Today was my last day at IFS. Until today morning, I didn't thought that leaving a place where you were just there for 15 months make you emotional. Though my stay at IFS is not that long I was really fond of IFS.
I get to know about IFS when I was a 2nd year student at university. It was in 2010. We had to do a project collaboration with an IT company. Through a one of the group member's contact we get a chance to go to IFS and had a discussion about a project with Dulantha aiya. We decided to do that project and got chance to visit IFS couple of times. At that time I really wanted to join IFS. But with time there were another 1 or 2 companies that changed my mind. However finally at the middle of the last year I decided to apply for IFS and got selected.
I joined IFS on 16th September 2013 just after finishing the last semester at university. We had 6 weeks of training and then I joined Technology group on November 4th. Few days before joining the group a person comes and told his name then told me that I can join Technology group. That was Mangala who was my Director. Next day when I was playing carrom a woman came and told that she want to discuss some point regarding my new assignment and she also told that she would wait until I finish my carrom game. She was Chamilka akka who was my Manager. I never expected so much humbleness and kindness from the management. That was truly fascinating. At IFS, it doesn't matter whom you talk with everyone is so humble and kind, willing to provide assistance at any point.
It is very hard to find an IT company that has work-life balance like at IFS or any IT company that pay overtime like IFS do. I can point out a long list that really bound me to that amazing culture. IFSers are really a great bunch of people that I have ever met. I really enjoyed all my work there and specially the chance that I got to be a part of organizing committee of the IFS Annual Sports Day, IFS Dinner Dance and many more events as a welfare member and also the awesome TechIgnite 2014.
Sometimes in life we have to get out of comfort zone. Leaving IFS was a very tough decision that I took in my life. Though I left IFS, those 15 months and the memories will never be fade.
