A reason for Microsoft to cheer

Microsoft has been ranked as the most preferred employer in engineering campuses in India. Microsoft’s arch rival Google was ranked as the second most preferred employer. I think Google is a recent entrant to the campus recruitment process and it might be able to catch up by next year. Earlier this year, Microsoft recruited few Chennai students at a salary package of Rs. 12.80 lakhs. These kind of domestic pay scales are unheard of in engineering campuses.

The survey reveals that two out of three students intend to quit their job before the end of the second year. This must be a cause for concern for the IT majors as they invest anywhere between 3 and 6 months in training the fresh recruits. The control mindset reigns supreme and they try to put exit barriers like ‘Bonds’ to ensure that the freshers stay for a longer period. If the aspiration levels are such that the engineers want to pursue higher degrees, why don’t the recruiters tweak their systems to offer a ‘sabbatical’ to the employee. (Whether or the not the employee wants to come back to the same firm after the MBA is a different story altogether).