Thursday, November 12, 2009

Things to do when you are on BENCH.............

After my training in Java (Computer Programming Language ), I was assigned to Wireless Domain at Wipro Technologies. I was there for 3 months doing nothing but making POCs (Proof of Concept). That is making demo application to show that you are familiar to the programming language. Honestly speaking, I was on BENCH. Then I got a call for a project and transferred to Bangalore. It's been almost a month here and still I didn't got any work to do. everyday a thought crosses my mind 'Am I still on Bench or literally assigned to some project'. It is this time when you are not sure what to do.

So here are few tips to meet your 9.30 hrs of office while doing nothing.

  1. Read mails and forward them. Check for new mails every 15 mins.
  2. Chat with others who are on bench and disturb those who are in project.
  3. Call from your extension to your friends and speak your heart out.
  4. Take a lots of tea/coffee breaks and take atleast 1/2 an hr to finish a cup of tea/coffee.
  5. Hang out in cafeteria and watch out the pretty faces.
  6. Read newspapers without caring what you are reading.
  7. Go for lots of toilet breaks.
  8. Do excersice/gym at office hrs.
  9. Play Carrom, TT, Chess and all other Indoor games and be the champion.
  10. Carry a novel with you or play games on your mobiles.
  11. Write blogs as I am doing.
  12. Check your account balance everyday as if someone is stealing money from your account in EMI's.

Well there are lots other but I think this much is sufficient for 10 hrs at office.

But I firmly believe in looking for the bright side of the thing. Being on BENCH gives you the oppurtunity to explorer various new horizons. Few good things you can do while on BENCH are:-

  1. Read the Newspaper regularly with concentration and build your vocab.
  2. Read Business articles, books and magazines.
  3. Learn new Programming Language or master a particular one.
  4. Go for your passions and fulfill your desires.

Though the latter are boring and may be not your cup of tea, but this helps you in long run to build your carrer.

What I did and doing is, trying to mix these two flavours and the essence I am getting is quite overwhelming.

Life always throw challenges at you. It's upto you to crumble under it or jump high using it as platform.

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1 comment:

  1. Sunil RathoreFriday, November 13, 2009

    As I have never be on bench, as it will cost my company alot. Anyway here are couple of things that you might missed out. It will help you.

    Make blank calls to your HR, TL and dial non-existing nos.

    Count number ppl sitting in bench.

    Rearrange the furniture, i.e. flick someone else's chair just to irritate him/her.

    Watch other people changing their facial ex-pressions while working and try changing your ex-pressions also.

    Revise last week's newspaper. See how much you remember – a memory trick.

    Practice aiming the coffee cup or any paper into the dustbin. It will help you in getting gold medal to India.

    Hold "How fast my computer boots" competitions or
    Count maximum no of applications your computer can open at a time.

    Move things to Recycle bin and restore them..Then repeat this process. (very important)

    Look at someone & try to imagine how (s)he might have looked when (s)he was 5 years old.
    Solve crosswords/Sudoku.

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