Hats Off Mr. Ramadorai !!

On Monday 3rd September, TCS celebrated its annual event ‘Hats Off”. In this event all associates who have completed 3 yrs, 5 yrs, 10 yrs, 15 yrs, 20 yrs, 25 yrs, 30 yrs and 35 yrs in TCS were felicitated. My initially motivation of going to this event was to as a welcome break from office and to catch up with old friends. The location was NCPA at Nariman Point which added to the motivation to attend. It was a huge event as almost 1200-1300 people were felicitated and it was ensured that each associate was called to dais for the same.

But the best news we heard during the show ,was when we were told that the CEO of TCS Mr. Ramadorai will be felicitated along with us for completing 35 yrs in TCS and that Mr. F.C. Kohli would be doing the honors. Also all the all the bigwigs of TCS like Mr.Mahalingam (CFO), Mr.Padmanabhan (EVP HR), Mr.Pendharkar (VP Marketing), Mr. N. Chandra (EVP Sales & Operations) were present for the ceremony.

Then I realized how important recognition of service is and that to for being in same company for so many years. I was truly elated by the fact that I was felicitated in the same function but also pondered that I was felicitated for a minuscule 3 years as compared to 35 yrs of Mr. Ramadorai and will I be able to complete 10 years in any company during my lifetime? Nowadays we think of and most of us skip jobs within a year or couple. What makes someone to stay in a company for so long?

I guess Mr. Ramadorai was there from the very beginning of TCS, hence he had a sense of belonging and as there were few people in the organisation , the chances to grow were more. Not to forget that he had the talent & capability to grow with the insight into future. But in today’s scenario with around 100,000 people in TCS, chance to be in position like Mr.Ramadorai after 30-35 years is 0.001%.

But then you never know right , I maybe remain in Tata group for 35 years or more and be at similar position as that of Mr.Ramadorai. What say people ???