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Latest News |
| 24th
Sep 2010 / Times of India / Bangalore Edition |
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Google is dream firm for Indian techies
Bangalore: Global search giant Google was voted the dream
company by Indian software professionals in the latest
annual IT Best Employer Survey conducted by Dataquest-IDC
India, with one in eight professionals putting it at the
top of the aspirational league, well ahead of other global
software giants like Oracle, Accenture, Microsoft and IBM.
While Google has repeatedly topped the list of the Fortune
50 best employers globally because of its innovative HR
policies and culture, its topping the Indian techies' aspirational
list is a surprise, and all the more so that just one out
of 12 professionals named Indian software giants TCS and
Infosys (which together employ nearly a quarter million
software professionals) as their dream company.
TCS, HCL, iGate, Rolta India, Infinite, Capgemini, L&T Infotech, SAS
Institute, Tulip Telecom and Synechron were rated as best
top 10 companies in the country.
Three out of four respondents treated job security and
stability at par with growth opportunities and career
development. Factors like work-life balance and flexible
working hours (60%), positive work environment (52%) and
strong employer company image (50%) were among the top
5 attributes of an ideal company, found the study. In all
3, 160 professionals from 36 IT companies across Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune
And Bengaluru have participated in the survey conducted
between June and August.
"Work-life balance has emerged as a key priority
for desi techies while making career decisions. While it
indicates maturity, it calls for a fundamental shift in
the HR policies, concluded the study.
The glamour of overseas posting among software professionals
lost its shine, with just two out of five professionals
considering posting abroad as an important factor in ranking
their employer high as an ideal workplace.
The employee attrition rate for the top 20 companies improved
to 13%, from 15% recorded last year.
There is a growing discontentment over salaries not being
at par with industry standards, found the study.
With Indian IT services companies offering better salary
packages, the Indian outfits of MNCs no longer hold the
fancy that they used to a few years ago.
The survey corroborates this fact as the top four employers
are Indian entities.
| DATAQUEST
-IDC BEST EMPLOYER SURVEY 2010 |
Company |
Rank 2010 |
Rank 2009 |
Change |
| Tcs |
1 |
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New PArticipant |
| HCL Infosystems |
2 |
1 |
-1 |
| iGate Global Solution |
3 |
2 |
-1 |
| Rolta India |
4 |
3 |
-1 |
| Infinite |
5 |
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New |
| Capgemini India |
6 |
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New |
| L & T Infotech |
7 |
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New |
| SAS Institute India |
8 |
5 |
-3 |
| Tilip Telecom |
9 |
12 |
3 |
| Synechron |
10 |
10 |
0 |
| Tavant Technology |
11 |
8 |
-3 |
| Syfy Technology |
12 |
13 |
1 |
| Mind Tree |
13 |
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New |
| Datacraft India |
14 |
9 |
-5 |
| Virtusa |
15 |
20 |
5 |
| Patni Computer Systems |
16 |
16 |
0 |
| Sybase |
17 |
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New |
| Pitney Bowes |
18 |
|
New |
| Citrix |
19 |
|
New |
| Unisys India |
20 |
18 |
-2 |
| SOURCE : DATAQUEST
-IDC BEST EMPLOYER SURVEY 2010 OF 3160 EMPLOYEES
IN 36 IT COMPANIES |
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