Outsourcing – such a scary word if you are a current employee in an MNC; BUT I’m a big believer in outsourcing. In fact, that’s how my entire banking 🏦 career started. I was the first batch of finance professionals at Credit Suisse, and we were the outsourced support for our New York and London offices. Barely 2 months into the job, my boss offered me the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do a secondment to the London office. I was given one year to learn all the tasks currently performed by a team based in London, and move that entire team function back to Singapore.
Fast forward, 5 years later, I moved back to Singapore and started with a different bank. This time, I was given a team of 5 professionals to train who would eventually take over parts of my team function, when they move back to Pune to be the outsourced support for the Singapore team.
Now that I have embarked on my entrepreneurial journey with Empire Code, time is a rare commodity for me. Whenever a friend asks about my dating life, my answer is – Hey! I don’t even have enough time to have proper sleep!” Also, I am NOT a fan of online dating, due to the initial oh-so-awkward (and painful) first conversations, which makes my options extremely limited, since Covid has placed a handbrake on most social interactions.
Well, the universe must have heard my distress (but more likely, my mom’s AND my grandma’s prayers) and dropped the perfect experiment on my lap. Why not outsource my dating life?? My secret cupid 💘 would save my time by sifting through potential profiles, and I get to avoid the cringy small chats. Guess it’s worth a try?!? 🤷🏻♀️ Since Tim Ferris is doing it too…