A few days back one of my over-concerned uncle asked me,
" Aaj kal kya kar rhe ho?" [What are yoiu doing these days?]
I forced a smile on my face and answered,
" Job dhund raha hu..Core mechanical me..." [Searching for a job in the field on Core mechanical engineering]
Uncle: "Hmmm....Beta IT me try kyo nahi karte...Bohot scope hai..." [Why don't you try in IT field..There's a lot of scope there]
[I felt like kicking him in his balls at that moment]
Me: " Agar IT me hi jaana hota toh mai Mechanical engineering kyo karta uncle!" [Had I really wanted to go in IT why would I graduate in Mechanical!"
He turns to my Dad and says:
" Aaj kal ke bacche baat ko samajhte hi nahi! Pehle hi bhadak jaate hai.... Brand value bhi koi cheez hoti hai...Mera beta TCS me hai....Usne bhi Mechanical engg hi kiya tha aaj wo USA me hai..."
[Kids these days don't understand the fact... They need to understand brand value... My son works in TCS in spite of being a mechanical engineer and today he is in USA]
I backfired,
"Uncle mujhe shaadi ke market me nahi utarna ki mai brand value ke peeche bhagu aur mujhe acchi ladki mile...Mujhe apne dreams pe compromise nahi karna..." [I am not getting married that I should run aftre brand value so that I find a good girl] Saying this I left the place!
I never understood the concept of poking into someone else's life and then giving free advice. I don't want it. Whether I get a job or not that's solely my and my problem alone [and of course Dad's too..He gives me pocket money after all ;-)]
The final sem results were declared on 13th of May, 2013. It has just been a month since then that I have been looking out for jobs. I am not saying that I don't need a job....What I really want to say to my so called 'Well-Wishers' and neighbours that I don't want to haste anything! Because I have suffered from that already.
On 14th May, 2013, I received a call from t*mesjobs.com and the representative on the other side told me that i had been selected for a recruitment drive by L & T. Thereafter a telephonic interview was conducted and after that I was told that I had been selected for the personal interview rounds.
Everything was fine till then. But then again I received a call from the same number and the representative explained to me that in order to attend the interview I needed to have an order number since the drive was being conducted through t*mes jobs.com. I was naturally convinced that it might be the fees they would charge for their profit and without which I won't get any interview.
So as per his instructions I purchased a module called 'job-seek' on their web portal shelling out Rs. 3750! I was told that it would be a life-time purchase and a hell lot of commitments were made. The next day I again received a call from the same number and this time the bastard pretended to be someone from HR dept of L & T. He said that he had my resume in his hands but it was not enough to WORK in the company since they had some standards. [Mind it - he said WORK].
To get into the company I needed a social profile, which was nothing but an elaborate and more spiced up and bluffed version of my resume. He literally threatened me to buy the 'social-profile' module to get the job. I panicked and I asked him for some time only to hear this:
" SUNO...hamare paas aur bhi candidates hai line me, tumne paise bhare hai isliye tumhe pehle call kiya...Company nahi rukne wali tumhare liye!" [Listen, we ahve more candidates waiting in line but since you have paid money I called you first...the company is not going to wait for you!]
I was afraid to lose the job and I again foolishly decided to buy that module paying Rs. 4200. Against this payment I was entitled to receive a social profile within 10 days of payment. As soon as he received the payment he rang me up and said that he was processing my details and he would soon call me again. But he never called back. When I called that number again, no one answered it. And this happened through out the day.
I called up t*mesjobs help line and found that they had received the payments but on asking about the recruitment drive by L&T they kept giving vague, confusing answers and when they found that I was still adamant on my questions I was asked to send a mail to their team about the same. I dropped mails after mails as per their instructions but no avail.
On researching further I came to know that the job seek module was valid for only 30 days and it had nothing to do with the L&T telephonic interview. To cap it off as the recipient of the module I was sent job offers which were exactly the same that I would generally receive through my free account. So that module was completely useless.
Secondly, they failed to send me the social profile within 10 days of payment. And when I actually received it, it was full of mistakes and pre-assumptions made by them. Getting it rectified was another head-ache.
Then I found the internet flooded with grievances like these!
I again called their help line number for further inquiry and some shocking revelations were made by them. I was in shock when they answered my inquiry regarding the L&T interview and the modules. They told me that no such recruitment round was ever reported to be conducted and some one had given me wrong information.
I lost my cool and yelled on them since they had now accepted the fact. I had been wrongly duped by them. When I asked for some contact or e-mail id of someone who could help me get my money back I was asked to fill the feedback form since they DID NOT have any such facility.
It was my turn to make them feel the heat. I severely abused them in the feedback form and threatened them that I would sue them in the consumer court if they didn't refund my money. I knew that would not budge them but it made me feel happier and more relaxed.
On 21st June, when my Dad was checking his account statement he was surprised to find that they had refunded the entire amount! Rs. 3750 for the first module and Rs.4200 for the second module. My happiness knew no bounds! I considered myself lucky and there after whenever I receive any mail or notifications form them. I simply trash it! B-)
Cheers!
You got your MONEY back!!..great thing accidentally happens.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! I couldn't ask for anything more than this! ;-)
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