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Some Advice to new joinees..

1>Working in infy should just be a job not a career..
2>Always have a backup plan.Don't be dependent on infy.
3>Try to switch company if you are on bench for 6 continuous months..


Im sorry if im intruding, but i have to clear the air....

1> Based on what? Every new joinee while joining infy thinks that its a 1-2 yrs stint and then what? They suddenly sway a magical stick and everything changes? Sadly, only 5-10% people go to good mba colleges and the rest either remain in infy or switch to another IT company. Life is same.

As far as i know, Infy provides a career to 1.3 lakh people(and still counting) and indirect income to 10 lakh in India. If thats not the idea of a career then 1.3 lakh people are out of their minds..:cheerio:

Everyone has a different frame of mind, and some people do take a career in IT very seriously and therefore they think INFY is a good place to start.

2> Its prudent to have a backup plan always. I repeat, always. But by saying "not depending on INFY" if you mean that INFY can cancel your offer, then you cant be more deeply mistaken. Becuase i have witnessed all offers being honoured at the peak of recession while other companies were laying off. If there is any doubt about INFY's capability to pay its employees on time, let it be known that infy has a cash reserve (i cannot post the figure here) which is equivalent to provide 2 yrs of salary to each of its employees with 0 revenue and no projects.

3> Hehe....if you are on a bench for 6 months.....why would the other company hire you...instead of the person who has been working live!


No offense meant directly to you....just wanted to clear the air...

Disclaimer: I am myself an MBA aspirant trying to shift my career from IT, but i dont like the facts being eroded and delusion being formed on their basis.
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I have lots of queries starting from

1) If any infosys guy who is presently working at infosys could tell me how much is the work load and stress and does one get quality time to prepare for MBA and other stuffs

2) What platforms would a trainee be working on, and after that what type of Projects one gets?

3) What is the Growth pattern at Infosys, for those wishing Job Security

4) What is the criteria for Executive MBA at Infosys?

5) this is a little judgmental , ACCENTURE vs INFOSYS? (keeping MBA in mind)

sincerely awaiting reply?????????:cheerio:

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Im sorry if im intruding, but i have to clear the air....

1> Based on what? Every new joinee while joining infy thinks that its a 1-2 yrs stint and then what? They suddenly sway a magical stick and everything changes? Sadly, only 5-10% people go to good mba colleges and the rest either remain in infy or switch to another IT company. Life is same.

As far as i know, Infy provides a career to 1.3 lakh people(and still counting) and indirect income to 10 lakh in India. If thats not the idea of a career then 1.3 lakh people are out of their minds..:cheerio:

Everyone has a different frame of mind, and some people do take a career in IT very seriously and therefore they think INFY is a good place to start.

2> Its prudent to have a backup plan always. I repeat, always. But by saying "not depending on INFY" if you mean that INFY can cancel your offer, then you cant be more deeply mistaken. Becuase i have witnessed all offers being honoured at the peak of recession while other companies were laying off. If there is any doubt about INFY's capability to pay its employees on time, let it be known that infy has a cash reserve (i cannot post the figure here) which is equivalent to provide 2 yrs of salary to each of its employees with 0 revenue and no projects.

3> Hehe....if you are on a bench for 6 months.....why would the other company hire you...instead of the person who has been working live!


No offense meant directly to you....just wanted to clear the air...

Disclaimer: I am myself an MBA aspirant trying to shift my career from IT, but i dont like the facts being eroded and delusion being formed on their basis.


Sorry to sound lame but

what exactly is the meaning of "ON THE BENCH" for 6 months?
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Sorry to sound lame but

what exactly is the meaning of "ON THE BENCH" for 6 months?


"Bench" is the most commonly used term in IT industry. It means people who will sit idle waiting for projects, without much productivity. Normally it happens in IT industry norms that there should be around 20-25% resources(people) on Bench in every company. This is to avoid unexpected transfers/departures from one company to the other and also to allocate people on last minute requirements.

Generally, companies predict that they will get some projects in near future. So to be ready for the new projects, they train some people for the future projects. This process is called Bench. Normally, you will get lot of free time during this Bench period. But it is not good to be on Bench for a longer period.

I hope I have given enough gyan on Bench :cheerio:


Regards,
Hemanth
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I have lots of queries starting from

1) If any infosys guy who is presently working at infosys could tell me how much is the work load and stress and does one get quality time to prepare for MBA and other stuffs

2) What platforms would a trainee be working on, and after that what type of Projects one gets?

3) What is the Growth pattern at Infosys, for those wishing Job Security

4) What is the criteria for Executive MBA at Infosys?

