Didn't expect to be back on the blogosphere so soon, but I just couldn't hold myself back from writing about this out-of-the-world place that I'm honored to have become a part of. Yup! Its Flipkart... It intrigues you more and more as each day passes, with conference rooms filled with beanbags instead of round-tables, the gym and cafeteria taking up more space than the actual workplace itself, flip-out Fridays held every fortnight and the only dress code being 'big smiles and the Flipster spirit'.
Just a week since I joined and it already boggles the mind. The first two days were mostly fun and games, not to mention the 24x7 coffee, yummy snacks and luncheon we were being served everyday. It didn't take us long to get to know our colleagues, whose equally high intellect but varied backgrounds never seize to amaze. The next couple of days however introduced us to the real deal at Flipkart, where we were blasted by a concentrated dose of information regarding fulfillment centers, mother hubs, delivery hubs, etc.
We were shortly addressed by the directors and vice-presidents of all the business units including business finance, supply chain management (SCM), commerce platform (CP), analytics, marketing among a wide assortment of many others, about which we are just beginning to wrap our heads around. The place is ripe with news of Flipkart going 'app. only' in a few months time, as it grows exponentially making the rapid transition from an exploding startup to a massive stable e-commerce big shot, which is already changing the way India shops and is maybe also on the brink of casting a worldwide shadow, while remaining young at heart.
As the excitement of the first week here, staying at IBIS and working out of the ultra-modern Cessna Tech Park, begins to sink in, thoughts of the days to come begin to emerge. Although its difficult to predict how things are going to shape up in a few months time, both internally and externally, as I anxiously await the final interview results of IOCL, it is more important to thoroughly enjoy the here and now! Irrespective of what the future holds, this is one experience I'm glad not to have missed out on. Cheers to Flipkart and my entire Graduate Trainee batch!
