The Wrong Side of the Telephonic Interview Process

Amit has joined his new assignment as Senior Software Engineer three days back in one of the fast growing software product development company at Bangalore. But right from the first day morning hours he was highly demoralized and confused because after joining the new assignment he is of the opinion that this is not the Job he was looking for. He spent last three days in analyzing various factors and of the opinion that the culture of this company is highly chaotic which he never expected. Even his last company culture was extremely systematic and therefore he is not at all comfortable here. The chaotic nature not only gets reflected in the workplace but also it is very much visible in canteen and in other areas.

In fact he had to face three round of interview, all telephonically in order to get this offer. At the end of final round of interview his Salary was negotiated telephonically and accordingly on the next day offer letter were being sent by E-mail to Delhi where he was working till recently. Therefore it is his first physical visit to the premises of the current company. But now question is can he go back to his previous assignment? And if that were so what would be the reaction of his previous boss as well as company? Because somewhere down the line he strongly believes that his previous assignment was far better than the current one. Even due to this confused state he has not even collected his new appointment letter though on the first day morning hours itself he completed all his joining formalities. He strongly believes that had he been visited this company even during the process of interview, he would have clearly refused to join this assignment and therefore would have remained in his previous company. Under the circumstances, now his only focus is to get back his previous job by any means or move to another company where he has already appeared interview. But this time before accepting any new offer he would like to ensure that he physically visits the company premises and gets a first hand feel of the company culture.