Thursday, May 17, 2007

Ethics !!

So, I am all set to write my first blog. Being a software engineer I cannot think anything better than writing about the biggest software company headed by the richest man of the world( yes, you would have guessed it by now, so no use of writing its name here and spoiling my blog)

Let me share an experience of mine which I had recently with this software giant. I underwent their interview process recently. Don;t worry I won't discuss the interview questions over here. For those who dont know about their process let me describe that briefly. Whenever they see any vacancies/requirements in their particular group/project they hire people specifically for the same. Please do note this line. This is particularly for experienced people and not the campus recruitment. So after 1 year of my work ex i learnt about an urgent opening in one of their groups through my friend who worked over there. So, I asked him to forward my CV for the same.
I finally got a call from them. They had a telephonic round which went very well but I didnt hear from them for around 15-20 days. I thought its a big company and are very specific about the person they hire. SO let them take their own time. FInally I received a call and was asked to come down to Delhi for the interview after 2 days itself. Well, this was done all very sudden but still I accepted that and went for the further rounds at their Delhi center. I faired well in these rounds as well and the group manager their was happy with my performance and told me that "they would make me an offer and would like to see me soon their dev center". I was really very happy and it was like dream coming true. I had the interview on saturday and the HR told me that he would get in touch with me on Tuesday positively. Well a week passed and I didnt get any information from their side. So I called up the HR which didnt had any knowledge about my status, surprising naaa. Anyways he told me that somebody would get in touch with me within 1 or 2 days.
And then they crossed all line of ethics and blah-2 which they hype a lot of. I received a mail from them after a week or so which said that they see me as a potential hire but currentlt they dont have any position open so they would consider me after 6-8 months if they have any openings. When I said how can they do so as a senior manager from their company has committed to me and I relied on the valuable words of this organisation. But the HR was least bothered about that and to just push me back told me that she would talk to that manager and let me know. But again there was no communication from their side and when finally i tried to reach her, she said a plain no without any further reasons and all.
I am not annoyed that I didn't get a chance to work in that company but rather I am happy that i was saved from working in such an unethical company. I know I am nobody to comment on their recruitemnt process but in my case it had the followng flows:
  1. Lack of communication from their side. It was always delayed and they responded only when I tried to reach them
  2. They conducted my interviews even when they didnt had any openings. I think they must understand the value of others time also.
  3. Not keeping their words and commitment.
  4. And after doing all this there was not a single hint of aplogy from their side( afterall they are the biggest software company and they have all the rights to be proud of).
Thank God, I am not working over there and have no plans to ever go in such a company.

Disclaimer: all the views are personal and should not be generalised.

2 comments:

rishi said...

well i liked the blogs u wrote this year ....so i thot i will have a look at the earlier ones too ........
aur bhai hume to ye sab bataya hi nahi tumne ki itna atyachar hua tha tumhare saath :) ........ bus blog mein likha diya !!

Vikas said...

No man, I guess everybody knows it, may be you forgot abt it