What about the login functionality?
Piyush.
Yes. Michelle, I believe that was shared in the previous module itself.
-Yes. -Good. Also, the training needed to be streamlined I suppose?
Yes, Ms Jefferson, so, we are working on the training module as we speak.
And we are aiming to deliver it along with the final delivery.
Excellent. What about debugging?
Does it run on its own?
Yes. Yes, it does.
In fact, Michelle, Shetty here came up with a brilliant idea.
So, once the program is completed, debugging takes a lot of time.
Causing delivery delays also.
Oh, that's something no one wants to hear.
Right.
But this parallel program runs the debugging in the background
at every milestone.
With minimal impact on the live program.
Well, I don't get all the nitty-gritty but it sounds very efficient.
And you know I love efficiency.
Thank you. Thank you.
Okay, Piyush, how do we plan to tackle the huge workflow issue?
-Actually... -Actually...
Okay. Now, that's a team in tandem.
Go on.
Thanks, Piyush. So, we shall be binding the codes together as we move along.
So that they can be reused with minimal changes in the subsequent stages.
That's good to hear, Gautam. More efficiency, even better.
-Thank you. Thank you. -Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, I don't say this often but I am really pleased.
We seem to be on the right track.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
-Thank you, thank you, Ms Jefferson. -Thank you, Ms Jefferson.
-Thank you. -Good job, team.
-Good job, Piyush. -Thank you, Michelle.
Alright, Vikram, I'll sign off for now.
Thank you, Michelle. Thank you. See you later. Bye.
-Bye. -Bye.
Good job, guys. In Michelle's words,
-you've done really well. Keep the momentum going. -Yes.
Do remember that when the client praises us like this,
it's time to get our guards up.
There is a major overhaul going on at Jefferson.
So, we have to be extra careful.
Any small mistake can cost us big.
-Remember that. -Yes.
Nice mug, nice teddy. Suits your personality.
-Sure. -Alright, Piyush, good decision getting the team in today.
It was a successful meeting. Alright.
-Neha. -Yes, sir.
-Minutes of the meeting on my table? -Sure.
-Thank you, Vikram. Bye. -Bye.
Bye.
Oh, finally.
It was great, guys. Today we worked as a team. It was really nice.
-That was really good. -Let it be, dude.
Two bosses have already praised us so formally.
Another boss complimenting us would make our stomachs hurt.
-True. Let's go. -Yes.
-Sunaina, coffee? -No, dude.
Princess Daina said in one of her interviews.
You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.
I am the odd one out in my team.
But when I am the one who afflicted,
then I am the one who'll have to find comfort too.
But it's easier said than done.
Beautiful.
Wow. I mean.
What a beautiful painting, Supriya.
Where do you find all this?
This painting has been here before I joined this company.
Oh.
Good choice. I must say.
-Theirs. -Yes, theirs.
You are looking different. You have done something, right?
Give me a second. I'll guess.
Is it the new haircut?
Yes. It's looking good.
-Yes. -Look, Piyush, think before you flirt.
I am married and I am also the HR.
And I won't even need to complain to anyone else.
Supriya, I need a favour.
Of course. Tell me.
You know that goody bag option?
I need you to make that the weekend trip option.
That option has been locked, Piyush.
The official deal has been signed with the vendors as per the number of orders.
-You can't do this now. -Please, Supriya, I mean...
Look, that is why I am saying I need a favour.
You know my situation.
I need to do this for the team.
I think you got it wrong.
The team needs to do things for you, not the other way around.
Please, Supriya, I am requesting you. Please help me out.
One time. Just please.
Alibaug. Two days, one night. Room sharing basis.
Three-star hotel. Drinks and non-veg are excluded.
And please don't tell any other team leader about this.
I won't. I promise.
Thank you so much. Thank you!
I love you.
-Sorry, I don't mean that... -Leave.
-Yes, you know what I mean... -Please leave.
Thank you.
-What? -This looks so good.
The next CID centre.
-This is so good. -Neha, you are drunk. Take a look.
I am not taking his side.
I understood when you were doing that.
This is so good.
Guys, Khyati and I were looking nice, right?
-And the teddy bear too. -Very nice.
But that...
I have achieved victory by converting the goody bag into a weekend trip.
Now, the question is, when do I encash this victory?
My father used to say,
if the peacock danced in the rain, did anyone see him?
No one.
You'll take one week for such a small segment?
We can do this in half a day.
You spend half your day smoking.
And the other half in the gym, bro.
One second, guys. It's not about the breaks.
We'll have to write a fresh code for this segment. It's not a copy-paste job.
So, can we reach a middle ground?
What? Look at the scope of work.
It will take one week means it will take one week.
Hold on. There is no need to be rude.
You guys need to understand that your deliverables
and our timelines are dependent.
