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On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Its written by a Satyam employee: > > At a time when almost 90% of my Satyam friends are cribbing about > the fraud and betrayal by Ramalinga Raju, I have a slightly > different opinion. It's bold of me to write this in black and white > but this comes straight from my heart and experience. > > Let me start by quoting an example of 2006. Most of my friends were > unemployed with 50-60% plus marks in BTech, with a degree from an > average University and hunting madly for a job. Whether people > accept it today or not but the truth remains that Satyam was the > ONLY savior and the only mass recruiter who was ready to accept > students who had back logs but had cleared them and also it did not > put a very strict minimum marks criterion. And this was true not > only for my small college at Lucknow but also those across India . > Satyam is the fourth largest in IT in India . Looking at India 's > population I really want to thank Raju for giving some 54000 Indians > jobs at least for all these years . He was the reason for the > revival of confidence and the reason for the bread and butter for > many a families. > > Satyam training was renowned all over India . Their STC training > center created numerous love stories and unexpected rekindling of a > youthful environment where girls and boys were more independent than > their college days . I remember most of my Satyam friends felt that > they made better friends at Satyam's three to six months training > than those in the four years of BTech. > > Unfortunately people forget to thank God in sad times . I understand > that what Raju did is deplorable and unpardonable. He should have > treated business more formally and not dealt with it like a family > affair . He should have been strict a couple of months or years > before itself. Why did he hire so many non potential candidates and > keep them on bench? When were the managers and the team mates last > told that if they dont work hard, they will lose their job? Business > cannot be run lousily. > > I have been staying with some 200 odd girls for the last 2 years and > many of them are from Satyam. Moreover I network a lot and I have > lots of male friends at Satyam . I have seen how people tail gate to > Satyam, how they give their swipe cards to others to swipe it on > their behalf , how female employees have gone home sharp at 6am > irrespective of when they landed at office, how employees sit at > home for months at a stretch, prepare for all kind of post graduate > entrance exams and still enjoy a full month's pay, how often they > went for movies at local theaters at office hours, how often > employees went to office just to sign on registers in the morning > and at evening, how often they faked their certificates , how often > they put unlimited fake medical and house rental bills. > > How can we blame just one man when EACH AND EVERY person was > disloyal ? How can we exclude Auditors like PwC ? How can we exclude > the Board of Directors who have washed their hands off so clean? How > can we exclude banks who gave hefty loans without true verification? > How can we exclude the Chief Minister of AP who allowed leniency for > Raju's fellow businessman? How can we exclude managers who were > never able to trace which bench employee under him had been away > from office for how long ? > > Yet how can people forget this is the same man whose ideas and > potentials gave them an identity for the past several years? How > many couples found the right match at an IT industry , courtesy > Satyam and how many Andhra farmers benefited from their crores of > investments in Satyam shares .How can people forget that Satyam > launched its offices right at the doorsteps of a residential colony, > where people can simply walk to work ? > > The most gruesome experience that I can recollect was when a Satyam > tag wearing person was waiting to attend an interview and I > overheard him saying that he was in a business meeting at the My > Home Satyam ( Madhapur) office when he was sitting right in front of > me at a totally different company. When employees themselves show > such a lousy attitude and dont care a damn for the brand that they > carry around their neck, how can they expect others to care? > > I am not saying that ALL Satyam employees are bad. I have known very > dedicated people too, but my point is very clear, before pointing > fingers at others, introspect .There are thousands of people who > have completed certifications at the cost of Satyam, got trained at > Satyam. Satyam made several freshers stand on their feet to get > better jobs elsewhere across the globe and attain on site exposure > through Satyam. > > What Raju did was to keep the business of Satyam going at any cost. > I see a very smart man in him when he understood that he should > rather accept his mistake than be caught by the USA laws . I see a > selfish father in him too that he put a lot at stake for Maytas. > However, he resigned with a lot of dignity and his letter of > resignation shows humility. It takes a mammoth amount of courage to > accept your mistake in public at a time when the media is ready to > blow everything out of proportion. If humans dont make mistakes who > else would ? > > My last salute to this man is for creating such mass employment in > India for 57k employees and 57k families when even opening a beetle > (pan) shop in a lane in India is a challenge !! Thanks to him for > creating income for all the thousands of families who benefited > through food chains, the tiffin wallahs, the transport people and > all those who made money by renting their houses. > > I read he donated Rs 12000 crores from his personal pocket to give > the January salary of his Satyam employees. Today Satyamites call > Raju a FRAUD. The true and loyal Satyamites surely have all the > reasons to say this word. But all the rest who sucked every rupee > out of Satyam without doing any value addition need to understand - > who was a bigger fraud. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~------- > ~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "EX,GHPS,1988,V.V" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/exghps1988v_v?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EX,GHPS,1988,V.V" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/exghps1988v_v?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
