I’m not sure how accurate StatCounter is, given that most Linux users use adblockers. However, according to it, Linux has almost a 14% desktop share in India.

    • fedcon@lemm.ee
      26·
      1 year ago

      C is for Cognizant btw. But Cisco wouldn’t be too far off.

      It’s a desi-fied version of WITCH, for those familiar with that term.

    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
      9·
      1 year ago

      We use TCS and Accenture at my work and I’m aware of us using Cognizant and HCL as well. You’re bang on fuck all those companies and also “first world” compankes for fucking the local employment market and fucking overseas workers.

      Race to the bottom. Nothing matters but the bottom line.

    • Iceblade@lemmy.world
      61·
      1 year ago

      As a MoS&E student in northern Europe I’d love to hear why these companies have such a bad rep over in India. They’re doing massive recruitment drives at my uni (along with BCG) and sponsor a lot of student events, so I don’t hear many bad things about them.

      • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
        91·
        1 year ago

        …because they just throw people at projects with no regard to skill set or level. Their business model is get contact, hire lots of tech grads, assign them to project, cross fingers. They’ve ended up with a reputation of not being able to execute, and they doing it by paying people at the start of their career the lowest amount they can. If you end up on one of these projects, and are actually capable, then everything gets heaped onto you.

        • Iceblade@lemmy.world
          31·
          1 year ago

          Ah, makes sense then why they’re pushing so hard to have a presence at our universities. Hopefully I’ll be able to avoid such employers in the future. Thanks for the heads up!

        • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 year ago

          Also to add the Indian market is so saturated any “good one” you get knows their worth and dip out at the first opportunity. Leaves giant companies left holding the bag on a model that has skeleton crews containing all the tacit knowledge with no means to do anything. “Oh well just bring in vendors to do xyz” ignoring the operational cost going forward. The current business model employed by fortune 500 companies was and is unsustainable. Great for their bottom line though.

    • Goodman@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know much about this CHWTIA. But I do know someone who works at Capgemini, can you tell me why they are considered exploitative? Genuinly curious.

      • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
        3·
        1 year ago

        Underpay and overwork their Indian workers like a motherfucker.

        Return to office is mandated back to 5 days a week and 9 hours a day minimum at some of these places. The company makes bank but the workers get cents on a dollar.

    • mrmanager@lemmy.today
      4·
      1 year ago

      Why are these companies the worst? It’s a honest question since I actually don’t know much about them.

        • erwan@lemmy.ml
          51·
          1 year ago

          When you’re ready to go back to the job market, I recommend you to join a company that develops a product. Not a service company that will sell you like fresh meat to its clients, like the one you listed.

        • azthec@feddit.nl
          3·
          1 year ago

          Do you have any interest in relocating outside India? You seem to have a good domain of English and softskills on top of some Linux. I wouldn’t mind taking a look at the personal projects you mention