Insurity looms large at Mahindra Satyam

Rediff reports : Despite the new chief executive officer of Mahindra Satyam assuring them the company and its employees (known as associates) have a great future, most associates this paper spoke to are confused and worried about the goings-on at the workplace.
While the reality of the 'virtual pool' is sinking in gradually, the simultaneous reshuflle at Mahindra Satyam is scaring them.

"The reorganisation is very aggressive and the parameters are not clear,'' said one associate who operates from the Infocity campus. "There is no excitement at the office for the last two or three weeks,'' he said.

There are reasons for this despondency. He has seen a team handling a vertical dismantled.

"There were two seniors at the helm of affairs and one of them has been asked to leave,'' he said about the changes. Only last week, Mahindra Satyam had brought the roles of about 70 to 80 senior leaders under the scanner.

The company is now looking for talent from within the organisation to head some positions after the rejig. In some cases, the company is also getting people from Tech Mahindra [Get Quote] to fill the lacunae created due to the reorganisation of staff, he said.

"The mandate is clear for all of us. We have to be ready to don a new role,'' said another associate. He said the company has now broken down the earlier multiple levels of reporting for a particular task.

"This would result in most of the employees coming in the direct firing line of higher-ups and therefore more accountable and also vulnerable at the same time. Also, another round of restructuring at the employee level is on the cards," he added.

Some associates, according to another employee, are finding it difficult to work as there is no information from the right channel on the rejig or the direction it is heading. On the letter to the associates from the new chief executive officer, seeing a great future for the company, he said the letter did not address the uncertainty the employees were now experiencing.