tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post4407648657632294472..comments2024-03-18T12:52:48.117-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: What's up with Microsoft India?Who da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-70754272674788979152014-03-19T00:34:25.824-07:002014-03-19T00:34:25.824-07:00It’s really an amazing blog about Orthopaedic Prod...It’s really an amazing blog about <a href="http://www.tmtmedsource.com/" rel="nofollow">Orthopaedic Products India</a> product. I really like all the features of this product. 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I have read this blog and I really like this blog .<br /> <br /><br /> I think that will helpful for any person . <br />I just come internet for learn more about<br /> <a href=" http://www.seoexparte.com/buy-email-database/"<br /> I need to know some answer about this topic..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823413601158263187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-49499076198402950572011-09-15T07:54:14.164-07:002011-09-15T07:54:14.164-07:00i applied online (ms hiring site) for a Microsoft ...i applied online (ms hiring site) for a Microsoft India job, for a profile that I thought I had the qualifications and experience for. this is what followed:<br /><br />1. Within an hour a regret msg hit my mail box. very standard regret msg- "aftr carefully goin' through your resume..." etc. etc. The mail is from a "v-" mail address which says that this person is on the vendor's payroll and this function is outsourced by Microsoft. The mail has an attachment. I eagerly open the same, only to find that the body of the mail is the same as that of the attachment. Anyways, I don't think much about it, "shoddy" but ok, not too bad.<br /><br />2. Next day, since I registered on the MS site while applying online, I receive a "job recco" mail from the company. Guess what, they have recommended the same job to me for which they have already sent me a regret letter!<br /><br />3. The fun does not stop here, a few days later I receive another job recommendation from the company for a job which is totally different from my domain expertise. I am a Marketing person, they send me a job recco for the position of a Chartered Accountant.<br /><br />This is a company that is selling MS CRM and other automation tools to the world! <br /><br />Do they really know how these small incidents are marring their image in the market?swatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05036104719205137162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-14937428529173181262010-08-11T13:09:14.393-07:002010-08-11T13:09:14.393-07:00All the 2008 posts that warned about Murthy taking...All the 2008 posts that warned about Murthy taking over DPE have turned out to be true. DPE India is in a mess. Morale at all-time lo... even worse than TG days!<br /><br />But he jus chugs on, talking so much that he can't hear anything above the sound of his own voice YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP YAP. Just <b>STFU</b> for once, man!!!<br /><br />He gloates about his WHI score - wonder how he managed to rig that LOL! Never seen a leader who's so dam insecure about his own team member's competencys! Guess he's only comfortable commanding juniors - like he did at MSIT - hehehehehehe!<br /><br />Hope he follows TG and takes over BMO - and takes all his croonies with him - SOOOOOOON.<br /><br />Welcome Ms Kathuria...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-30403709472290436022010-05-24T11:19:10.056-07:002010-05-24T11:19:10.056-07:00I work in MSIT India. I have prior experience in M...I work in MSIT India. I have prior experience in Microsoft (it was awesome) but the ethics and practices followed in my new group are way too different. Racial and regional bias, favoritism, lack of passion for customer and technology, complete dishonesty and disintegraty, empire building, ego, personal advancement and lack of people angle are the highlights of culture here. There is not a single internal movement I have seen in last 6 months but there is "Adieu" email every weekend. The HR response is very simple, they just ask for the desired last working day. What HR is doing? Managers do not have any convincing power for employee to stay back (In fact they are the reasons for employees to quit). The MSPoll tanked big time and PU head names it conspiracy. I mean what all they need than WHI score of mere 40% (30% was due to new joinees)? I was never rated below exceed in my reviews in MS but as soon as I joined in here, my manager tells in first 1:1 that I cannot be exceed coz of blah, blah, blah. The thing to expect from manager in real Microsoft culture is that manager will give you 10 things to work on will promise to get the best thing for you if you deliver. The manger here knows only one thing and that is to ask status. They are technically morons think that they work in factory which can produce more spare-parts by adding extra machine and man-power. There is lot of crap happening around. I am sure I will either switch to some other group or leave MS as this is not the right group for me for sure unless someone from top management sees this and try to work towards fixing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-4464585036414255272010-01-23T03:17:09.159-08:002010-01-23T03:17:09.159-08:00I cannot comment on how the situation was in Micro...I cannot comment on how the situation was in Microsoft IDC a few years ago. But today, at least in the product teams which are owned end-to-end by IDC, the fundamentals are strong, ethics are valued and quality is delivered. <br /><br />Having said this, there is always shit going around, like in this thread. If you have the right Microsoft values, be open and respectful and try to help others achieve their potential. If you think a certain Dev Centre is going down in quality, shoot a mail to its MD or to Ballmer himself. Take some action, start something don't rant anonymously on blogs.