Google heart Infosys. Infosys heart employees.
Sidin Vadukut -
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:53 PM
There has seldom been a sadder time to be friends with people in the banking and finance industries. Half of them sit at home jobless and the other half sit paranoid in the office while their retail consumers empty the cash boxes. Gone were the days when a new restaurant opening in Mumbai meant conning the nearest banker into paying for everyone's dinner, promising to pay him back and then forgetting all about it as the poor banker worked 11 weekends on the trot presumably selling complex derivatives to AIG or Lehman.
Which is why we are back to making friends with people in the Information Technology industry. While we do not completely understand economics, apparently a week rupee is good new for local IT factories and the geeks within. But even then we must be selective. Apparently Info-scions are the people to hob nob with. Why? Let me explain using Google...
A few days ago a reader of this blog alerted us to an interesting trend that emerged when using the search engine. The full story has already been chronicled at this blog but we'll tell you about it anyways.
Search for each of the following phrases on Google:
- tcs firing
- wipro firing
- satyam firing
- infosys firing
The first three, as may be expected, throw up news results of the firms laying of employees and ranty blogs by people who work for them.
The last one, however, throws up a surprise:
Google, taken aback by your insinuation that Infosys actually fires people, quickly gathers itself together before suggesting to the contrary: Did you mean Infosys hiring? Try it for yourself.
This raises many questions: Does Google know something we don't? Is Infy immune to economic downturns maladies? Can you not be fired if Infosys hires you? Are there openings for tech bloggers at Infy?
The mind boggles.