Infosys Says Trainees not kept in the dark
Infosys says that the trainees were not kept in the dark but were informed at the induction programme at the start of the training that the norms had been changed and a signed declaration taken from the recruits. The company also points out that one swallow doesn’t make for a summer.
Mr Pai told ET, “There is a cut-off mark for the training. Some trainees don’t study or perform to expected levels. We then try the outplacement route for them.” He insisted that the dropout rate from the training programme is still in single digits. Incidentally, Mr Pai had said during the recent Q2 results that involuntary attrition in the company was about 2.7%.
He added, “We test a large number of students across institutions in India for learnability skills. Some students get through learning by rote or other ways. This small percentage gets into our 16-week training as well.” He added, “earlier, people who failed got a lot more chances. But some freshers treat the training like a holiday. Training is serious business and we are paying them salaries as well. They have to be more responsible.”
Trainees feel that the company should make the entrance exam more stringent to ensure better quality. Says one, “there is no technical round during the entrance test. If the company is so concerned about the brand image, why don’t they make the entrance exam more stringent, thereby making recruitment policy stronger.” He added, “What is the difference between an academic environment and a professional one if we are not tested on job after the three months training?”
Infosys’ Mysore training centre has a capacity of 4,500 seats and trains about 4,000 people at any given time. This year, about 20,000 people are expected to undergo training at the facility. The company spends about Rs 2.5 lakh per person for the 14-16 week training.
The issue has come to the fore at a time when Indian IT services industry is hiring in thousands by the quarter as business for the bulge bracket firms continues to gallop at 40-50 % plus levels.
As the companies widen the network of colleges and institutes they pick freshers from, there is bound to be an asymmetry in quality. As the time spent in training is critical, most firms today do not have the luxury of getting the laggards to repeat their training programme. As companies up the training demands, some mismatch is showing up.
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5 comments:
This policy by infosys of keeping trainees in the dark goes against the very ideals of transparency that God Narayanamurthy preaches.
You cannot fool all the prople all the time.The next batch better watch out because once you are cheated-shame on Infy but twice you are cheated-shame on you.
Who moved that idiot mohandas to HR. Move him back to finance where he is good in fixing share prices. he has destroyed the brand value of infy with unplanned hiring.
The God Murthy is now out of Infosys. It seems nobody in the Infosys Senior Management now listen to him nor does they following Murthy's value principles. Now Infosys is just another software company.
One thing i have noticed is that infosys doesnt value its employees anymore... with bulk recruitment being the trend, the individual is hardly looked at, in my case, i have a pretty good academic background(a cgpa of 9 in univ) and again a 5/5 in the training... and i was put into manual testing against my interests. upon pointing this to hr, pm and spm and requesting for a change all i got was a no. now... how can infy expect quality from its employees when the best among them are out there checking UI ???
Nobody is forcing u guys to get into Infosys...its ur wish to appear for d exam..or for dat matter apply for it...and the point being raised..that Infy trainees consider trng as holiday..is true to quite an extent...I can even find people in production(after trng) enjoying their life as if they r paying infy...plz do get serious...this is IT boom period...dats y nobody questions...wen d bubble will burst..only the experience n knowledge will help...
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