<br /><br />PS: The crappiest people I have seen are at MSIT. Hell Microsoft should be cutting down on their budget for MSIT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-64152649298366500992009-11-05T13:07:26.154-08:002009-11-05T13:07:26.154-08:00"Amount of communally influenced bad hires ha..."Amount of communally influenced bad hires have risen exponentially. Story is that employees dont't know a shit about ms values, culture. People with multiple years of exceeded performance can leave the company without manager push back or an exit interview..in fact its a good thing cause now they can get their relatives and friends to fill this position..."<br />This is very much true in AIT (a sub CoE of MSIT). Director of AIT and few of his directs are the best examples for communally influenced bad hires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-25965205722970576822009-10-06T10:05:48.057-07:002009-10-06T10:05:48.057-07:00where is MS 2008 Finance Leads now?where is MS 2008 Finance Leads now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-19183467823382839322009-01-03T21:47:00.000-08:002009-01-03T21:47:00.000-08:00I am reading this blog for the first time, and one...I am reading this blog for the first time, and one thing that's pretty clear is that it's all quite pessimistic, not even a single constructive idea i was able to find in any of your blogs, look like some articulate frustrated man rambling to vent out his frustrations.<BR/>Regarding innovations, well it's the whole Microsoft that doesn't innovate as a whole, it's Google that does, and IDC is proving to be a good scapegoat for this problem, which is in all of Microsoft.<BR/>And while you can say that it's all media that is biased towards Google, because they just find it cool to appreciate Google and disparage Microsoft, the same logic applies to IDC, it just sounds more realistic and self satisfying(Of course to people who say IDC produces bad quality work) to say work out of IDC is bad and out of China is Good as China has this image of making things work at any cost and with quality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-76366759304718691482009-01-01T12:19:00.000-08:002009-01-01T12:19:00.000-08:00Just to give you an honest reality check, let me t...Just to give you an honest reality check, let me talk of my team:<BR/>The man at the top is there because he moved back from redmond, then his posse.. who i can at the best describe as morons. No, on second thoughts, cunning, canniving piece of crap. If atleast half the effort put into pleasing the top, misrepresenting the truth, and building up an empire, the team would do way better. The quality of hires was dismal when the team doubled in less than a span of 3 months [This was conviniently done to show the numbers, as well as gather up the referral bonus]. With the last review cycle, anyone who was remotely talented and bothered to stand up for what is right, left the team. <BR/>And politics comes in all flavors: Whether hires based on region, or promotions for the yes-men or gender based. I almost forgot, making the counter part redmond team look bad. No one at the top has a vision for the future, or an understanding of statergy or placing of the team. I can recount a ton of mess ups and mop ups. I have been here for the last two years, and the more I see, the more I realize, the more I realize, the crappier this whole segment seems. There are a ton of people, who were hired for a specific reason that has nothing to do with what is right for the company. It has been a struggle not to generalize or misjudge the company based on these fools I have seen. I dont expect great leadership skills or the like from dev / test managers, they are technical people [lets not get into that]. But some degree of leadership and true management skills are expected at levels further on. Once a friend of mine while leaving gave me an advice - "Please dont learn anything while you are here. Otherwise you would be learning just some very wrong things." <BR/>And when this sort of nepotism, favoritism goes all the way 4 or 5 levels above you, where do you really go and talk to make a difference, incase you really want to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-12388662293881546162008-12-08T10:28:00.000-08:002008-12-08T10:28:00.000-08:00I am with MS-IT India for over 3 years; I want to ...I am with MS-IT India for over 3 years; I want to quit MS due to the stupid nature of work here. what are the best places to look for a change? (I have ten yrs experience total)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-19819116881397515392008-11-04T07:49:00.000-08:002008-11-04T07:49:00.000-08:00In these difficult times we really need IDC to ret...In these difficult times we really need IDC to rethink the hiring of so called principal and partner level "talent" by the "business heads" who believe thats the only way to "advance" IDC (and grow their private sheikdoms). The truth of the matter is that IDC does not need this "talent" since the jobs here are barely prinicipal level. Why are we paying for this fat, then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-78644994553739835132008-10-10T23:02:00.000-07:002008-10-10T23:02:00.000-07:00Gurpreet Pall (GM-online services at IDC) is the p...Gurpreet Pall (GM-online services at IDC) is the perfect example of fat that needs to be trimmed.