Forward from a friend::-
I joined Infosys as a fresher. Now, leaving this company after almost 2 years, I am still as fresh as I can get. In fact even more, since I have even unlearned what I ever learned in my life.
Life can be hard, but Infosys has always taken care to ease it for us. No life, no trouble.
9.15 Hours every day in office, add the fact that the campuses are so far from the real cities & real people, that going there every day in itself feels like you are going “onsite”.
I understand, why Infosys is disappointed with most of the employees (like me). Because they are mobile. They move, they walk away. Infosys loves everything that stays put and never changes.
Computers, the trees & buildings, policies, to name a few.
I always felt like I am some superhero, you know, Infoscian by the day, Human by the night.
That reminds me, Infoscians are like (atleast meant to be like) some genetically evolved alien species (like in Avatar).
But we managed to disappoint the management here as well, by turning out to be normal human beings with human “needs” & emotions.
The CRR ratings in Infosys are a standing testimony, to the phrase “Tongue is mightier than the sword” (it’s the pen, I am using some poetic liberty).
I worked alright, but forgot to use my tongue.
I feel so foolish, I never realized that iRace is the new & improved “racist” technology developed completely in house. And I expected it to be “just” (&) “fair”. My bad!
Infosys takes a lot of things pretty literally. I told them I am creative. I formatted around 1963 pages, 3,345, 367,233 words, 787 diagrams & 1414 tables in MS Word. Similar number of slides in Powerpoint.
Well the (power) point here is, no functional consultant gets such enriching experience, that indeed formats one’s whole career so beautifully.
The reward & penalty clause here is pretty simplified. For reward, it follows the holy Bhagavad Gita, “Karma kar, fal ki apeksha mat kar”.
For penalty, they follow D- Company “Hamare dhande mein galti maaf karna, usse bhi badi galti maani jati hain”.
Infosys is very traditionally Indian, and closely follows the cultural heritage. So, just like we reserve the “new dinner sets” & the best “carpets” for the guests that might visit us someday, all good things in Infy are reserved for the clients. So when we walk the never ending steep roads here, we often see “clients” in those “golf carts” staring at us with the same expression one looks at ants on an ant hill.
I recommend Infosys more than Dr. Bhatra’s for hair problem. Trust me, you work here, hair problem, won’t be a problem.
People always say, “It is difficult to get noticed among 1,00,000 people”. There is a sure shot (tried & tested way) to get noticed. Put down your (don’t be nasty now) papers!!!
People will come and congratulate you, you feel nothing less than a noble prize winner (it is a noble thing to do after all). A celebrity.
Guess that is why they call that period “the notice period”.
2nd to only some of the deepest parts of Amazon jungle, the hostel on Infy campus is untouched / unoccupied / undiscovered by humans.
Every month in my pay slip, I have this component called “salary recovery”, the Infy term for extortion.
As I walk out today, I am indeed Powered by my intelligence (it prevailed against the need & greed to earn money)
And I am definitely driven by my values, top speed out of the gate (values of self respect, dignity & freedom)
