What goes around.. Comes around!

Well as of today.. i couldn’t agree more with the title of this post! Not too long ago (approx 4 years back..) I took up my first job with Eserve a call centre in andheri. It was a 5 hour part time job and i had taken it up as i didn’t want to do a internship as i thought i wouldn’t get to learn much in an internship.. I did that job for 4 months and then suddenly decided i had enough as my college had started and i wanted a break from work.. So i quit by bringing stupidly written resignation letter and gave it to my manager.. The manager blew his lid off and shouted at me for being unprofessional!

 I felt really bad as i had enjoyed working those 4 months.. The manager (whose name was Gus)  also said that i would realise his dilemma when i recruited someone and that person left in 4 months taking all the training and not giving back much to the company.. That statement stuck in my head!

Fast forward to today.. Im running a company of my own and the third full time employee i hired in my company left me after 4 months of joining! Guess how she quit???

She gave no notice! She said she would quit on the phone! When i said that this was unprofessional she said me a mail which had the following sentence..

“It is for this reason, that I have sent this email, and would like to announce my resignation, with effect from the receipt of this email .”

Please see the use of word announce my resignation! Lol as if she is proud to resign! And see the with effect from the reciept of this email! As if i have no choice to ask her for a notice period!

When i replied to her mail saying that it was unprofessional to quit an organisation like this she replied saying “according to her it was professional!”

But then she eventually did come down and sign her letter of termination and I also gave her an exit interview form which i feel would help me understand her better and keep things in mind when i hire further.. (as i will still look out to hire 20 year olds like her)

I did not shout at her when she came to office as i remembered what i had done when i was 18.. though an 18 year old leaving a big company like eserve wasn’t as much of a cost to eserve (after all my salary as just 5k) but this girl leaving my small startup was a very big cost to me as i had invested 4 months in training her and now when i was getting business she chose to leave the company and me stranded..

All in all i learnt what goes around comes around.. I acted immaturely at eserve 4 years back and Gus my manager was bang on! Today i learnt what he felt when i left without prior intimation and its hit me hard.. Im sure the girl who left my company would face such a situation too one day and that day she will know how i felt.. coz.. what goes around.. comes around!