5) this is a little judgmental , ACCENTURE vs INFOSYS? (keeping MBA in mind)

sincerely awaiting reply?????????:cheerio:


Too many questions eh? I will try to provide answers to all.
First things first, whatever you have asked will vary from person to person and opinions are bound to differ.

1) If you are talking about freshers, then not much free time will be there to concentrate on personal aspects during the initial 1-2 months of training. Especially this is for Non-CS people. They might have to study a little bit more compared to CS people. Once you are done with your training, your project will decide whether you will get free time or not.

There will be some projects, where the work will be hectic and some projects where you can manage time for your personal aspects. Very subjective.

2) Trainings generally happen in two phases. Phase-1 on Generic training and Phase-2 on Stream training like Java, .Net, Mainframes, Open Systems(Unix,C++ etc) and on some unit specific trainings like Enterprise Solutions, IVS, IMS, Finacle etc. None can predict which stream you will get into.

Reg. projects also the same case. Into which project you will be put into entirely depends on requirements at that time. You may work on what you are trained or you may not. Again very subjective which don't have a correct answer.

3) Growth pattern is similar to other competitors in the market. To know more about the pattern, its better to be in the company and understand it.

4) Criteria for Executive MBA is that you should have min. 2yrs of experience in Infy and some other criteria, which I think I should not disclose in public. Sorry for that. But remember there is a possibility of doing Exec. MBA from Infy as of now.

5) I don't think I can give a good answer for it, as I have not worked in Accenture. So if I comment any thing on that it would not look good. But I will give a general answer: No company will provide you with time to prepare for MBA. You have to manage time. But how you will manage depends on the type of project you will get into. If you are put into a critical project, you have to work very hard, be it Infy or Accenture, does not matter. Finally what I mean to say is: w.r.t MBA prep, we can't say which company is good as you don't know into which type of project you are put into.

I hope I have clarified your doubts, at least to some extent :-P


Regards,
Hemanth
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Im sorry if im intruding, but i have to clear the air....

1> Based on what? Every new joinee while joining infy thinks that its a 1-2 yrs stint and then what? They suddenly sway a magical stick and everything changes? Sadly, only 5-10% people go to good mba colleges and the rest either remain in infy or switch to another IT company. Life is same.

As far as i know, Infy provides a career to 1.3 lakh people(and still counting) and indirect income to 10 lakh in India. If thats not the idea of a career then 1.3 lakh people are out of their minds..:cheerio:

Everyone has a different frame of mind, and some people do take a career in IT very seriously and therefore they think INFY is a good place to start.

2> Its prudent to have a backup plan always. I repeat, always. But by saying "not depending on INFY" if you mean that INFY can cancel your offer, then you cant be more deeply mistaken. Becuase i have witnessed all offers being honoured at the peak of recession while other companies were laying off. If there is any doubt about INFY's capability to pay its employees on time, let it be known that infy has a cash reserve (i cannot post the figure here) which is equivalent to provide 2 yrs of salary to each of its employees with 0 revenue and no projects.

3> Hehe....if you are on a bench for 6 months.....why would the other company hire you...instead of the person who has been working live!


No offense meant directly to you....just wanted to clear the air...

Disclaimer: I am myself an MBA aspirant trying to shift my career from IT, but i dont like the facts being eroded and delusion being formed on their basis.

Hehe...no my mood doesnt changes with every post...
Well you wrote 3 simple lines which did not say anything about growth etc..
Again....i have to correct you ( sorry bro...but you always come up with weak facts :cheerio:)

1> There is growth...but it cant be compared to Goldman sachs or Microsoft....so if people are that smart to crack such high growth companies...they wont be joining INFY....
Last yr witnessed 13-23% salary hike across all employees...
Ofcourse...if anyone (including me) who finds a better company..will surely change jobs...doesnt mean there is NO GROWTH

There are approximately 150 people quitting INFY everyday...but among a population of 1.3 lacs...isnt it logical?
This is because of the very nature of IT industry where an employee works for a company for 2-4 yrs and then joins another for a hike...its not just because they dont like the company..its always for a hike and every one will do that in every company... INFY and TCS hiring nos are in limelight because they control a good share of sensex and nifty volumes....


2> INFY has a lot of money doesnt mean it gives away all to its employees...after all its a company...and it is paying according to the industry standards...why should it give more just because it has more? Doesnt make any sense....moreover the cash reserve is more of a job security to employees
INFY announced free shares last yr for every employee (above normal salary, they were not ESOPs)

3> If you are on bench for 6 months it means you have spent 1 yr in the industry already ( 6 month training and 6 month bench)
So tell me my friend, who would join again as a fresher after completeing 1 yr?
Would he rather not wait another yr...get some work ex and then change job as a lateral?

