No other country has this system of publicly humiliating ex employees.  No other industry in India follows such blatant heartlessness.  Even in India, most tech companies deal with exits in a sensitive fashion. But many Indian tech majors are guilty of such public chest thumping.  Last week, Infosys HR Head, Mohandas Pai, told media on how non-performers were sacked. More...

Sudhindra Mokhasi is riding a wave, a book wave! Chetan Bhagat did introduce us to ‘One night @ a call centre’, but Sudhindra does more, and he brings us a whole tapestry of true stories from the BPOs in his book BPO-SUTRA, which has sold 10, 000 copies in just a month.  Techgoss interviewed Sudhindra Mokhasi, former VP of MphasiS and currently CEO of e-Sutra Chronicles. More...

Depending on your perspective, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is a Saintly hero blessed with the Midas touch or a Hindu strongman with a bias against minorities.  What is not disputed is that Mr. Modi understands business and has brought unprecedented economic success to his State.  Like all the hard men of politics, he is often misquoted or quoted out of context. More...

Pluggd.in.sourced the fact that Indians search hard for information and titbits about April Fool pranks.  Their research of Google Insights showed that the top 4 countries searching Google for April Fool pranks are – India, Canada, US and UK.  Among Indian States, Maharashtra and Delhi lead the search for April Fool pranks. But not many actually play April Fool jokes. More...

Cognizant is one of the great success stories in India.  Cognizant has 61 thousand employees and 40 global delivery centers supporting many of the Fortune 100 companies. BusinessWeek listed it as a Hot Growth and Top 50 Performer.  Fortune magazine says it is one of the ‘Most Admired’ companies.  Cognizant is also guilty of underpaying many employees sent to work in USA. More...

The peace and tranquility of the Technopark campus in Trivandrum, Kerala was rocked on Thursday when the employees of an animation company staged demonstrations against the management’s decision to send some of them on leave as part of cost cutting measures. Employees at the Toonz Animation studio in Technopark allege that this forced leave is a prelude to sacking them. More...

Like many India women, I spend a lot of time mulling the serious questions in life.  Is there a God? And does she hear my prayers?  What is the meaning of my life?  How do most Indian women manage to juggle family and careers so well? Sometimes the questions are just silly.  Like, why does my partner love me more than my affection for him?  Or is it the other way around? More...

Ajit Lahiri, a senior consultant with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Delhi ended his life by hanging himself fearing that he would loose his job in the backdrop of the ongoing recessionary trend that has forced a number of tech companies to retrench staff in recent months. Archana, the wife of the consultant, feels that the fear of losing his job drove him to suicide. More...

Indian tech major Infosys is widely regarded as a role model for professionalism and financial transparency. But is seems that even Infosys is more than happy to use any opportunity to  exaggerate and spin any piece of ‘positive’ news to build up the Infy brand and strengthen share prices. The collateral damage is to shock and awe competitors like TCS and HCL. More...

Many Americans dislike unions, and they have had very little traction in tech companies. With a global recession looming, Microsoft, like other heavyweights, announced that it would reduce its head count by 5000 over 18 months. Quite separately, Microsoft said that it would cut the wages of all temporary workers by 10 percent. A protest against the pay cut has fizzled out. More...