Originally posted by Grishma Dube:
Avoid Accenture then...........
if u leave by 7.00 pm u r taking a half day........
Regards,
Grishma
Namma Suvarna Karnataka
I think in Polaris, people work for close to 15 hrs.
Namma Suvarna Karnataka
Originally posted by danny liu:
I just wonder if there are some laws for that. It is really unbelievable.
Namma Suvarna Karnataka
Originally posted by Pradeep Bhat:
I dont think so. My friend goes to offie at 10 in the morning and reaches home by 12 in the night. That is less than 15 hrs.
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Originally posted by Jagdish Reddy:
In Polaris, during the interview process the interviewer asks questions like this:
Are you married? Can you stay over nights?
The project for which we are going to recruit you is in very critical stage, so you need to spend more tiime once you join etc.,
I came office by 9:30 - 10 in the morning and i leave by 9- 9:30 pm everyday.
I've some other co-workers, who are coming to office by 7:00 and leaves office by 9:00 pm
Originally posted by soniya saxena:
polaris sucks...their HR sucks.........their managers suck.....their interviews suck...their offers suck.....such a sucker company!
working in Shanghai CHINA PRC
Originally posted by Amit Basnak:
Well I have odd working timings
I work from 4-30 pm to 1-30 am in the morning but sometimes more than that.
Now this has been a daily routine and I do suffer from mental health and lack of social activities.
Originally posted by soniya saxena:
polaris sucks...their HR sucks.........their managers suck.....their interviews suck...their offers suck.....such a sucker company!
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The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
Originally posted by Vishwa Kumba:
Soniya,
Why do you hate Polaris so much? Their website claims that "Polaris is the world�s first CMMi Level 5 company." I don't what "i" stands for?, but looks like Company has 5,500 employees and has worked on 2,000 projects for the over last 18 years.
I do not know now, but 6 years ago, one of my friend used to work at Polaris, Chennai and he liked it, though Later he quit for a better opportunity.
Mike Gershman
SCJP 1.4, SCWCD in process
Originally posted by soniya saxena:
About Polaris, its just that I found them pretty unprofessional. They put me in a room and I had to wait for 1 hr 45 min before the interviewer turned up. Not even a glass of water offered. In the second round, there was this technical person who discussed compensation with me. I would expect that to be the job of HR. He gave me an offer equal to number of years of experience which is kind of lame in my opinon. He tried to evade my detailed questions on compensation and tried to convince me that I should just take up the offer with Polaris and not worry abt compensation details. Also he said that people come at 8:30 and work until 11-12 at night and the same was expected of me. Also, I noticed that most of the people in their HR were kids, wonder if they have a mature HR department at all.
They put me in a room and I had to wait for 1 hr 45 min before the interviewer turned up. Not even a glass of water offered.
Mike Gershman
SCJP 1.4, SCWCD in process
Originally posted by Mike Gershman:
Soniya said:
The times I kept an applicant waiting were due to an unexpected event, not rudeness. Sometimes, I may have been so rushed that I forgot to apologize, but I hope not.
One story:
A friend of mine was kept waiting in an office for the final interview until the senior manager showed up with a cup of coffee in his hand. My friend asked him in all innocence, "Where's mine". The manager slammed his fist on the desk and said "I like that! You're hired!" They were fast friends ever since.
Maybe you should have asked for a glass of water.
Originally posted by soniya saxena:
In US, I never ever had to wait more than 5 minutes for the interviewer. In India, I have had to wait for long periods for every interview and Polaris was top of the charts. What Indians lack is respect for other people's time. Hiring companies think they are doing a big favour by hiring you and to be hired, you have to go thru all their shit. There was another company where my hubby went for an interview. He was called for a 2 hr interview at 10:30. And they interviwed him till 5 with long time gaps between the various rounds. No food or water.
Originally posted by kayal cox
Gosh! You should not really generalize. I have no doubt that you and your hubby have had some bad experiences. But I doubt if that gives you the authority tell "What Indians lack is respect for other people's time. Hiring companies think they are doing a big favour by hiring you and to be hired"
I have worked in three Indian companies, Wipro, HCL, DSQ. And I have been interviewed in TCS, CTS, Polaris, IIS infotech etc. Never ever have I had a bad experience. The utmost delay would be ten minutes. The only time, I had a long interview ( at HCL), they were courteous enough to ask me if I needed water, and pointed me to the vending machine.
Even regarding long hours, they only times I have had to stay back late, was during deployment schedules, and even then ladies who had kids at home were allowed to leave early, and only the coffee-swigging-pizza-eating-bachelor guys stayed behind to take care.
It really upsets me when one or two incidents are quoted to paint a bad picture of the whole industry in a country, and people of a whole nationality. Indians also have lives at home, they hang out with friends, go to movies, take care of their parents, they have kids, and their kids also have school, extra curricular activities, they fall sick...
Originally posted by rathi ji:
Guys & Gals ,
Whats wrong with long time in office ... in fact , you learn a lot ( if you are staying for work ) ...
And I don't think efficiency reduces because of late night ... it is just a physcology ...
Originally posted by rathi ji:
Guys & Gals ,
Whats wrong with long time in office ... in fact , you learn a lot ( if you are staying for work ) ...
And I don't think efficiency reduces because of late night ... it is just a physcology ...
Originally posted by rathi ji:
I have read this mail previously ... good one .
But this is also not bad :
1] Wake up, go to work & have nice breakfast ...
2] Work hard and smart for eight or nine hours ...
3] Then have nice evening snacks ...
4] Some games , TV & enjoyment ...
5] Come back to qubicals , do your study net is always available ...
6] Whenever you get bore , go home , eat food , have some chat with friends , have long drive on bike & enjoy icecream & then have nice sleep ...
:d
Originally posted by ab parashar:
I guese,I will stay put wherever I am, and enjoy the stability.
Cheers.
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