Source: The Economic TimesMinutes after Ramalinga Raju’s resignation hit the headlines, employees of Satyam began looking to exit the company like mice on a sinking ship.
Vinay A (name changed) counted himself lucky that his cousin at an IT company in Kenya let him in on an opening. “However, a lot of my colleagues are really worried. Clients are pulling out of projects and were expecting aggressive downsizing by next month,” he says.
So people are looking for opportunities right away, but with the current slowdown, the hiring scenario looks bleak.
However, there are companies that are hiring in the current scenario and depending on the job profile, one could land a job at companies like Tesco HSC.
The company is looking to add around 1,200 people to its existing workforce of 3,000 plus.
“We would certainly be open to hiring anyone from Satyam. The company is known to have some very high quality talent and we would certainly respect that,” says Sandeep Dhar, CEO of Tesco HSC. “We have seen a sharp increase in the number of resumes in the past few days from people from various companies, including Satyam.”
Headhunters say that IT companies like Microsoft, IBM and Oracle are hiring, though this is primarily only in niche areas. Financial houses like J P Morgan and Fidelity and BPOs like FirstSource are hiring too.
“Insurance firms like HDFC Standard Life, Max New York Life and ING Vysya Life are looking for sales managers,” says a top executive in an HR company.
“We are looking to increase workforce from 160 plus to 250 in next 12-15 months and we have noticed a spurt in resumes from Satyam employees,” says Vani Sathvik, VP (HR) of Eka Software. “We would not discriminate against Satyam employees while hiring as the capability of an individual is unrelated to the deeds of the company’s ex-chairman.”/span>
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