Life!!!

Things are getting serious now, both on the job and personal fronts.
Here’s what's happening on the job front: I have a job offer in hand. The designation is that of an Associate Documentation Manager. The salary that they are offering is 6.45L pa. I think I have a very tough decision to make. The designation is inviting but the salary isn't. If I am to take this up, I will need to relocate to Pune and sign a 1-year bond. In my present company, I am at a CTC of 4.45L pa. I am due for an appraisal in 2 months and if I assume that the appraisals are gonna be consistent with last time, I will be expecting an increase of anything between 20-25%. Plus, I have onsite opportunities here. What I lack here is the designation and that is very important. Let’s see what I decide.
On the personal front, again, lots happening. I have had an argument with my girl yet again. I asked her a silly question. I asked her if she would take care of my family. I know she will. I know she takes care of her family even now. But what scares me is that she is very ambitious. She wants to grow a lot in her career. I wonder if she will be able to pay equal attention to family when she has added responsibilities of her job and position. She questions me if I would sacrifice my career for the family. I have no answers to that. I have seen examples where relationships have gone for a toss when career takes the front seat. Another manager in my company stays in Mumbai and her husband works elsewhere. She could easily get a transfer to the same place as her husband but no, her career is important to her. I wonder if she will be able to balance her official calls and trips with her responsibilities towards the family. I know she is not wrong in saying that she has worked hard in getting her degree and she wants to make use of it now. But I am worried. All these things play on my mind. But at the same time, I have my immediate boss who has a good family life. She has 2 grown-up kids, a husband who is doing amazingly well at his job, and she herself isn't doing bad in her career.
The other thing that scares me is that she is a person who hardly gets along with people. The other day, she got angry and decided that she doesn't like a colleague because she said that she looked like a person she doesn’t like. To top it, she heard this from someone. Come on yaar, what has she done to you?? She hardly talks to you.. And she just said something that was on her mind and it surely wasn't rude. How can you not like a person for such small things? These things scare me. These maybe small things, but they so scare me..

Mess @ Work

A lot of things have been happening at work. A real lot. Don' know if it's for the good or bad. Either way, I do not see any good happening for me. There are a lot of things that have been going through my mind over the last couple of days:
1. No*&a: This is a new project that interests me. I was told that I would be working on this project when it starts. Good thing?? Of course. Why would I not be happy when I am given a chance to work on a project that interests me? Of course I am. But the problem is this – It’s been almost 10 months since I have been hearing this from my manager but nothing has materialized as yet. Why? God alone knows. On enquiring, the only answer I get is "Talks are on." Brilliant. Keep talking. When you are done talking and feel like doing some work, I'll be there waiting for you.
2. Noteb@@ks: Another project that really interested me. I was told I would be leading this division. Talks went on. Finally the talks got over and they decided to work on this. ave All of a sudden, they decided to get someone else to do the pilots. The pilots did not go off too well for reasons that no one knows as yet and we loose the project. Yet another opportunity that slips through.
3. Gen#%al M@t@rs: A pretty good project about cars. Cars interest me so the project immediately caught my attention. Things were going smooth and fast. No delays with this one. I was interviewed by the clients and things were perfect. I was told that the client would get back in a couple of days with the work. Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, but I did not hear anything. I was expecting my managers to come up and tell me about this. After not hearing from my managers, I asked. I learnt that the client did not come back. I had heard of something like "Follow up mails".