It's 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 saviour and the only mass recruiter who was ready to accept students who had backlogs 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 54,000 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 families.
Satyam training was renowned all over India. Their STC training centre 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 the bench? When were the managers and the teammates last told that if they don't work hard, they will lose their jobs? 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 tailgate to Satyam, how they give their swipe cards to others to swipe it on their behalf, how female employees have gone home sharp at 6 am irrespective of when they landed at the office, how employees sit at home for months at a stretch, prepare for all kinds 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 the 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 the 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 don't 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 onsite 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 don't 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 12,000 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.
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4At 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 saviour and the only mass recruiter who was ready to accept students who had backlogs 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 54,000 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 families.
Satyam training was renowned all over India. Their STC training centre 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 the bench? When were the managers and the teammates last told that if they don't work hard, they will lose their jobs? 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 tailgate to Satyam, how they give their swipe cards to others to swipe it on their behalf, how female employees have gone home sharp at 6 am irrespective of when they landed at the office, how employees sit at home for months at a stretch, prepare for all kinds 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 the 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 the 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 don't 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 onsite 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 don't 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 12,000 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.
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its a amazing mail i think in this time SATYAM needs these types of favor from their employees ....... Keep it up Regards hr770
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It is really an amazing mail which shows how patriotic and loyal towards the organization. It is very good to know the facts, and I think this letter has really changed my thinking towards Mr. Ramalingaraju and his big empire.
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Sidhu
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Sidhu
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Very Truly Said.. Satyamites need to Support at this time Lets see whether the true loyalty of employees will win the market or not Best of Luck SATYAM Regards
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I feel that even now its NOT TOO LATE, if the employees want they can turn around the image of the organisation I completely support the statements made by this bold man
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i really appreciate dis effort of sahil..... very good post..... All d best for satyam :) Neha Roy HR Executive
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Satyam, as the word says, Raju kept the meaning standing for all, "truth". I know, in the first instance, it seems as if a fraud, but if you lie to save thousands of lives who were dependent on him, the lie itself gets faded away.
I salute Raju's efforts, and I pray that Satyam, its shareholders, its stakeholders, and everyone associated with the case get blessed, and may the Lord bring happiness back into everyone's life.
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I salute Raju's efforts, and I pray that Satyam, its shareholders, its stakeholders, and everyone associated with the case get blessed, and may the Lord bring happiness back into everyone's life.
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Hey Sahil,
Nice post! I truly appreciate your effort. Seriously, employees like you can make a big difference in an organization. It has somewhat changed my outlook towards Mr. Ramalingaraju.
All the best!
Regards,
Chetna
HR Executive
From India, Pune
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Nice post! I truly appreciate your effort. Seriously, employees like you can make a big difference in an organization. It has somewhat changed my outlook towards Mr. Ramalingaraju.
All the best!
Regards,
Chetna
HR Executive
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I do appreciate Sahil for his effort.
All Satyamites should join hands together at this moment to turn around the image of their organization. Proud Satyamites!
Not only Satyam, but also Raju, needs support at this stage. He is so smart that he could at least confess the truth to the whole world, which cannot be done by others.
May the God Almighty help all Satyamites and Raju as well.
Sunitha HR Executive
From India, Kochi
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All Satyamites should join hands together at this moment to turn around the image of their organization. Proud Satyamites!
Not only Satyam, but also Raju, needs support at this stage. He is so smart that he could at least confess the truth to the whole world, which cannot be done by others.
May the God Almighty help all Satyamites and Raju as well.
Sunitha HR Executive
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Hi Sahil,
Good post. We know who Mr. Raju is; he has no other option but to open up. You may be referring to the employees; he might have spent huge amounts on obtaining clearances for various projects across India. One point everybody should remember is how many industrialists are taking on social responsibility and investing significant amounts in activities like 108/EMRI, etc. If he is money-minded, why should Mr. Raju do all this?
The community, whether employees (only some people) or others who have benefited from his efforts, are trying to blame. Let us hope for the best for Satyam and its employees.
From India, Hyderabad
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Good post. We know who Mr. Raju is; he has no other option but to open up. You may be referring to the employees; he might have spent huge amounts on obtaining clearances for various projects across India. One point everybody should remember is how many industrialists are taking on social responsibility and investing significant amounts in activities like 108/EMRI, etc. If he is money-minded, why should Mr. Raju do all this?
The community, whether employees (only some people) or others who have benefited from his efforts, are trying to blame. Let us hope for the best for Satyam and its employees.
From India, Hyderabad
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