yes man try to IN 1st. sumetimes u must had confidence 1. satyam is a gud company but where u stay ? located at cyberjaya wor.

juz go for the interview.. no harm trying

where to stay? got many places lor near cyberjaya.. u can find a place to stay in equine, cyber, sepang, sri kembangan, bangi bla bla bla...

Just gotten a call from HR person of Satyam, asking me about education details etc. I couldnt make it to the mass-interview due to other commitments and she said that it's a one-time thing.

Had to politely tell her that I wont be able to make it. Good luck to everyone else who's going

Hey guys, dont waste your opportunity if you got a chance for interview! Satyam is a very good company that can promise a bright future for your career.

I am working in Satyam for almost 9 months now, I 've learnt a lot in this company. There are so many eye-opener when I joined this company. Previously, I've never heard of Pega, Global 360, Documentum, Red Dot and Lombardi, these are Industrial standard Enterprise tools. I've been trained on the tool and did some internal projects. I've gain knowledge which unable to learn in college. Satyam is like a university for enterprise education on software and skills, but you are get paid for learn the tools. If you have any questions or issues, so many people are willing to help. This is totally different from what happen in my college where people are "kedekut ilmu"(selfish), Satyam associates will teach you patiently. Last month I 've face a challenge in an implementation, I've made a call from Malaysia to India and chat with her for 30 minutes, then I found my solution. These are the experience I gained in Satyam, knowledge sharing architecture. For your information, there are more than 45000 employees globally. Imagine how huge is the knowledge hub and resource pool.(Employees- the main resource in IT company)

If you love work and travel, Satyam would be your ideal company. Currently I am based in India for few months on a project. I enjoy to work and travel and I really enjoy my life here. You can meet different type of people, culture and environment. Some of my friends are based in Singapore, Dublin, US and Australia. There are all from Satyam Malaysia.

Yeah, some ppl may be on the bench. However, self-initiative is all it takes to gain what you want. When I was on then bench, I took a course on Six Sigma. I've earned my self a Satyam Six Sigma Green belt. Of cause, there are some process in the middle, nothing can be achieved without efforts.

How you guys apply for the post there? Is it going to the website, www.satyam.com????

try find it in jobstreet.com

can someone tell me wat kind of job is "IT consultant" or watever ppl in satyam do..

This post has been edited by d0y0k: Jun 2 2008, 11:43 PM

programmer.
IT consultant/Technical Consultant/Team Leader
programmer/senior programmer/senior programmer + admin task

Different people with different attitude would have different perception. Having limited internet connectivities is not an issue, those pages that are blocked usually are not related with work. MSN messenger, YahooChat, GTalk is not really work-related, and Satyam have the office communicator which allows us to communicate with Satyam network. Wikipedia and Lowyat.net is not blocked FYI.

Satyam working time is very flexible, no time check or watsoever. This is why self-displinary is very important. In my opinion, every company is the same, attitude and self-displinary is very important. It is our foundation that build us, the company will help us to achieve the goal. Satyam Learning World provide everything for us, classes conducted by experience lecturers, webinars (web seminar), articles, blogs and everything a knowledge management system can provide.

For people who worry about doing nothing on the bench, be patient. Try to gain and learn as much as possible. Build a strong foundation on yourself. If you able to learn everything in Satyam Learning World, then you only start to worry. By that time, I guess the bench is already broken.

Do not worry about having no project, worry about the project having you ! - Crazyboyrs -

i still didnt get it..
programmer: what program did they write? program to control wat? or program for web page like java script or php?
IT consultant: did they give advice to other company? if yes.. advice on what? like server maintenance or what?

im clueless.. pls help me..

this is my experience in satyam. all below are facts.

a. I was benched for just a month. Others I've seen being benched for six months or even more.
b. I've resigned for a while. (got 2 payslips from new company) but still being called up by satyam team to help them with the problems they encounter.
c. During my stay, I cannot claim petrol. Cannot claim toll. Cannot claim parking parking. According to the manager, I can claim if I went to a seminar, but if on site, no claim. (I know some companies let you claim, some companies view it as the site is your new base, so no claims).
d. I saw with my own eye, a co-worker being wrongly billed for 10k. He tried to talk to his manager, his manager just said, "if you have to pay, then you have to pay". Thank god somebody else helped him go to HR and finance department.
e. During my bench period, I wanted to join PEGA training (which is a different project), but I was not allowed. My manager said, that project had too many people.
f. During my bench period, I wanted to apply for an internal vacancy in Japan and UK. But my reporting manger said, "don't", even though I fit the requirements.
g. When I was assigned to a project, I was using Struts. Struts is a 2002 technology.
h. When I was assigned to a project, they were using cvs where everybody was sharing the same username and password.
i. When I was assigned to a project, they commited to the cvs whenever they please, resulting in nobody knew where the current code was.
j. After I resigned, my project manager resigned.
k. My pay from previous salary was +50%
l. Satyam's medical benefit. I've never ever been offer any medical benefit or even seen any other company offer that kind of benefit. DENTAL USD 500 per person per year. MATERNITY USD 10k per whole working duration. MEDICAL cover GP+Specialist. I've looked around. For these same benefits, you'd have to pay USD 4k per person per year.
m. I resigned on 28th March. My salary was on hold for one month. I got it on 30th April.
m. Satyam has basic pay and variable pay (sort of like performance bonus). I have a friend who didn't get an increment on basic pay, but got an increment on variable pay.
n. On my last week there. I heard that there was this Malay girl who was just back from a Singapore project. She was in the process of going to a New Zealand project.
o. The SAP people are also being sent to middle east.
p. Someone from the same batch as me was being sent to India, .NET programmer.
q. The day I joined satyam. There were 2 other J2EE programmers. The next, I saw my reporting manager and asked to be placed in Singapore if there is a vacancy. After being benched for a while, I found out one of them is doing PEGA training. The other has been sent to Singapore.
r. Satyam pays for your petrol. up to RM 300. Its tax free coz they require receipt. Its like paying you to go to work.
s. I've heard that some people who got to work to singapore got a 1:1 convesion. If they are earning RM 4,000 here, they will be earning SD 4,000 in singapore. Some people got 0.9, some got 0.8 conversion. It varies. On countries like India or Indonesia, I think its USD conversion.
t. Satyam provides a LOT of training. SAP traning costs A LOT. try to absorb all the training you can get.
u. no access to web based mail.