These inter-team projects are the worst.
The work hasn't even begun yet and they have this attitude.
This is the attitude you deserve.
-Mind your tone. -And mind your business.
Don't try to tell us how much time we should take to do this.
-Guys. -Guys!
We are working on the same goal.
Same project. Can we please not fight?
-Can somebody tell them that? -Yes, okay. Please calm down.
DP, what is the need to wash dirty linen in public?
Things won't get done like this.
Look, I'll ask Vikram to give us one week but
my team has to be in the loop with your team's progress.
We'll have to find some other way. And these inter-team meetings.
They are more explosive than progressive.
Look. There is a way.
Talk to Angad and ask him to put a tracker in your team's modules.
That way my team can monitor your team's progress.
And then we won't need this daily interaction.
What are you saying, you scoundrel? Are you crazy?
That will just make things worse.
Then be prepared for this daily war.
Talk to Vikram and get both our teams' timelines changed.
No, dude. You talk to Vikram.
I will handle this.
-Sure? -Yes.
Boys.
Go, go. Bye.
I had read somewhere that for a leader, his team should be like his family.
Make them feel heard and seen.
Be the Big Daddy of your family.
Maybe it's time to do that now.
It's easier said than done.
I can't come right now.
Please understand.
Listen, can't you take him to the doctor?
Yes.
Okay.
The first rule of being the Big Daddy.
Learn to trust your family before they trust you.
Shetty.
Can I have a moment?
Actually, Supriya was asking about the approval for your half-days.
So, I said it is fully approved from my side.
If you need to get your half-days approved in the future,
just drop me a message. I'll take care of the rest.
And it's coming from one daddy to another.
What?
I mean that if you need a half day today, then you can go.
Okay.
Thanks, dude.
Anytime.
Also, Shetty.
Manav Shetty.
Who is that?
No. Just that your name is Naveen
and your wife's name is Manasi.
I thought Man from Manasi and Na from Naveen.
Not bad, dude.
Thank you. Thank you.
Piyush, I'll be back soon.
-Yeah, yeah. Sure! -Thank you.
Yeah, thank you. Bye.
Bye.
First, I have to wake up early and go to the gym.
Then I have to come to the office and do this work. And what is this food?
Carrots and cucumber?
She has stopped giving me sugar at home.
I go to yoga class after work and complete my 10,000 steps, but what?
Who does she send memes to? Her ex.
Can't she see my efforts?
Enough, Gautam.
Handle it like a man, okay?
And they must be discussing private stuff.
Is that so? Private stuff?
The question is, what private stuff are they discussing?
Guys, I have started feeling bad for Piyush now.
I didn't invite him to the party either and I am feeling guilty about that.
Then go. Go, Gautam. Sit with him.
Yes, I will go. He is my friend.
And he listens to my rants too.
Go then.
He is just going on and on. Do you want more?
What did you get today?
There is nothing interesting.
What vegetables did you get?
Veg.
-Veg? -I will just discuss about the leaves and come. You...
This pudding is here. Please eat.
Really, Shetty?
Oh, so, you are on a diet.
Do you want to go too?
No. Why would I go?
-He used me. -Exactly.
Eat it. Try it.
Give me that.
Manasi.
Neha, do you deliberately work so slow or is this your usual speed?
-Excuse me. -What I am saying is, if you keep working at this speed,
then you are not going to finish on time.
Hold on.
How do you know what her speed is?
I am supposed to know.
Because if you guys delay, it falls upon us.
I believe you are not supposed to talk to my team in my absence.
No, Piyush, I was just making sure that
-everything is... -Oh, yeah. No, you don't have to make anything sure.
Also, I am not Piyush for you.
So, call me sir.
Sorry, sir.
Alright, sir. Please enjoy your lunch.
What's wrong?
It was just...
Was he bothering Neha?
They can't relax even at lunchtime.
Sorry. I...
Guys, Puran Poli?
Piyush.
-Does this have ghee in it? -Yes.
-I didn't bring any food. -Yes, I will eat this.
-Come. Come to this side. -This food.
Piyush.
How do they know what speed we work at?
Tracker? Seriously, Piyush?
Even Khyati doesn't monitor my life as you are doing.
It's not for monitoring, Gautam.
-It's convenient. -Okay.
So, that means when we are working,
when we are eating, peeing, breathing,
the appraisal will be done based on all that?
No, Shetty.
We don't argue with Kalpesh's team every day. That is why this is better.
Piyush, is this a surveillance deal?
Are we a team or is this a dictatorship?
Guys, of course, we are a team.
I was only trying to find a solution.
I was trying to solve a problem.
And I get your feedback.
I agree with you guys. It is very intrusive.
And, hence, I have come up with a solution.
Dude, none of us wants solutions anymore.
