Training Ends

After a hectic – albeit fun and frolic filled – 6 weeks of training, we needed to clear our exams to be herded off into different projects (or ODC’s as they are called at Diapro).

Just to be on the safer side, we ask Karthikeyan (oh … btw – he was our Point Of Contact for anything and everything during our training days) – “Karthik … What happens if we don’t pass this exam”. Karthik replied, “You get 3 chances to crack the exam. All you people here are very bright. I am sure all of you will clear it in the first attempt itself!”. Not happy with the answer, I decided to push the envelope and asked him “What if we flunk in all 3 attempts?”

An obviously flustered Karthik replies “Well … In that case, there are two options. Option One – your bond period is extended by an additional 3 months – i.e. from 15 months to 18 months. And also, your stipend period extends by an additional 3 months as well – i.e. from 3 months to 6 months. Option Two – you can leave Wipro and your bond amount will be refunded to you”

Wow … What a relief … they wouldn’t throw us out if we didn’t pass the exam. What more could I ask for. (In school, if I flunked in any exams – My mom would cut my pocket money for the rest of the year (financial sanctions!). That was besides getting very nasty and grounding me for good (playing the supercop!). And since I knew this was the scenario at home, I prepared extra hard for every exam I took, and thankfully, never ended up with a flunk on my hands)