<BR/>Known for empire building as his soul goal at IDC, he leads some of the crapiest projects there, which are working without a goal or an agenda. Being a victim of supporting his team from Redmond, I hate that guy and his tactics.<BR/>As to what I've heard, all the jackasses in his org get promoted and all the good ones seek the shortest exit path.<BR/><BR/>SteveB, SatyaN - I hope you come across this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-7050572455283185902008-08-16T03:49:00.000-07:002008-08-16T03:49:00.000-07:00I work at Microsoft IDC, and what I see is nothing...I work at Microsoft IDC, and what I see is nothing more than complacency and lethargy.It's an insult to a true supervillian to even claim that most of the negative things about IDC are done by anyone on purpose. :-) Even good villains need to work hard to be good at being evil.<BR/><BR/>Everyone has a comfortable job, and in India, once you get the "I work for Microsoft" dog-tag around your collar, that's the be-all-end-all ambition for most.<BR/><BR/>I can certainly imagine, if I had to work for a team where the politics affected me, I'd be mighty pissed and would leave the company. But as a third-party perspective, this is more a case of managers just not caring. There is no passion. There is no drive. I don't see people experimenting, and playing around with their products, or beating deadlines, or exceeding commitments (at product level - not individually). I don't see product loyalty - what I mean is, a manager of a product doesn't talk like he himself believes in the difference that product is making to the world. Why blame their reports for not believing in their jobs? They seem like they think so - but ask them some tough questions and you'll see.<BR/><BR/>When I came to work here, I thought the Microsoft culture was to believe in technology - because we love to, because its the thing that drives us! If it's "just a job", we might as well be any toothpaste manufacturer in the world - toothpaste companies will never go out of business, cause let's face it, people will always brush their teeth - but that doesn't make anyone attach any importance to them.<BR/><BR/>A disturbing (I guess Microsoft-wide - but since I've not seen Microsoft beyond IDC, I can't comment) problem is the massive denial we are in. Who're we kidding? Vista is ugly and bloated - how many machines at IDC are capable of running Vista with full effects? Live Search sucks - you try a DIY test - it's not rocket science. Windows Mobile is a joke (I challenge anyone who claims Microsoft is not innovative - who else would put a goddamn start menu on a mobile phone with a 2-inch screen?) How many people internally use WPF? What moral authority do we have of sending the SMSG guys to cram that crap down others' throats? How many 'softies use a Zune (unless their teams paid for them)? I could go on and on....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-9024865543802727952008-08-10T09:50:00.000-07:002008-08-10T09:50:00.000-07:00There is no hope for MSIT India.Kevin Turner WAKE ...There is no hope for MSIT India.Kevin Turner WAKE UP. Ethical violations are norms. Levish parties are norms. Trips to Bangkok, Sri Lanka or Goa's tropical beaches are norms all in the name of offsites. We have a beautiful campus but no no no - leadership has to go outside to think. Who pays for all of this? Shareholders!!! Why do we have GM's who takes their ass lickers to exotic vacations on Microsoft money? Check their expense reports please. Most of the time junior people are asked to pay whereas GM's are approvers. Blatant violations of code of ethical conduct!!! Read recent email of our CIO. He got buzzed, danced on the floor, showed his moves and calls MSIT India a great place. What a moran...All this happens under the nose of HR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-36192093785902929842008-07-26T10:06:00.000-07:002008-07-26T10:06:00.000-07:00I am working for the DSI team at GTSC and have nev...I am working for the DSI team at GTSC and have never seen such bad politics before!!!<BR/><BR/>There is a real crappy manager out there called Vivek, who would go to an SE, ask him to send kudos mail for one of the other SEs who licks Vivek's ass... and then forward it to his own manager to show how good his team members are. Since the results are good, you can create as many heroes you like, in whatever way you like.<BR/><BR/>No body cares. People who care are written off saying they have a sob story to tell. The fact remains that even the best performing teams in GTSC India have really fucked up politics being played on a daily basis. SEs are losing faith and motivation, and people are leaving the Org in a hurry.<BR/><BR/>Sad story... pretty sad story!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-20767813494361106182008-07-25T02:48:00.000-07:002008-07-25T02:48:00.000-07:00People have spoken a lot about SMSG and IDC. Let m...People have spoken a lot about SMSG and IDC. Let me talk about MSIT - cess pool created by Moorthy and his senior hires coupled with folks from Redmond who have moved here for promotions. <BR/><BR/>I have been in MS for past 5 years and past 2 years have seen serious rape of Microsoft culture, ethics, values and people focus. Amount of communally influenced bad hires have risen exponentially. Story is that employees dont't know a shit about ms values, culture. People with multiple years of exceeded performance can leave the company without manager push back or an exit interview..in fact its a good thing cause now they can get their relatives and friends to fill this position....i can keep on writing with my experience here...finally i have decided to call it quits...