Okay? Just... just get rid of the tracker.
Yes, I also feel the same.
Okay. I am sorry, guys.
The tracker can't be removed.
What I can do
is that we can remove this system from live tracking
and update our tasks manually.
And I'll talk to Kalpesh about it. It'll be fine.
-What say? -Just keep talking to Kalpesh about everything.
Good.
Bravo.
When you fall down the stairs of trust,
you land straight into the abyss of scepticism.
I am stuck now.
Where are you coming from, dude?
Oh! The stairs.
10,000 steps.
-Cardio. -Go on. Have some water.
That's it.
The market is all good.
Where is it?
-Good job, Neha. -Thank you, Piyush.
Sunaina.
Can I talk to you?
What happened?
I... I want to start by apologizing to you.
-The... -Listen, Piyush.
If it's something related to work then tell me, otherwise,
honestly, we have a lot of work to do right now.
No, I...
Okay. I am not saying sorry for the trackers. I am apologizing because
I've been mean to you.
I'm sorry for that.
Okay.
Look, I know you believe that I don't deserve to be a team lead.
And you may be right.
I will fail. Or I will not.
But it will definitely be a failure if you guys don't support me.
You think I am this mean bitch who is just here to ruin everything?
In your head, I am still the same, right?
-The one who ruins things. -That is not true.
Just listen to me for once.
Do you think that if you fail, then I will celebrate?
Or what? I won't support you?
Or I will personally bring you down?
No, what is it?
Because I have the work ethic to give
100 percent to my team every single time.
-CMC for me is... -Piyush, what do you want?
Just please.
Look, you know this project is crucial.
I want you to keep track of everybody's progress.
Because nobody trusts me.
Okay. And I want you to be my co-captain.
Piyush, I am not your co-captain.
This fancy vocab sounds good but it doesn't mean anything.
But this project is important.
And I will take the responsibility to ensure
that the team delivers it on time.
-Okay? -Yes.
Thank you.
After that, I am moving on.
What do you mean you are moving on?
Shetty, yours will reach by this evening, right?
I... Yes, bro.
That's good. So, that should make it three.
So, three modules, good enough to begin with?
Fine. Okay.
Okay then.
Nice. This is done.
Hi.
-Hi, Neha. -Hi, Khyati.
-Hi, guys. -Hi, Khyati.
-Hi, Khyati. How are you? -Good.
-Babe, shall we go? -Yes.
Yes.
-Gautam. Gautam. -Yes?
You have to finish your module today, right?
We have a meditation class today.
And I'll come tomorrow early morning and finish it.
Meditation helps you to focus.
You should do it too.
-Okay, guys, bye. See you. -Bye.
Gautam.
You'll have to finish your module today.
Honestly, it's going to be too late tomorrow.
Sorry, Khyati.
Khyati, may I have a moment?
Gautam, this is not done.
-Khyati. -We decided we'll go today, right?
I have to finish some work today.
-I don't care. -Khyati.
Khyati, listen. Khyati, listen to me.
I am doing 10,000 steps daily.
-I am eating salad and having coffee. What else do you want? -I don't care.
-Khyati. -You had a plan for today.
Babe, just one day. Just let me do it for today. Everyone is working. Please.
Babe.
Hi, Neha.
Hi, Gautam.
Neha, can you please update my file?
Sorry, Gautam. I can't do it.
My file is still pending. It's not getting done.
Fine. Fine.
The day you come asking me for help, I will help you.
Oh, okay. So nice of you.
Babe, all okay?
Shit.
I ordered this for you. Eat this.
No, Piyush, I can't eat a salad.
Life is already screwed from all sides.
I need comfort food.
5,000 steps gone, dude. Eat.
I'll make it 10,000.
I'll do it tomorrow, Shetty.
That's really nice.
-May I? -Yes, please.
-Cheers. Good night. -Good night.
2000 steps were saved, bro.
Shetty, exchange one piece with me.
-I'll do it tomorrow. -Alright, guys.
I am off. Actually, I need to send a budget right now.
But I'll be working from home. If there is anything, please get in touch.
Okay? Alright. Good night, guys.
Neha, the orange one wasn't there. Only this one was there.
Thank you.
Don't take so much stress. Relax. The work will be done. Chill.
Okay, Gautam.
Being the Big Daddy worked for me.
A little pressure and a lot of love.
Now, to think of it, this should have always been my approach.
It feels good when your actions have a better reaction.
I'm sure my team also will be on track just like this project
Guys, one module is still incomplete. Who did this?
-One second. -One second, Kalpesh, that is a very serious accusation.
Yes, but this is a very serious situation.
-We have checked! -Forget this. This is incomplete!
Of course, we have completed it! What the hell are you talking about?
Guys! One second. What's going on? Please.
