Aana Jaana!!!

Why do people leave company?

Many reasons can be attributed to  this:

a.)Better pay package
b.)Better Work
c.)Growth in terms of exposure.
d.)Brand Name
e.)Work/area/field/technology is of their liking
f.)Problems at present organization
g.)Peer Pressure

There may be many other but these are the main ones.

Why to stay in a company?

Growth,exposure,money,work...if all are good.
You have reached a comfort Zone and you may be afraid of treading into unchartered waters...
You do not have the wherewithal to give interviews.
You want to settle down and phew...stop this mad race
You are satisfied with what you have..Holistic approach towards life and other considerations to be kept in mind like you are married ,have kids so that
thing will also come into picture.

Corporate Culture

There is an article which I read on ' Career Imprinting'.
The company where you spend your initial years mark a strong impression
on you.
There is a distinct GE culture,Bain culture,Infy or TCS culture.

How would this imprinting define/describes the behavior of the personin
later stages of his career is the point to be seen.
Like GE known as the 'CEO factory' has a very decentralized culture and
a person gets a chance early on to make decisions.
While at some companies,there is centralized organization structure
which leads to always looking for perfection and details before passing
on the decision making baton to other person usually at a higher level...

Our thinking gets moulded by this.may be because initial years are the
most impressionable.

I,but wonder sometimes about this corporate culture.
When I joined my company as a fresher, a whole new project was on its
way.And total recruitment was done from the industry.
We were all new to the company--laterals and freshers alike.Barring 1-2
persons,all were new.

So whats the culture at my place.
Well it was an amalgam of all the different thinkings of various people
from different organizations.All joined to form a new
culture--informal,friendly

,hierarchy based(i hated this thing)...While
the original company culture could be altogether different...

So,culture for me is not hard bound and rigid.
It is an evolving process,one which should be encouraged to encompass
all the better things and leave apart the bad ones...

Will write more later.

A small Google Story

Google initially started as a search engine,is growing at a phenomenal pace.
It is already among the top companies in the world with its huge market
capitalization and the impact it has on the millions of internet users
round the world.
Google has changed the way people gather information.
Largest Search engine with the motto 'Don't be evil' differentiate
Google from the firms with capitalistic designs and creating a
philosophy of its own-helping Humanity by being more informed.

Google has come a long way from its initial niche of the search
engine.It now offers enterprise level solutions to the companies,owns
social networking sites,gmail,google news and plans are to release
Google OS with a whole suite of office applications.
And all of these free of cost to the common user(except enterprise
solutions).
The business model lies in its subtleity...those small sponsored links
which you get when you search,read your mail etc.
Total revolution of the online advertising.
Gmail...who would have thought of Free memory > 4 GB on emails...don't
delete anything was the idea behind forcing other companies to increase
the size of their mail accounts.

Success comes at a price and same is the case with Google.
From newspapers and book publishers,to telecom companies,to small
businesses to politicians,everybody is baying for its blood not to
mention the big corporates like MS and Yahoo!
There was controversy when Google firewalled its search for China.But I
think that was sound business decision.To be it or not...one has to make
hard choices and China is the largest population with > 100% user growth
in internet.

Google is now the largest database of people's
preferences,interests,likings

,thinkings...A haven for any Marketing
company ,social scientist or Government anti-privacy lobby alike.
This database can be dig out from various angles revealing different
results.
Whether Google is able to maintain the confidence by keeping
confidentiality is a thing to be seen and will ultimately define it
among the league of Great companies.

A quick point on Rupee Appreciation

Rupee Appreciation against dollar is being projected as something which will lead to the downfall of the Indian Economy.
Some views.
Firstly,dollar itself is falling.American Market slowdown...

Secondly,India's Import is much large than her exports.So overall we are at an advantage.
The case is that the exports are more in limelight and volatile in nature

Personally I would like my currency to be at par with other currencies.
When we got independence, 1 $ was 15 Rupees.
Repeated devaluation has led to the price touching 50 even.

Another reason for my not being going to US...:)Keep it Up Rupee...

Bobby Jindal's Win

Bobby Jindal won the Gubernatorial Poll in Louisiana,US making him the
first Indian-American to be elected Governor of a US state,the highest
post by an Indian in US.
I was happy when I heard this news,maybe because of I share my surname
with him,some sort of connection.We,Indians,always sentimental.His
achievement made me proud."One of us" has done it.Bobby(Piyush)
Jindal,son of Indian Migrants from Malerkotla,Punjab is a shining
example of that Great American Dream which millions have aspired for.
A whizkid,with great accomplishments at such an early age(he is just
36,youngest Governor of a US state),Bobby has held positions of
importance in the Govt earlier also.

Much will be expected of him though.Louisiana is the poorest state in US
with lowest development parameters after it was devastated by
Hurricanes-Katrina and Rita.It will be a challenge for him to
reconstruct the state.1/3rd of population is Non White Americans whose
support is usually with Democrats.

Another thing which I found was his extreme Social Conservative Ideology.

He is a staunch Catholic Follower(his conversion from Hinduism to Christianity at 18 is also questionable),is against abortions,gay marriages,is anti gun-control, is a

believer in the Ten Commandments,is against Hollowood and TV for spreading indecency.Hmm.. a long list.Whether he will be able to justify his election and put in action
such hard measures in the society is still to be seen.

From India's perspective,Bobby Jindal belongs to a party which has generally been against immigration.How he handles the core party policies and still creates a niche place for himself
vis a vis Indian Americans is yet to be seen

As for now,hats off to him for this great victory.