Jahid Tarin
What is your job title?
Finance Manager.
How long have you worked at Outsourced Events?
I joined OE in December 2016 making it 4 years, 4 months, 15 days, 2 hours and 45 minutes as of 21.04.2021 at 10:45.
What is one thing you cannot live without?
My mobile phone.
Where is the best place you have travelled to and why?
Srinagar, Kashmir – the green mountains, beautiful lakes and charming gardens. (Heaven if you travel from other parts of India in the summer.)
If you could learn to do anything what would it be?
Perform miracles.
When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you pass the time?
Worrying about the next task.
What is your favourite thing about working at Outsourced Events?
My colleagues and lunches when we're all together in the office.
If you could invite four people to dinner (living or dead) who would you invite and why?
George Bush Jnr, Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, and The Rock.
What was your childhood ambition?
To work anywhere possible and not have to go to school.
What is your most memorable day at Outsourced Events?
My first day at the company, when I started I was the first male to work here (trailblazer).
If you could do any job, regardless of skills and training, what would it be?
To be a farmer, farming animals, fruits and veg.
What are the top three items on your bucket list?
Travel all of Central and South America, spend a couple of months alone in the wild and circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon.
What would people never guess you do in your role?
I was the official office printer fixer; and setting up traps for mice in one of the old offices.
If you could witness any historical event, what would you want to see?
Building of the Egyptian pyramids
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