Still 15 days to go!!!

I have finally got a date when i get out of this place!!!
Its still 2 weeks away. I think its the most glorious time pass of my life.
Its been almost two months that i done absolutely nothing except for browsing net and playing pool.
Some strange feelings have crept in.
As i leave this firm, i think about all the things which i will leave behind.
All the friends i made here whom i will miss.
Also going to an entirely new company and start afresh is making me a bit skeptical.
I know life is going to be a lot more difficult than what its here.
They have a lot of expectations from me. I have to prove them right.
I have to make sure that they don't regret their decision.
Its like a burden which i have to bear. There is no other alternative.
A dilemma i can't do without.
An anathema which is a part of the package.

Inanity at its helm

Imagine a scenario when you have absolutely nothing to do!!!

I go through this nightmare daily at my office. I try to kill time by surfing the net, chatting friends online (i have chatted to people i have never worth contacting for years), reading books in the library and lately i have started blogging.

I never liked blogging. I always saw it as a colossal waste of time and resources. For me, only people who have nothing to do indulged in something as wasteful as blogging. Now that i have started blogging myself i see it as a constructive activity. Although my blogging started out of compulsion of what to do with my spare time (a have lots of it), i see it as medium to express oneself. An example of a prejudice being dismantled.

I use my blog to vent out my frustrations, my anguish, my pain.

I would like to reach out to people through my blog.

My Journey through hell

I write because of sake of writing.

I write not because i am fond of writing, not because i am a literary champ, not because i want to show off and not due to any other reason.

I write because i am in a problem. A big problem. I want all of the visitors to go through what i write and give their suggestions on how to tackle the situation.

To start off, i work in a big IT company. One to those companies which holds the position of one of the most respected IT firms of India. To all of my fraternity it also goes by the term 'sweatshop'. Needless to say it pays well below the industry average.

A software factory, which takes in thousands of freshers each year. A company which bounds its employees by a contractual notice period longer than any other respected company.

I have recently asked my management to be relieved of my services. Reason : I have a good offer which pays me nearly double of what i get here and also has much better future prospects.

An offer which takes me near to my home. I have more than enough reasons to believe that its no longer in my best interests to serve my current organisation.

Since, i don't have too much of a project level dependency on me, i expected that i would be released in at the most a month. My prolonged stay in this company is in no one's interest.

The management here, for no plausible reason wants me to be here for atleast 10 weeks which is unacceptable to my new firm and also to me. I tried to negotiate but they just don't hear. Its like banging your head against a wall.

I am being held here against my wishes. I feel trapped. Apart from the financial loss (due to salary difference) i am suffering from mental anguish too. Imagine everyday coming to the office to office and doing nothing but to sit on the net and do surfing. I have to do this for atleast one more month now.

What do i do? I need some help. Please stop by and give your suggestions.