering aimlessly till the time it comes for me to leave for home . It is really frustrating when one has to sit at one place and stare at the PC for so long :( :X . My friends tell me that this is my honeymoon period in the company because when I'll get work I will not get any free time . May be they are correct but as a fresher I would like to work and apply my skills then wait for such a long time and do nothing . Its very tough to sit idle for me . Also there is too much of uncertanity when it comes to your future when you are on bench . One may get fired if there is no work :O .
The thing which is more frustrating is that when I have to stay late for work at office even when I am not in that project :X . You do the work and you don't get any recoginiton for that since you are not in the project :X , now that is very frustrating :X . Then when I go home I have to answer my parents' questions , " Did u get any project? What do you do there if you have no work ? Blah blah.. " . Huh!! now that is the last thing I want to do when I reach home , answering questions about my work :X .
I never thought that enjoying my honeymoon period with the company would be so tough :P .
The only thing which makes life on bench to be bearable is the salary which I get even without doing much work :P . Now who wouldn't like getting paid for doing very less work ? :P
I have been sitting on bench for almost 4 months now even though I have worked on say 3 projects till now . Now don't get the impression that I was thrown out of these projects because I didn't work but it was becuase the projects went into production or were already in production when I went in those projects , so there was no work in them . It was more like getting to know about the products of the company , how things work in a corporate world and stuff like that. I did learn quite a bit about them too . Yet it was not the kind of work which I had imagined myself to be doing when I entered my company .
There have been so many days when I just come to the office and sit on my desk for 9 hours , staring at my PC , going from one website to another , wandering aimlessly till the time it comes for me to leave for home . It is really frustrating when one has to sit at one place and stare at the PC for so long :( :X . My friends tell me that this is my honeymoon period in the company because when I'll get work I will not get any free time . May be they are correct but as a fresher I would like to work and apply my skills then wait for such a long time and do nothing . Its very tough to sit idle for me . Also there is too much of uncertanity when it comes to your future when you are on bench . One may get fired if there is no work :O .
The thing which is more frustrating is that when I have to stay late for work at office even when I am not in that project :X . You do the work and you don't get any recoginiton for that since you are not in the project :X , now that is very frustrating :X . Then when I go home I have to answer my parents' questions , " Did u get any project? What do you do there if you have no work ? Blah blah.. " . Huh!! now that is the last thing I want to do when I reach home , answering questions about my work :X .
I never thought that enjoying my honeymoon period with the company would be so tough :P .
The only thing which makes life on bench to be bearable is the salary which I get even without doing much work :P . Now who wouldn't like getting paid for doing very less work ? :P
3 comments:
its actually a honeymoon period... watch movies in ofc,go fr movies,go fr outings... hangout in ofc time... jst enjy!!!
likewise baby .. likewise :)
@Ankur: yeah do that whenever i can :P but can't do this everytime .
@Anusha : yeah !
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