Wipro Campus Arena

   As I had shared with you earlier, my earlier stint had been with the Indian Army. If you ever happen to drive down the road which leads into the sprawling 8000 acre valley of Khadakwasla, one comes across a small board hidden behind the bou·gain·vil·le·a bushes that says, “Welcome to the cradle of leadership”.

  While my article of my experiences at the National Defence Academy can run into thousands of pages, let me share with you the some words from our daily prayer “Oh God! Help us to do the harder right instead of the easier wrong” We used to recite these words day in and day out each day at 0500h and each day the value got ingrained into our minds.

   I am out of the army now and eking my livelihood by working with this distinguished company called Wipro Technologies. I interact with hundreds of young job aspirants each day and my experiences with them are rich and varied. I see a thirst for success in this generation which I did not see 15 yrs ago. I also notice a burning desire in them to create a niche for them selves. While the intentions are good, the methods that are adopted by some to gain employment often leave me pondering whether there is a moral and ethical degradation in the society. The fact cannot be generalized, but there is adequate evidence on record to substantiate such a claim. I notice a tremendous pressure on the young minds to make to the big three in the IT. Blessed are those who make it into these companies from their college campus and god help the rest who have to start seeking a job on completion of their graduation.

   This society has no place for the non-performers. The jabs from the immediate environment can often be sharp and torturous. As time passes, a combination of these facts develop into twin edged swords slowly cutting deep into the flesh of fresh graduates. Any Tier 1 company seeks experience and so is the case with Wipro Technologies. So If one has an aspiration to join a reputed company what are the choices. Gain experience in a genuine company over a period of two - three years or buy fake documents. The harder right or the easier wrong.  

  It’s easy to buy a fake experience these days, does not cost more than some thousands of rupees and a whole industry which manufactures custom made fake documents has come up in major towns to meet the demand of the job seekers and perhaps one can hood wink the recruiters too. But then how long ?

   No respectable company likes to start a relationship with an employee based on a lie and companies like Wipro design some deep audits to ascertain the nature of information provided by a job seeker. The fact finding may be delayed but the lie gets caught at some point of  time, if not today some time in future and the repercussions can be catastrophic. If an employee gets terminated on reasons of integrity, his career may get doomed for the balance of his life. He may get blacklisted by the NASSCOM and associated companies and the future prospects of getting employed in any Tier 1 company may be lost forever.

  There fore choosing the harder right seems an eminently safer choice rather the easier wrong of faking an experience.