Day of Company Orientation

Apr-08-2010 Thrusday

Wake up early as I have two Orientations, one with the Client at 6:00am and the the next at 12 with CTSH. Rush rush rush...... Hope to survive all the hectic movement....

Had to go thru harassment of a lady, who wanted to know where I am from before registering me for the Drug and alcohol test @ MERCK. I said, canada! and she was like where are you from. Well I just gave you my Canadian passport as proof of identity! (where else do you think I am from? was something I should have asked,,, but circumstance does not permit)
And in the orientation, they said its considered harassment if someone is making an exception based on the group I belong to.

Got msg from Ajit saying that my IS id is finally ready so I should get my MERCK laptop and access to other features.
Cheers thats one more hurdle down. :)

Still seem to have issues with hireright wanting more documentation from me.

9:45 hope to pick up Ajit on way back to work.

@12 not to forget the Group Orientation by CTSH...
Radhika the person conduting the orientation turns up late and gives us a lame excuse that there is poor turn out. when in fact I logged in about 15 mins before the meeting and Juhi and Vishal were there on time. Anyways got talking with them Juhi basically from mumbai based in Irving California and Vishal from karnataka and Mumbai based in Atlanta (ex-infosys).
Vishal did not get his Associate id either... and had the movers move his stuff even before he got his associate id.
So contacted Amit and he sent out a mail to the relocation team with CC to me.
Thou Amit said he got my associate id, he did not send it to me even after I sent him a reminder mail after the call.....

Called up Eliazbeth Navarro regarding hireright , left a voice msg. will call back 1:30
called her back again and then followed up with email.

Then followed a series of emails, I guess Amit realizing that he really does not have my ID and then started sending out mails, adding more people in the loop.

I decided to call up Justin and he said he is going to create it in a few hrs time and I should get it from Amit soon.
Called up Joanna and was told nothing can be done with out the Id.....

yet to have my break fast and lunch,, its about 3pm ... been running around since 5 am. feel like falling asleep.

Around 6pm had break fast, lunch and dinner all at once. Still feeling a bit dis oriented and and not in control.

Now back to the relocation and the movers. Contact person Sasi, mails going to and for...

talked with Anil V regarding the 401 k and then with Brother for about 5 mins, talked to him after about 4 years.
yet to get working on the US taxes.... so mentally exhausted.