<BR/><BR/>for folks thinking of joining MSIT...stay away if you want to progress in your career..unless ofcourse you have a godfather there....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-28769208045488725102008-07-14T09:28:00.000-07:002008-07-14T09:28:00.000-07:00In almost every company, I have sees empire buildi...In almost every company, I have sees empire building culture in some form or other - that can't be unique for the IDC. The clear differentiation between the big-managers and non-managers as written by the previous author looks unique. This whole series is an interesting read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-51024615755845317152008-07-08T09:34:00.000-07:002008-07-08T09:34:00.000-07:00Not a microsoft employee, but have few friends the...Not a microsoft employee, but have few friends there. I hear that in last big team meeting at IDC, they celebrated 20 years of service of one senior manager with a bang and completely ignored another person (who is not a manager) who also completed 20 years of service! Confirms the typical IDC culture - after hearing that and reading all of the comments here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-17398542323215863352008-07-06T09:42:00.000-07:002008-07-06T09:42:00.000-07:00SMSG Folks - By the time you are back from the com...SMSG Folks - By the time you are back from the company meeting, you will see a dedicated blog for discussing MS India related stuff. <BR/><BR/>I hope the CVP brings up the issues in his address. This will be on critical retreat for us. <BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope to see some promise from the management to clean up the sub and make it a better place to work.<BR/><BR/>I have some faith somewhere that Ravi will not let us down!<BR/><BR/>Let's have a rocking company meeting this year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-11223434777361737322008-07-03T08:25:00.000-07:002008-07-03T08:25:00.000-07:00Well - While Phatak may think he is a great influe...Well - While Phatak may think he is a great influencer - he is essentially an old mn who can talk technology and pimp his views better. Government deals are not won or lost because of his (stupid)opinions, he suggested to LIC to buy Teradata over DB2 390 and the project never took off. I have never understood what are his credentials to make a judgement over technological choices for a company or a government. He sits in IIT-Bombay - which never has anything mission critical running and would never have more than 10 servers working in their premise, so how would he know which platform is best. Can he demonstrate to a class or a group of individuals on how Open Office is more productive than Office 2007. Nobody in the world can prove that.<BR/><BR/>Microsoft has done some excellent work in computer education at the school level and that has led many state governments to endorse Microsoft platform. I believe they recently won a multi-million dollar thousands of desktop contract.<BR/><BR/>Disclaimer - Not an employee of Microsoft, hate Ravi Venkatesan also. Irrespective of anything - he should have been fired with Neelam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-84213327570005869522008-07-02T11:55:00.000-07:002008-07-02T11:55:00.000-07:00To really witness what the key influencers from In...To really witness what the key influencers from India think of Microsoft in India, read this blog <A HREF="http://deepakphatak.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> by Prof. D Phatak from IIT Bombay. It is sad to see this kind of response from a great academician like Dr. Phatak.<BR/><BR/>Microsoft India has deliberately distorted its relationship with the key influencers. <BR/><BR/>Dr. Phatak is an advisor to many private enterprises and public sector. His current viewpoint will result in a loss of million dollar worth business from public sector and academia. <BR/><BR/>Don’t miss the comments on this post.<BR/><BR/>BTW, this gives the complete scoop on OOXML story in India.<BR/><BR/>If I were the Chairman or CVP of MS India, I would quit the moment I read this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-21119704521727879812008-07-01T22:09:00.000-07:002008-07-01T22:09:00.000-07:00>It would be interesting to checkpoint what kind o...>It would be interesting to checkpoint what kind of improvements have happened in that area. Has Redmond achieved even half of the projections from IDC etc. Anyone up for the challenge ?<BR/><BR/>IDC teams are very needy. Continually want their "great job" email after changing 1/2 dozen lines of code. They don't appreciate the difference between difficulty of accomplishment versus real industry impact of the accomplishment. The IDC job was probably hard - hire new people and novices to get the code done - but in the end, the innovation and the market imapact was 0. <BR/><BR/>This was taken back to redmond because IDC didnt make a big market impact, cost more Redmond management cycles in "neediness", and Redmond had more important things to do versus investing here.<BR/><BR/>Education investments were recently taken back for similar reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-72113657417309150932008-07-01T00:54:00.000-07:002008-07-01T00:54:00.000-07:00>>The primary reason is that IDC teams don't repor...>>The primary reason is that IDC teams don't report to the Redmond team responsible for that product. If they did, then the Redmond team could use review scores and the ability to remove IDC leads to solve problems.<BR/><BR/>IDC teams report into their Redmond team responsible for the product. All teams in a division(redmond, idc, Boston etc ) are stacked toegther.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com