FiberOptic Ltd. comes and goes..
Hi everybody!
Just to follow up on my earlier post, I thought I would blog my views on the company that came and went. FiberOptic Ltd. is a Goa based manufacturing plan, and a child company of the MK Birla group headquatered in Madhya Pradesh.
Personally I felt the company and their job offer fell below my expectations. Every job offered is an opportunity, and it must be seen as that. For those who get through I wish you all the best and I hope you have an amazing time there. Every company has its plus points and I'm sure this one does too. As a rule of thumb one must never scorn a companies offer... Everything in the job market is a boon/blessing.
But I did not like much of today's placement drive. The company was first of all very very late in reaching. Secondly the presentation was rather poor and failed to impress. Thirdly the company management who came there seem to repeat the point that the company had little or no ambition. They repeatedly stated that all their executive decisions came from the parent company in MP, and that 70% of their produce went to the parent company's other concerns in MP.
This gave me the feeling that FiberOptic Ltd were a sideshow. A pawn in the economic game of the MK Birla group. Somehow I did not like the idea of joining a place where the top management in the factory was content to play such a quite role. Its one thing to be part of a bigger corporation, but frankly to me at least the top management seemed to lack drive. For a fresher, you want to learn as much as possible and the quality of the management is vital!! Work with brilliant go-getters and it will make such a difference to your career. This is advice I received from experienced people.
On the plus side the company did mention they were looking to expand their capacity, but did not mention to what end.. Maybe you will make a difference if you are placed there. Maybe you will be the one to change the company around. For me.. It did not seem like the place I wanted to park ship.
Fourthly, the nature of the job was Not very suitable for computer engineers. They wanted a Quality control officer and people to handle work crews and their PLC controlled machinery. In a fully automated factory, I fail to see scope for computer engineers. Where is the programming ? Where is the problem solving ? Where is the application of new software technologies ? Where is the application development? This struck me as being more of a job for ETC engineers.
Having done a project at Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited which is also a Fiber Optics plant, I met with and conversed very often with an excellent gentleman and Q.C. officer by the name of Mr. Navin Gupta. I believe one of the posts being offered was similar to the one held by Mr. Navin in HFCL. I can tell you first hand that, while its an excellent job, its not one I would consider apt for a computer professional.
In addition to all these points, let me share with you my experiences of working in a factory environment in Verna. Along with Shree and Deepali, I trained for a month at Dlink's plant in Verna. The experience was good and I learned a lot of stuff. I am glad I took that chance, however it was clear to me that I would never be happy in such an environment. Its too monotonous, and way to routine for me. Everyday you go to do the same task, and with clockwork monotony Take a break at the same time, leave at the same time. There is no scope to shine, and no scope to make a difference...
There are people, who will say that is a perfect job, but I am not one of them. I need to be challenged on the job.. I hope I will find this in the job I'm hoping to take up soon..
Just to follow up on my earlier post, I thought I would blog my views on the company that came and went. FiberOptic Ltd. is a Goa based manufacturing plan, and a child company of the MK Birla group headquatered in Madhya Pradesh.
Personally I felt the company and their job offer fell below my expectations. Every job offered is an opportunity, and it must be seen as that. For those who get through I wish you all the best and I hope you have an amazing time there. Every company has its plus points and I'm sure this one does too. As a rule of thumb one must never scorn a companies offer... Everything in the job market is a boon/blessing.
But I did not like much of today's placement drive. The company was first of all very very late in reaching. Secondly the presentation was rather poor and failed to impress. Thirdly the company management who came there seem to repeat the point that the company had little or no ambition. They repeatedly stated that all their executive decisions came from the parent company in MP, and that 70% of their produce went to the parent company's other concerns in MP.
This gave me the feeling that FiberOptic Ltd were a sideshow. A pawn in the economic game of the MK Birla group. Somehow I did not like the idea of joining a place where the top management in the factory was content to play such a quite role. Its one thing to be part of a bigger corporation, but frankly to me at least the top management seemed to lack drive. For a fresher, you want to learn as much as possible and the quality of the management is vital!! Work with brilliant go-getters and it will make such a difference to your career. This is advice I received from experienced people.
On the plus side the company did mention they were looking to expand their capacity, but did not mention to what end.. Maybe you will make a difference if you are placed there. Maybe you will be the one to change the company around. For me.. It did not seem like the place I wanted to park ship.
Fourthly, the nature of the job was Not very suitable for computer engineers. They wanted a Quality control officer and people to handle work crews and their PLC controlled machinery. In a fully automated factory, I fail to see scope for computer engineers. Where is the programming ? Where is the problem solving ? Where is the application of new software technologies ? Where is the application development? This struck me as being more of a job for ETC engineers.
Having done a project at Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited which is also a Fiber Optics plant, I met with and conversed very often with an excellent gentleman and Q.C. officer by the name of Mr. Navin Gupta. I believe one of the posts being offered was similar to the one held by Mr. Navin in HFCL. I can tell you first hand that, while its an excellent job, its not one I would consider apt for a computer professional.
In addition to all these points, let me share with you my experiences of working in a factory environment in Verna. Along with Shree and Deepali, I trained for a month at Dlink's plant in Verna. The experience was good and I learned a lot of stuff. I am glad I took that chance, however it was clear to me that I would never be happy in such an environment. Its too monotonous, and way to routine for me. Everyday you go to do the same task, and with clockwork monotony Take a break at the same time, leave at the same time. There is no scope to shine, and no scope to make a difference...
There are people, who will say that is a perfect job, but I am not one of them. I need to be challenged on the job.. I hope I will find this in the job I'm hoping to take up soon..
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