"Time to say Good Bye" mail

when a professional leaves his present organisation for next company, he drafts a thanking mail with lots of manufactured (may be real) emotional and nostalgic feelings he had experienced while working in various projects with various teams and he sends to all members of his present as well as past projects. what does this courtesy mail leave an impact on employees who get this mail? do we get emotional as this guy is leaving us ? does HR team see an infectious virus being sent by a out-going employee in the form of a thanking mail ? ok. let me tell you...how an employee reacts after reading a 'Good Bye' mail as this mail directly motivates them also to say 'Good Bye'...if that out-going employee is his friend then he will inquire about the offer he got and he will request him to refer his resume when he joins there...otherwise he will also start looking for a better opportunity in term of salary because someone having same experience as his own are getting better package in the market then why he should be left doing work at lower salary in his present company. many times this mail left many employees in bad taste as well as demotivated as they missed to grab that more-paying job. so what happens...one 'Good Bye' mail motivates next three or five 'Good Bye' mails directly or indirectly. from organisational perspective, this practice is no way doing any good.

few stupid HR ques.

every recruitment process has one last HR round to qualify. recruitee is sure of being asked same boring and crap questions to test so-called intregrity, trust and professionalism of candidate which basically tests nothing rather than it is a small feel-good chit-chat session with a candidate. what if one is disqualified based on it. blame guy or blame HR ?

Q. why do you want to join our company ? => does HR person want to listen manufactured good points about their company ? What does HR person expect from a candidate to say ? let suppose he is looking for change of job only for monetary increment then what's the problem HR person has got? to retain good employees or to absorb new employees, it is problem of company...it is not the responsibilty of an employee to stay inspite he deserves better.

Q. are you happy with your present work/company? => how it is going to matter whether a candidate is happy or unhappy with his company as long as he is proving his mantle or expertise in his area of work? why the hell anybody will say that he is unhappy with present company to invite more questions about his style of working rather he will choose to cut down next question by saying 'i am happy but i want to be happier if i join your firm.'

Q. if you get a better offer while working in our company, would you leave our company? => if anybody who is staying with a company inspite of getting better prospect from another company, is fool. i don't think anyone will use above line to reply to HR person to lose his prospect with certainity.

Q. why do you want to join software firm ? => why the hell, company is bothered for reasons behind a candidate's personal choice to work in his preferred industry ? what matters most is whether he is doing good.

Q. where do you see yourself in our company after five years ? => is a candidate going to stay for next 5 years on the basis of that he has made a statement like he would like to see himself as a manager ? does his answer worth anything good for a company ?

how guys start drinking!!!

i along with Vijay Gupta decided to try beer. we went silently to a beer shop beside known Punjabi Dhaba. took a kingfisher mild beer...wrapped in newspaper...put it in a black bag. we were back to room. we were not sure about how we should take it...neat or with water or with cold drink. point was...we didn't want to intoxicate ourselves. finally we decided to go for Spirit. drink composition was: one part of beer and two parts Spirit. i had three drinks but Gupta couldn't complete one because of some kind of intoxication started in his head. poor guy!!! :)