These are just facts. If I'm wrong, please correct me. Thank you.

I was told I cannot claim too.

Can I ask is that true? I am to be based in Cyberjaya but I cannot claim.

Let me know..anyone.

Chan. Every associate who are based at cyberjaya can claim the travel allowance RM300.

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Added on June 3, 2008, 2:24 pmttwangsa, Whatz the moral of your story? You got a pay hike of 50+ plus when u joined satyam but you have resigned with in 3 months just because you are at client place and not eligible for travel allowance(RM300). Appreciate if you can share your thought about your dream company.

This post has been edited by Royals: Jun 3 2008, 02:24 PM

royals.
i wasn't complaining.
i was giving out facts.

royals.. or ttwangsa or chan82..

can you help me by answering to my question pls...

programmer: what program did they write? program to control wat? or program for web page like java script or php?
IT consultant: did they give advice to other company? if yes.. advice on what? like server maintenance or what?

im clueless.. pls help me..

in my exprience.

what program did they write?
it depends on the project.
from web application to swing applications.
its a broad range.

but they will give you training.

satyam won't ask you to do something you cannot do.

if they interview you, they will find out what you are capable of.
they will assign you to projects, based on your skill set.

maintenance, yes, sometimes you maintain an old system.
sometimes you develop a new system.


program to control wat?
sometimes you create a simple web app for data entry. sometimes its a big webapp with webservices, ajax. sometimes its just a vb6 exe application.

program for web page like java script or php?
sometimes you have to write web based application. sometimes unix application. depends on your skill. if you have zero exp in unix, nobody expects you to write unix apps.

IT consultant: did they give advice to other company?
just a fancy name for a senior programmer. still code.

its a software house. like all other software house. core business is codes. but they provide a lot of training.

d0y0k, Are you into IT? R U a fresher or have Exp? Programmers and consultant roles are same across all companies , let that be local or MNC.

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Added on June 3, 2008, 4:08 pmThere is a recruitment drive on 5th and 6th June for freshers at Satyam,Cyberjaya office. Interested candidates get intouch with Satyam HR.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd
Block 3517, Jalan Teknokrat 5, Cyberjaya,63000 Selangor, Malaysia.
DL: +603-8882 8013 Fax: +603-8882 8088 Website: www.satyam.com


This post has been edited by Royals: Jun 3 2008, 04:08 PM

yes.. im into IT. fresh grad here.. got interview this coming Friday..
thanks ttwangsa n royals for the info

TTWANGSA,
It is unacceptable and ridiculous that your boss (x-boss) doesnt approve your claim! Gila meh...RM20+petrol+toll everyday = big sum..you shouldnt bear this cost. What is his excuse/explanation?

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Added on June 4, 2008, 11:05 amwhen they said it is for security reasons and things like that, yet, they r ppl who still have full access to any websites they want...it is contradicting and not making sense. I never see this issue in other consultancy firms. My frens in Accenture, IBM, ISS, EY, KPMG all laugh at me when I told them I am not allowed to check my gmail and msn messenger and most important thing of all, I got no laptop! I am so embarrased. When everyone is moving forward, I am moving backward..'zaman batu'..still using desktop...oh my god!

This post has been edited by WASD: Jun 4 2008, 11:05 AM

guys....act my background is not IT....i'm fresh grad in engineering....so if i been hired by satyam wut act i'll do at there...wut kind of work will suit me well...any info?

i think some companies have that policy
if you are on site, then that site becomes you new base
so
going to the site, you cannot claim.

some company, you can claim if you go to site.

in satyam,
if you go for seminar and training, you can claim
but if your site is klcc,
then you have to go there everyday
and bear the cost.

i should have asked this
during the interview.
i am partly to be blamed for this.

after i resigned,
every company i went to for an interview,
i will ask the claim to site question

some just smile and say "of course can"
some say cannot.

it depends on company policy.