JothiKumar Ekanath

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Recent posts by JothiKumar Ekanath

Hello ranchers,
Any idea about how is the pay in Amazon for 6+ years experienced.

Selection procedure and interview process??

Please share your ideas.

Thanks
Jothikumar
17 years ago
Hi Devesh,
Lots of Info, Thanks very much. By the way i got a question my company processed L1 Blanket visa to one of my friend and upon submitting the papers, my company blocked the stamping date for him immedieately.

But for me its H1 B and it took 6 months to get the papers approved and after that my company blocked for a stamping date.

So my friend got visa stamped 4 months earlier than me even though we started the processing at the same time. This is what i wanted to convey on the differences of L1 and H1

Anyway if we get the exact info that is good for all the ranchers.

Thanks
Jothikumar
17 years ago
Hi,
For L1 blanket visa's i guess the papers are not sent to USA. The company gives the visa and directly book the appointment for stamping. During visa interview in the embasy they will ask lot of questions and it purely depends upon the person who is interviewing to give the visa.

Once the person clears the interview he gets the visa. I am not saying its is very easy but it is fast as compared to other visa types.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
17 years ago

Originally posted by Karthik Rajashekaran:
bewteen H1b and L1 who earns good package .

say Person A is having H1B and Person B is having L1 ...having same experience .....whos is better earner and saver of money ...



Hi Karthik,
From your previous post, i understood that you are working for Satyam.

Here are my comments on H1 and L1

1.Usually services companies Like satyam,TCS,Infy,Cognizant will apply for the USA visa after a employee completed 1 year service, I guess this is a rule for L1 visa's. For H1 this is not the case.
2. If we are not from computer science background, then usually these companies will apply for H1. That entirely depends upon the Immigration HR present in the companies. I guess the employee cannot prefer a Visa type (not sure)
3.Mostly all these companies has reduced their H1 visa's
4. In L1 there are 3 different types of Visa's
a.L1 Blanket - No need to get approval from INS(USA) directly go for stamping. Very fast and the criteria is the candidate should have computer science background
b.L1 Individual - Need to be approved from INS will take minimum 6 months to get papers from USA and then stamping 3 or 4 months depending upon where we are getting stamped.
c.L1 Premium - Need to be approved from INS, 1000$ extra charge, but we can know the result within 15 days. It will take the same amount of time as individual L1.
Mostly all these companies go for L1 blanket for all the computer science students.
5. So at a minimum when the company starts processing a Visa (L1/H1) except L1 Blanket it will take minimum 6 months for the papers to get approved from INS and to arrive India. After that, Visa stamping will take another 4 or 5 months. So at a minimum it will take 10 to 12 months.

6. As said earlier in H1 we can change Jobs, but in L1 we cannot

7. Irrespective of the visa types these companies will pay more or less the same money when we are at onsite. So saving depends upon person to person. At a minimum one can easily save 80k to 1.3L on a average per month. This doesn't depends upon the visa type.

So all the best



Regards
Jothikumar
[ August 03, 2006: Message edited by: JothiKumar Ekanath ]
17 years ago
I know a company in chennai ADVENTNET which is a product development company. Has got wonderful products and all built using Agile process.
17 years ago
Hi,
TCS increased their salary at onsite in 2006, but not sure at offshore. Getting 7.2 for 5 years expereinced is great in TCS.

Not sure on Infosys.

Regards
Jothikumar
17 years ago
Hi Karthick,
No company will raise the salary immedieately when we demand and say that we are having offer at some XYZ company. If this is the case everybody will start doing these things for hike.

So the answer would be "Will increase in the next appraisal cycle". Or If you have visa stamped they may send you onsite. If you dont have Visa, then they will try to initiate the processing. Only these things can happen at the most.

So decide what you want and make use of your existing company or leave for a good offer.

Regards
Jothikumar
17 years ago

Originally posted by Srinivasa Raghavan:
Amazon ?? Where is it located in chennai ?



Hi Srini,
Still dont know where is Amzon in chennai. I was working in chennai for 4 years, but didn't hear about Amazon.

Can anybody please tell the scope of J2EE in Amazon?

Regards
Jothikumar
17 years ago
Hi Ranchers,
Thanks very much for all of your answers. I am having overall 5+ years of experience and right now working in USA and planning to return india by mid of next year.

My family situation is like that i have to settle down in chennai, so the reason, i have started this thread to understand the oppurtunities in chennai when comapred to Bangalore and Hyderabad.

After returning to india I have to join in a company where i can get good pay, good work and growth. Does EDS has J2EE projects? Heared they have all maintenance work.

Does Amazon in Chennai has scope for J2EE people
17 years ago
Does HP has the Development center or just the Sales division? There was also a news that Yahoo is going to setup development centre in Chennai, Not sure.

Anything that can be on the list?? Ranchers
17 years ago
Hi All,
To my knowledge,all the pay masters are only available in bangalore. What are all the best IT companies available in chennai in terms of Pay, good work culture....

Any ideas or comments about MNC's like google, yahoo..... move to chennai

companies like Infy, TCS, Wipro, CTS, Polaris, Iflex got good population in chennai. Please add on the list about other best IT companies in chennai.

expecting your views

Regards
Jothikumar

[ July 31, 2006: Message edited by: JothiKumar Ekanath ]
[ July 31, 2006: Message edited by: JothiKumar Ekanath ]
17 years ago
Can anybody please share about BEA and its salary range for 6+ years experienced in J2EE. (BEA Bangalore -India)
17 years ago
CTS is good for freshers,a It is great deal of luck to get into a good project of our desired technology. They will definetly process visa and send onsite with in the first 1 1/2 years.

The work will be hectic and all depends upon the project

No idea on CITOS, By the way which location the offer is in CTS?
17 years ago
It all depends on the offer and benefits you are getting from those and your long term goals etc etc
17 years ago
I guess it has very few project scope. Mostly migration and maintenance projects. To my knowledge Services companies (Infy,TCS,WIPRO,CTS) will have projects in that.
17 years ago