Information Overload

Took a trip yesterday out to Infosys, one of India’s leading IT companies.  It was a very interesting visit that took the better part of the day.  I spoke to about 10 people, received powerpoint presentations, lunch, a tour of the amazing campus (modelled on Microsoft’s), and even an Infosys pen!  

Apparently, it was from the head of Infosys that Tom Friedman first heard “The World is Flat”.  I was there to learn more about their services, which include some e-commerce and web design offerings.  And really just to get an impression of and make contacts with the “new” Indian economy.  Although the traffic out to the campus was horrendous – the drive took over an hour – when you finally arrive after passing the usual Indian street scenes of markets, cows and chaos, you are transported to a new planet.

It really was like some space-age university campus.   15,000 employees, with the average age of 26.  They accept less than 2% of their applicants to fill jobs with a starting salary of $4,500 a year.  

 

Yes, they have an amazing swimming pool, a number of gyms and cafeterias, a beauty salon, banks, day care, etc.  They were shocked to learn that my latest empoyer offered none of those things. 

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