Why I don't wanna work for Infosys
Well that's because I don't like the Blackberry phone. The blog could end right here, but then if I don't explain it better, you would keep me in the same category as Infosians, who I dislike anyway...
So what's the big deal? It happened like this... We are a bunch of Indian students here at an American university, which is kinda considered one of the best in the world, and we feel quite proud belonging to this place.
Even more so when the job fairs happen. There are companies abound that come here looking for great talent and increase their organization's productivity. All the stalls are brightly lit and the recruiters stand outside their stalls to 'reach' out to the students, so that they could talk to them and see if they are a good fit. Even if they are not, they are more than willing to listen to you and explore whatever opportunities there could be for you. Even if it turns out that there aren't any opportunities available, you would walk away thinking that you had the best conversation you wanted to have, and too bad there weren't opportunities, but you would want to try again...
The stalls are a story in them all together. draped in their company colors, the stalls are all lit up shining bright. These people go an extra mile to get their stalls looking great for people to get attracted like a moth to fire.
So I was having a good time in the job fair, talking to different recruiters, and having a quality time there... And then I walk into this next row of stalls... this row was kinda different. It had mostly hardware and earth moving equipment companies. As I walk down through the aisle, there came this corner... the stall was blue, and it seemed that either the lighting was not done, or some of the bulbs had prolly blown away. The caption there said, 'The world is flattening.. are you ready?' hmm... when i looked around there was just one person in that stall, and just above his wavy hair, I read the name, Infosys...
The recruiter here was kinda weird. He was sitting behind the table stall and was totally screwed on to his Blackberry Phone! a few people passed in front of him, and he didn't seem to notice. I thought it might be his boss on the phone, and I would come later...
So I took a round of the hall and then went back to the stall. This time the recruiter was talking to someone. So as was the case with other stalls, I stood in line waiting. Generally, recruiters tried to give equal time to all people waiting in the line, and made sure that the line didn't feel ignored. But the guy here at Infosys, looks at me, and says 'I am talking to this person, and will take time. You can go and have a round of the hall, and come back after 5 mins.' Well, umm taken aback by that, I smiled and said, OK...
So I took a round and went back to the stall.. The chat was still going on, and now the recruiter was actually sitting on the side of his table and it seemed that it was more of a gossip mode than recruiting. And he was still playing with the Blackberry in his hands while gossiping with that kid...
'aah nevermind' I thought, and moved on to Yahoo.. By the way, I went for the final rounds of interviews with Yahoo at SF, and they have a rocking atmosphere and campus. And ofcourse, you are treated very well there...
So what's the big deal? It happened like this... We are a bunch of Indian students here at an American university, which is kinda considered one of the best in the world, and we feel quite proud belonging to this place.
Even more so when the job fairs happen. There are companies abound that come here looking for great talent and increase their organization's productivity. All the stalls are brightly lit and the recruiters stand outside their stalls to 'reach' out to the students, so that they could talk to them and see if they are a good fit. Even if they are not, they are more than willing to listen to you and explore whatever opportunities there could be for you. Even if it turns out that there aren't any opportunities available, you would walk away thinking that you had the best conversation you wanted to have, and too bad there weren't opportunities, but you would want to try again...
The stalls are a story in them all together. draped in their company colors, the stalls are all lit up shining bright. These people go an extra mile to get their stalls looking great for people to get attracted like a moth to fire.
So I was having a good time in the job fair, talking to different recruiters, and having a quality time there... And then I walk into this next row of stalls... this row was kinda different. It had mostly hardware and earth moving equipment companies. As I walk down through the aisle, there came this corner... the stall was blue, and it seemed that either the lighting was not done, or some of the bulbs had prolly blown away. The caption there said, 'The world is flattening.. are you ready?' hmm... when i looked around there was just one person in that stall, and just above his wavy hair, I read the name, Infosys...
The recruiter here was kinda weird. He was sitting behind the table stall and was totally screwed on to his Blackberry Phone! a few people passed in front of him, and he didn't seem to notice. I thought it might be his boss on the phone, and I would come later...
So I took a round of the hall and then went back to the stall. This time the recruiter was talking to someone. So as was the case with other stalls, I stood in line waiting. Generally, recruiters tried to give equal time to all people waiting in the line, and made sure that the line didn't feel ignored. But the guy here at Infosys, looks at me, and says 'I am talking to this person, and will take time. You can go and have a round of the hall, and come back after 5 mins.' Well, umm taken aback by that, I smiled and said, OK...
So I took a round and went back to the stall.. The chat was still going on, and now the recruiter was actually sitting on the side of his table and it seemed that it was more of a gossip mode than recruiting. And he was still playing with the Blackberry in his hands while gossiping with that kid...
'aah nevermind' I thought, and moved on to Yahoo.. By the way, I went for the final rounds of interviews with Yahoo at SF, and they have a rocking atmosphere and campus. And ofcourse, you are treated very well there...
