I love my job (Just realised!)
Lil amusing that I havnt blogged about my work life yet!! But me being me, sigh, anything is possible :). I'd rather talk about how it feels being an HR Professional. You are expected to know all the answers, be it policy related or "why my salary hike isnt reflecting in my pay slip!" sorta queries. You get invited to every team's offsite and parties. None wants to be in HR's bad books, you know ;-) You gotta be empathetic towards the other members (I hate calling them 'employees', dunno why!)...doesnt matter if you've had a bad day, you just cant pass off the heat to them! Ops (Operations i.e) would love if you said 'yes' to whatever practices they're following. Say 'No' and then you get to see the real drama unfold :). It's imp that the top management buys in your ideas, else none below them will respect it. You touch lives directly. The smile/gratitude one gets to see when an associate gets the kinda project he wants or has h...