28-11-2018, 08:26 AM
Sanjana looked around the room. It had 2 doors, one to enter the office of the CEO and the other directly to the corridor. The room had table and chairs and was spacious with a cupboard, fridge and other amenities.
"Sit down Sanjana" Sneha said as she sat in her chair
"Congratulations on the job and its a great that your first assignment is with the Chairman himself" she said.
Sanjana could sense a pang of jealousy clearly in her tone. "Of course she is the Principal secretary of the Chairman and if he chooses me over her for this assignment, she is going to be upset" she thought.
Also Sanjana knew that she had to have a cordial relationship with Sneha if she had to get past this unknown Chairman. Moreover, Sanjana was pretty sure that is was a case of mistaken identity with the chairman.
"Yes Sneha and I will need all your help if I have to do atleast a little well in this assignment. Will you help me?" she asked in a submissive tone.
Sneha was upbeat hearing this and said,
"Don't worry Sanjana, I am here to help. We will be good friends from here on" Sneha was relieved that Sanjana was not a haughty MBA grad from some reputed college showing attitude. She liked the was Sanjana respected her seniority and position.
"Look, I will be in the Chairman's office for the next one month. He will be here working on the new bid and you will be taking this room. I have to take care of his office in his absense. That's why he chose you to assist him" Sneha wanted to assert her position with Sanjana clearly.
"But don't worry the other office is just 20 min drive from here. I will come here, if he becomes unhandleable or you come and meet me if you need anything" Sneha added.
"Ok Sneha. Thanks a lot. You are very helpful" Sanjana blurted.
"OK. You may have buy some business attire like some skirts, tops and jackets. There will be client meetings from next week. Better get some and get comfortable wearing them"
"Oh. Ok. So no sarees ?"
"No. Not like that. You can wear sarees and ofcourse thats what we normally wear to office. But for some client meetings, esp. this American client, it would be better to have some meetings in full business attire"
"Sure. I will purchase them"
"Good. Take this file. This is confidential and there are no soft copies of this. Read this carefully before afternoon. You are meeting with the chairman today"
"Okay Sneha and thanks for everything" Sanjana got up and left.
With a million questions running in her mind, she took a deep breath, walked to the temperory cabin on the general seating area of the 9th floor and sat and started reading about the bid.
Afternoon 1PM. Sanjana was engrossed in the file reading about the bid. It looked extremely complex and she was having a really hard time when her desk phone rang.
"Hello"
"Sanjana this is Sneha. Can you come over to the CEOs room here ?"
"Yes Sneha. In a minute" Sanjana jumped up and took the file and walked to the CEO's room.
She opened the door after knocking and saw the CEO sitting on guest seat. The main chair was turned the other way and the chairman was on the seat. Sanjana could only see his back. Sneha was standing nearby with some files in her hand. She bent down pointing something on the file, the chairman was reading.
"Good Afternoon Sir" Sanjana wished the CEO.
"Good Afternoon Sanjana. Sir, Sanjana is here" the CEO said to the Chairman.
"Well. Thanks Mukhesh. Please go ahead and carry on with your meetings. I will take care. We will meet again in the morning tomorrow" the chairman said. He was still engrossed in the file and did not turn his chair to face them.
"Thank you sir" Mukhesh said and left the room.
Sneha told something to the chairman and she left the room as well.
The chairman turned his chair in a swivel and faced Sanjana
"Hello Sanjana" the baritone voice said.
"Sit down Sanjana" Sneha said as she sat in her chair
"Congratulations on the job and its a great that your first assignment is with the Chairman himself" she said.
Sanjana could sense a pang of jealousy clearly in her tone. "Of course she is the Principal secretary of the Chairman and if he chooses me over her for this assignment, she is going to be upset" she thought.
Also Sanjana knew that she had to have a cordial relationship with Sneha if she had to get past this unknown Chairman. Moreover, Sanjana was pretty sure that is was a case of mistaken identity with the chairman.
"Yes Sneha and I will need all your help if I have to do atleast a little well in this assignment. Will you help me?" she asked in a submissive tone.
Sneha was upbeat hearing this and said,
"Don't worry Sanjana, I am here to help. We will be good friends from here on" Sneha was relieved that Sanjana was not a haughty MBA grad from some reputed college showing attitude. She liked the was Sanjana respected her seniority and position.
"Look, I will be in the Chairman's office for the next one month. He will be here working on the new bid and you will be taking this room. I have to take care of his office in his absense. That's why he chose you to assist him" Sneha wanted to assert her position with Sanjana clearly.
"But don't worry the other office is just 20 min drive from here. I will come here, if he becomes unhandleable or you come and meet me if you need anything" Sneha added.
"Ok Sneha. Thanks a lot. You are very helpful" Sanjana blurted.
"OK. You may have buy some business attire like some skirts, tops and jackets. There will be client meetings from next week. Better get some and get comfortable wearing them"
"Oh. Ok. So no sarees ?"
"No. Not like that. You can wear sarees and ofcourse thats what we normally wear to office. But for some client meetings, esp. this American client, it would be better to have some meetings in full business attire"
"Sure. I will purchase them"
"Good. Take this file. This is confidential and there are no soft copies of this. Read this carefully before afternoon. You are meeting with the chairman today"
"Okay Sneha and thanks for everything" Sanjana got up and left.
With a million questions running in her mind, she took a deep breath, walked to the temperory cabin on the general seating area of the 9th floor and sat and started reading about the bid.
Afternoon 1PM. Sanjana was engrossed in the file reading about the bid. It looked extremely complex and she was having a really hard time when her desk phone rang.
"Hello"
"Sanjana this is Sneha. Can you come over to the CEOs room here ?"
"Yes Sneha. In a minute" Sanjana jumped up and took the file and walked to the CEO's room.
She opened the door after knocking and saw the CEO sitting on guest seat. The main chair was turned the other way and the chairman was on the seat. Sanjana could only see his back. Sneha was standing nearby with some files in her hand. She bent down pointing something on the file, the chairman was reading.
"Good Afternoon Sir" Sanjana wished the CEO.
"Good Afternoon Sanjana. Sir, Sanjana is here" the CEO said to the Chairman.
"Well. Thanks Mukhesh. Please go ahead and carry on with your meetings. I will take care. We will meet again in the morning tomorrow" the chairman said. He was still engrossed in the file and did not turn his chair to face them.
"Thank you sir" Mukhesh said and left the room.
Sneha told something to the chairman and she left the room as well.
The chairman turned his chair in a swivel and faced Sanjana
"Hello Sanjana" the baritone voice said.
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