Again, it was all to clear the air..in a matter where i know how facts are...nothing personal against you...


Man...why you are condradicting urself...First you said which company will hire an employee who is "on bench for 6 months". Now you are saying to wait for 1 more year to change job....yaar who will give job when u will be in bench for 1 more year...Instead of takin more risk and wasting 1 more yr..join some other company ..doesn't matter even if u join as fresher...At least it will be better than being on bench and ruining ur career....

And you talking about shares....Let me tell you...If ur an infosys employee check ur pay-slip....Its your money only that you got....I don't want to reveal statistics here.....

As far growth is concerned ....I know infosys no lesser than u.(if not more)...I never said its 0 % growth....But its getting difficult day by day with huge no. of hiring.....If infosys hires 20,000 ppl from campus...What do you think .....Thr will be 20,000 project managers after 10 years....????No..Never......Thats how 17.4% is attrition rate....

And yes...my facts might be weak 😉 but they are not wrong...:)


P.S: I always feel infosys is one of the best company for freshers...Rest Depends on your ambition and luck.....Whatever i have said was very true according to facts...I have some more facts...But would like not to disclose....Everybody comes to know about them sooner or later...

Cheers..
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Again, it was all to clear the air..in a matter where i know how facts are...nothing personal against you...


Even i have nothing personal against you .....I just didn't want to give false hopes to new joinees.....I have seen people getting frustated within 1 year of joining...Company is no doubt good...but sometimes it is difficult to keep everyone happy......People are going with extremely high ambitions these days...Infy must excite them.....Presently tough times !!!
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Man...why you are condradicting urself...First you said which company will hire an employee who is "on bench for 6 months". Now you are saying to wait for 1 more year to change job....yaar who will give job when u will be in bench for 1 more year...Instead of takin more risk and wasting 1 more yr..join some other company ..doesn't matter even if u join as fresher...At least it will be better than being on bench and ruining ur career....




Ok....since it has got down to the raw calculations ( im loving it )
Let me show you two scenarios:

Scenario 1> A person with 6 month training and 6 month bench joins another company as a fresher....again goes for atleast 3-4 months training
(no the other company wont listen evn if u had training...u know hw things work) and then works for the rest of 8-9 months...

Net work ex counted after 2 yrs: 8 months
Market Value : still a fresher
Scenario 2> A person with 6 month training and 6 month bench decides to stay in the company....ofcourse a company doesnt makes u sit on bench for a long time unless its recession (and if its recession then no other company will hire you either)
Then this person gets a project lets say after sitting for 9 months on bench (thats the max dude)

At the end of 2 yrs total workex : 9 months...(but to outsiders it is 1.5 yrs...after all in a project if u work for 9 months or 15....u will be having almost the same knowledge)

Market Value : 2 yrs industry exp

Which one will you pick?
Of course if you are getting an offer from google or oracle, then u can decide to join as a fresher even after 2 yrs of work ex in the service sector....but not everyone gets that kind of offers....life is not so great after all...:cheerio:

So plz dont advise freshers to leave the company if they are on bench for 6 months...as in either case it will negatively impact their career...or basically waste an year...
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And you talking about shares....Let me tell you...If ur an infosys employee check ur pay-slip....Its your money only that you got....I don't want to reveal statistics here.....

As far growth is concerned ....I know infosys no lesser than u.(if not more)...I never said its 0 % growth....But its getting difficult day by day with huge no. of hiring.....If infosys hires 20,000 ppl from campus...What do you think .....Thr will be 20,000 project managers after 10 years....????No..Never......Thats how 17.4% is attrition rate....



I checkjed my payslips....couldnt find the anomalies...plz enlighten

Infosys is hiring 20000 people and there wont be 20000 managers after 10 yrs....LOOK AT IT FROM A BROADER VIEW....the IT industry is hiring 2 lac people every year and there are not going to be 2 lac managers in the IT industry....so wherever you go...your promotions will be stalled....ofcourse growth is slow...but it is an industrial economics...and not beciase INFY has some malevolent policies for its employee....

Look, if you join INFY, you leave after 2 yrs...
If you join TCS/CTS/Cogni/WIPRO/HCL and any other, you still leave after two yrs for a better salary.

Thats how it works....but let it be known that the industry has a demand for a certain no of managerial positions and not all who are joining today will be awarde dthat post in 10 or 15 yrs....you have to work hard...

