The much-awaited Annual day Celebrations happened at Perficient @ The Chennai towers. The day kickstarted with a Photoshoot and a Grand food carnival at the Chennai Towers and followed by a Movie Day out. I would like to start with a little disclaimer, this blog covers my point of view at the Annual day.
Planning for the day
The planning committee did some exclusive groundwork in terms of arrangements, food and transport for the event. In the start of the month, Surveys carried out to cater to the choice of the employees regarding their food and movie preferences. Appreciate the HCM team who reached out individual employees to confirm on their presence on the day of outing.
Annual Day – 9th December 2024
As I walked into office, All I could see is not a usual day at workplace, it looked so festive like a close family event. while the facility team doing the decors themed Red and Gold. The first thing that caught my eye is the huge Tents made for shade from scorching heat. huge aluminum pots and pans are ready to cook food. That’s when I know this food carnival is going to be humungous and special like a feast arranged at the family event.
Photoshoot at the Terrace
Perficient Chennai gleamed with all the decorations and team photos were captured. Kudos to the HCM coordinators who made sure all the teams’ pictures are captured. Just like icing on the cake, it’s time for the big picture, all the 400+ employees marched to floor Ten aka terrace. That was really a life size picture captured by the drones covering all of us along with the Perficient hoarding. We definitely stood tall with the dose of Vitamin D and heart full of laughter while we pose, and it was wonderfully captured by the team of photographers.
Food carnival
All the raw materials were sourced from the best places and in fact all the foods that were served were homemade. We had live counters serving us every variety of Dosas possible. Each one of the volunteers took great effort making sure everyone was well fed. The arrangements made for the entire event was incredible. The Goodness of the food reflected in the happy faces of the employees. My Favorite among the buffet was hot steaming Biryani and Gujarati dessert Jalebi and did not mind going for it again. This event was a great way to network with other team people and as the saying goes “Good Food brought all of us closer as a community”.
Movie Day out
Transport arrangements are made, and we travelled to the cinemas. 2 screens were booked exclusively for Perficient Chennai employees. We had a gala time enjoying the movie with the colleagues. The day ended with the drop back to Chennai towers. However, everyone secretly wished this day never ends.
Conclusion
Congratulations to the management, staff and employees, volunteers for making this event so successful. Everyone made this day so memorable. As part of cultural connections ERG, Onam 2023 and Diwali celebrations 2024 was grand, but this annual day 2024 was multifold grandeur and Magnificent. As I always write, looking forward for much more celebrations at Perficient Chennai. Cheers!!!!
