Be careful while choosing a company

While surfing through the net this morning I came across an interesting article on Rediff.com on layoffs right from a manager on other side of table engaged in decision making for some layoffs in his company.

For detailed article go through this link
http://getahead.rediff.com/report/2009/may/13/be-very-careful-while-choosing-a-company.htm

He writes his story and sums up with some pieace of advice as below :

My advice to any management

• Do not hire people unless you are sure about their roles


• Make long-term priorities.


• Employees should not be treated as physical assets but as living beings with emotions. If you are not able to afford them do not hire them

My advice to any youngster or an employee

• Be very careful while choosing a company.


• Small companies are becoming cheats these days by adopting American work policy of hire & fire


• Before joining a company, go for a history check.


• If an employer has the right to verify your professional background, an an employee you too have every right to verify the company credentials.


• Contact its previous or current employees and take feedback from them. You may get the real picture of the company


• While on the interview table, clarify each and every point with your employer.


• Do not hesitate to ask the HR manager to mail you the company's HR policies for its employees


• Last but not the least, do not always blame your manager for the pink slip you have received.

Nano – Changing face of Traffic

A major concern of traffic Pandits, that come Nano and traffic in some cities like Delhi will hit chaos. Traffic apart but this people’s car is surely creating waves. This is one luxury item which is going to penetrate across all segments. People in as humble as a profession like cobbler, pan-wala etc. are eyeing for this once upon a time Sahib’s vehicle. Not only the lower middle class but also the upper middle class segments are vying for Nano. One of my friends (who already owns two luxury cars) pointed out that even though they have enough cars in their household but taking a Nano would ensure you have one for any emergency when no other is available especially for ladies in the home.
Kudos to Mr. Ratan Tata for his dream project which holds the potential of making many a dreams come true. I couldn’t help but share this incidence when I visited two prominent banks and was amazed to see the crowd which was there to book a Nano. Right now banks have associated several personals and designated a counter specifically for these bookings.
What happens to fears of Traffic pundits that time will tell, but right now there is this celebrity which is getting all attention.

So much for words want to have peek into peoples car then browse through this link
http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/

Closing Open-Source

When I saw the news of Oracle’s takeover of Sun after IBM exit, the first thought was where is Open-Source headed. First it was a take-over of MySQL by Sun which worried many hearts that if MySQL would remain free. Now this news of Suns acquisition is a major concern for open-source community. The ever increasing materialization in professional world with much respected open-source companies available for a price is a jolt for community itself. Free software is more popular than propriety software especially in students, entrepreneurs and small organizations and startups. Although personally I see Oracle as more open-source friendly than some of other giants but this surely gonna hit free software in some way or other. On the other side it might be possible that all my fears come out rubbish and this acquisition comes out as a boon for MySQL, Java and hordes of other open-source technologies with support available from expertise of Oracle.

Elections 2009 - Hot Season of Politics

In India or may be any other democratic country Elections are a big part of life. The drama and activities may be doubles and tripples in as large a democratic country as ours.
Well the current government is completing it’s five years in office and is time for another general elections. Time to elect our new leaders. The election process is generally preceded by high drama of speeches and of promises (which usually have a way to remain unfulfilled till the next election), fight of words and flight of shoes (lastest emerging trend).
The amazing thing is the remark of politicians on each other, the language and the mud-slinging. Instead of coming together for betterment of country and new policies for youth they are busy in making plans and schemes in how to retain or gain their kursi. Ah! The dance of democracy indeed.
But this time there surely are winds of change which may not necessarily bring about a difference immediately but surely pave way for good in the future. The youth of today is the change, the literate, educated, informed youth of Young India. The leaders will be decided by them, smart, suave, visionary leaders. A leader whose ambition is the progress, peace & development of India instead of fighting to hold the post even if it is for one-time only or once in a life-time only. Time to see a person who is always with the people is a social reformer, a visionary, a preacher (if required), acts like a head of a family and shows up whenever required or may be each day but not only once-every-5-years. A determined personality who can make this country terror free, generate and cultivate fresh & new ideas for youth, let religion be a personal topic – a choice of an individual. Take India to next level of development and in a commanding position within our neighbours, generate jobs and opportunities for all, make education more available, take up social and national issues and make efforts to solve them atleast one-by-one. I think that is what we require from a Leader and much more.
Now is the time. We have to cast our powerful votes which is the wand for change to make India more developed, peaceful, terror-free, corruption-free country.

Jai Ho !!

Indian Premier League 2009

Enjoy fresh from oven the much awaited Indian Premier League 2009 matched...for a detailed list of matches have a peek at
IPL 2009 Schedule