So instead of fretting on company policies and thinking about bench or changing your job.....
Its better to work hard, know your technology and after some work ex try for a different company (preferably product based)...thats how the world works dude....you wont gain anything by speculating abt company policies
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abhishekpal85 Says
Absolutely !! Even Byju sir said the same in class here at Bangalore, that maximum number of IIM call getters and converts from his class are from Infy. People are discussing CAT preps on bulletin board and forming groups as well in office for prep.


So you guys are planning to form a GDPI group?
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plz help me out
i m in final year and have been placed in infosys and capgemini india and m in 2 minds about which one to join( a bit inclined towards infy). can anyone compare the scope and growth offered by capgemini india and infosys. the factors playing in my mind are the money paid in both the companies and the opportunity to learn. i have heard infy pays a lot less for the initial 1-2 years.
how is cg india compared to the main company. can anyone give me some idea about the training offered at capgemini india. i m more concerned about it since i m from a non cs it background..
plzz help

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pulkit745 Says
So you guys are planning to form a GDPI group?

While here nothing like that is possible:drinking:
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Now i am in great confusion....

I got Accenture too in my kitty...& now i am muddled between infy & accenture...which company should i join viz a viz i want to do MBA & in infy my next attempt will get hindered...but as stated above Infy had max number of representatives in IIMs GDPI...

Sirjeee plzz help me now yr...

though accenture has an office in Delhi(hometown) & infy doesnt have...!!!..Infy has quoted 3.5lakhs in our college & accenture has quoted 3lakhs only...

HELP!!!...

P.S: Thanks for the detailed discussion there sir.
P.S1: I got 92%tile in CAT 2010.

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plz help me out
i m in final year and have been placed in infosys and capgemini india and m in 2 minds about which one to join( a bit inclined towards infy). can anyone compare the scope and growth offered by capgemini india and infosys. the factors playing in my mind are the money paid in both the companies and the opportunity to learn. i have heard infy pays a lot less for the initial 1-2 years.
how is cg india compared to the main company. can anyone give me some idea about the training offered at capgemini india. i m more concerned about it since i m from a non cs it background..
plzz help


undoubtedly capgemini
infosys to har kisi ko utha leti hai but capgemini doesnt
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undoubtedly capgemini
infosys to har kisi ko utha leti hai but capgemini doesnt



hahahha ye kaisa criterea hai bhai?
If an MNC is hiring 100 people and a local company is hiring 5, you would prefer the local because its hiring in less nos??

Im not saying capgemini is local....its very much MNC but the no of hiring is not a criteria...
Comparison should be made on salary, job profile, employee policies and growth potential...if someone from capgemini can answer that?
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Now i am in great confusion....

I got Accenture too in my kitty...& now i am muddled between infy & accenture...which company should i join viz a viz i want to do MBA & in infy my next attempt will get hindered...but as stated above Infy had max number of representatives in IIMs GDPI...

Sirjeee plzz help me now yr...

though accenture has an office in Delhi(hometown) & infy doesnt have...!!!..Infy has quoted 3.5lakhs in our college & accenture has quoted 3lakhs only...

HELP!!!...

P.S: Thanks for the detailed discussion there sir.
P.S1: I got 92%tile in CAT 2010.


The fact that IIM call getters comprises of INFY people does not mean INFY people comprises of IIM call getters...causal reasoning
You dont expect an IIM call because you are from infy...u expect it because you did good in CAT..and that you will do irrespective of the company you work for...

1> Infy joining will be in Mysore for sure....accenture's joining location cannot be predicted...
2> Salary in accenture is low... (21k)
3> INfy training will most probably not give you much time to study...but even in accenture training you wont be getting many hours free....maybe 1 hr than infy
4>You have time till you get your joining, make the most of it

All the best!!
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Hi puys I am a final year student and I am placed at infy. Can anybody enlighten me on the fact about executive mba and what is the criteria besides 2yrs work ex

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hahahha ye kaisa criterea hai bhai?
If an MNC is hiring 100 people and a local company is hiring 5, you would prefer the local because its hiring in less nos??

Im not saying capgemini is local....its very much MNC but the no of hiring is not a criteria...
Comparison should be made on salary, job profile, employee policies and growth potential...if someone from capgemini can answer that?


bhai capgemini is very much a MNC
revenue of infy is not even half of capgemini
my friends have left TCS and ACCENTURE for Capgemini.
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well cant comment about other companies but INFOSYS is one company you would love to be trained with MYSORE campus is one of a kind study hard play well and on the weekends make sure you get your dozes of movies in the multiplex and booze at purple haze or roost my training was the best part of my life as of yet so guys go ahead rock on