IT Company cons workers of over 6 crores
By Sunil Sharma

There is an old saying that history repeats itself but looks like its happening very fast and people are still not learning. Just a month after an IT company* in Trivandrum cheated its employees of crores, there is more of the same.  This new scam is a rerun of the script, to the dot.  Givion Soft Make stands accused of taking crores and fleeing in the night.

Givion Soft Make, an IT company here has shut shop leaving hundreds of software engineers in the lurch.

The MD of Givion Soft Make, Zakeer Zuhain and his associates, had taken a deposit of Rs.1.5 lakhs each from 422 trainee software engineers as refundable deposit. The company had advertised in leading newspapers and recruited fresh engineering graduates from all over the country. They were promised Rs.11250 per month for a six months training period. The real picture came into light when the first batch of 15 trainees finished their training and got their deposit refund cheques, which bounced due to insufficient funds in the company’s account.

On Saturday, hundreds of trainees blocked the national highway outside the company’s office near Trivandrum. The police have registered a case of cheating against the MD who is now absconding. They have sealed the office and raided his residence also.

The company’s website (www.givionsoftmake.com) describes it as a Software Development, Outsourcing & IT Staff Augmentation Services Company. “Our corporate headquarters and the management team are based in UK, from where we serve our clients located throughout the UK. Our professionals help clients enhance their investment in IT initiatives by providing solutions Onsite, Offsite and Offshore. Our wholly owned Offshore Software Development Centres are located in Chennai, Cochin, Trivandrum and Hyderabad.”

The website gives the company’s ‘Registered Office’ address in Chennai and ‘Corporate Office’ address in Trivandrum. But the fact remains that they don’t have any office in Chennai “I attended their interview in Chennai and they offered me a job. But when they asked the deposit I was suspicious and decided to checked out their office address”, says Varun from Chennai, “It’s a single bedroom apartment!” Their Corporate office is in a small hamlet in Trivandrum district, near Tamil Nadu border. Varun was smart but not others who are now regretting their decision to join this company!

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