DP, what's happening, bro?
Your team's pending module trackers are green.
What are you saying? How is that possible?
It is only possible when the task hasn't been completed
or the tracker has been manipulated.
-Manipulated? One second! -The task is completed, dude!
Why will we manipulate it? Why will we?
-Listen. -Guys.
-Hold on, guys. -Why are you shutting it off?
You can't talk like that, okay?
Boys!
-Why are you shutting it off? -Listen to him. He is talking to you.
Look, manipulating this tracker is no rocket science.
Someone from your team has done it. And only you can figure out who.
And the delivery?
That can't happen on time now.
Vikram is going to be on fire, dude.
Listen, can we work this out?
I mean if we finish this today and somehow...
You know, get back to you? Can you talk to your team?
No, listen, that is not fair to my team.
They will be overburdened now.
Alright.
Look, the main thing is that you shouldn't be blamed.
And I'll have to handle Vikram very tactfully.
And, listen. Don't say anything to him.
He will screw your happiness.
I will handle him.
Till then you should decide who you want to blame this fuck up for.
Cool? Okay.
Who did this, guys?
Piyush.
-Dude. -Why would we do this?
The tracker must have a bug.
Yes, obviously.
-What happened? What? -What?
Guys.
Dude.
Piyush.
How the fuck is this possible?
Vikram, this is because of bad timing.
I mean there should have been a buffer time
between the task handover of both teams.
Kalpesh, if you give me one more stupid argument to justify this,
I will make sure that you and only you are held responsible for this.
Do you understand that?
Now what?
Connect me to Michelle, please.
Hi, Vikram.
Hi, Michelle. I hope I'm not disturbing you.
Well, not exactly. But I wasn't expecting a call from you.
I understand.
I've called to inform you that we'll have to push
the delivery of this segment a bit.
By how much time?
Four days?
Two days, Michelle.
We were supposed to deliver on Tuesday. You'll have it by Thursday.
That's not acceptable, Vikram.
It was supposed to be up and running by now.
I understand. We had some unforeseen circumstances at our end and
I'm sorry about that.
And I am sorry to say that this puts Synnotech Innovation's
next project with us under major scrutiny.
This kind of delay has never happened
and I honestly don't know what to do here.
Hope you understand that.
I do. Apologies once again and
I'll speak to you soon. Bye, Michelle.
This is not a minor goof-up.
This is going to cost us big. So, I am asking for the one last time,
whose fuck up is this?
Mine.
I... Vikram, I don't think this is the right time to...
Out.
I know what you are trying to do here.
But I don't think you understand what you are doing.
Vikram, the delay was from my team so it is my fault.
Piyush, there isn't much difference between
being a leader and scapegoat.
Remember that.
Thank you.
Eve Whitbourn has said,
admitting any mistake means
that instead of making someone else a scapegoat,
you are accepting all your mistakes.
My friends couldn't trust me. That was my mistake.
My team couldn't tell me the truth. That was my mistake too.
I had the best team one could have asked for.
But I could not get the best out of them.
So, this failure is mine and mine alone.
This affliction is mine. And there is no comfort in it.
Bro, what happened inside?
Nothing happened, bro.
And everything is sorted now, guys.
Dude, I don't think it's fine.
Chill, guys.
I am sorry, dude.
Piyush, even I am sorry.
Things got serious this time.
Guys, we'll see what happens.
Shall we all go for a team lunch?
Now?
That's a great idea.
Actually, we couldn't go for dinner too, right?
-So, let's go for lunch. -I think it's a good idea. I need a drink.
Shetty.
Oh, no. I mean...
Buttermilk.
I need buttermilk.
Come.
-Let's go then. Yes. -Let's go.
Yes, let's go.
Come.
Yes.
So, captain, shall we go?
See you there.
Come on.
You go. Have fun.
Sure?
By the way, PP, you became the team lead.
Thanks, bro.
Go on.
And cumin seasoning in the lentils.
-So tasty. -With your drink.
-Kalpesh didn't come? -No.
Must be busy.
I know it's an odd time but this feels so nice.
I mean all of us going out together as a team.
Just like our whole family used to go out every Sunday.
For a picnic.
This is exactly the same feeling.
I am sorry. I...
-No, no, you are right. -Don't be.
Yes, I mean, it does feel really nice.
In fact, I got us a weekend trip also.
Yes, sorry, I was thinking that once we submit the project,
then I'll share it with you. It'll be a surprise but...
-I think now is the time. -Really?
I love my kid but I genuinely need a break.
-So... -Honestly.
Shetty is going to lay in the pool all day.
-Exactly. -There is a pool there, right, Piyush?
-Is there? -Yes.
If there is no one with you in victory, that in itself is an affliction.
But your friends are with you in defeat, there is no bigger
comfort than that.