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LATEST
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| 24th
September 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 |
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New |
| Citrix |
19 |
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New |
| Unisys India |
20 |
18 |
-2 |
| SOURCE : DATAQUEST
-IDC BEST EMPLOYER SURVEY 2010 OF 3160 EMPLOYEES
IN 36 IT COMPANIES |
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