Dear Sidhusaaheb...every experience whether good or bad is a learning experience. InshAllah u'll land on a good job soon 
This organization indeed seems to be one of the worst ones....the **big boss** who believes that candidates having experience working on microsoft and open-source technologies both r confused, seems to be a confused soul himself. Doesn't he know that to survive in today's IT industry one needs to be an all-rounder(to some extent).
changa kitta iss company pe matti pa ke :P
U deserve a lot better
interesting, if mildly dickensian, experience i'm sure. i think yusufi might craft a memorable story out of this encounter.
Man..all I feel like saying is...
Some experience Sidhu Saaheb!
That sounds totally unprofessional and unfair!
You know what, you should make a good writeup, alongwith company's name and post it on your blog. then email the employer the whole stuff alongwith comments...
You are too humble to still write so decently about them
Is it a common trend in India these days to hire w/o a personal face to face interview? Well, I think it is not a good idea to join a Co. without having met face to face with the high ups (especially if it is a "dotcom" stuff). Like job seekers, lots of "Tatpunjiya" (I don't even know what that word means) companies also project themselves to be bigger than what they are. I also understand that sometimes it is not feasible to meet the high ups as in this case you were in Delhi and the Co. was in Calicut. Over here they conduct the initial rounds of interview on the phone (even if you are local) and then the final interview is at the company's premise (and you fly/drive down there). This way they get a better idea of who you are and you get an idea of what the company is like. After all it is the question of spending half of your day with them. Anyways, good luck and hope you will find something pretty soon.
try http://in.jobstreet.com/jobs/200...295706.htm?
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Oh my god ... It's pure exploitation of resources.
I wonder were you mailed properly the contract before hand?? That should have been a must thing .. since you were not interviewed personally nor did YOU got the chance to analyze your employers. This behaviour was insane.
Yu did the right thing ... but now take a step further and have your story printed in Some Newspaper of that story as in Letters to the editor. People should be knowing what the newer IT maket is all about ... they should learn business ethics first.
And what was your ex-boss thinking? I wonder if he knew about Open Source Technologies If I analyze 100 people that i know from CS - all of them Know aout Open-Source as well as MS application ... we work in both.
GOD ...!
sir-ji no offense, but as much as companies should do background checks on employees.. we should do some checks of our own as well
and next time you're at delhi airport, might as well let me know
Hope you get a new job soon, best of luck
How would you even fly down to Calcutta on such a whim and a fancy?
@Fariha: I agree! I definitely learned a lesson there, even if I gained nothing else. Big Boss would've been able to expand his business far beyond its current size, if he'd realized that, it seems to me.
Bilkul sahi farmaaoNde ne janaab! Mera vi aiho khayaal si.
@Kinkminos: Hehe... I, for one, would love to read that story!
@Aman: Thanks for dropping by! It was quite an experience indeed!
@Unaiza: I agree with you about the company's actions being unprofessional and unfair. However, since I have decided not to reveal my identity completely on my blog, I'll not be giving out any more details or sending the blog post to the company.
Thanks for the kind words about me!
@Sifar: Recently, my brother has been hired by IBM's BPO division at Bangalore in a similar fashion and his experience has been good in this regard. However, I agree that in my case it would have been better if I had insisted on a personal interview, before agreeing to join. Thanks for the good wishes!
@Anon./Sifar: Thank you so much!
@Asma: They did mail me an offer-letter that provided a brief idea about the kind of recruitment work they expected me to do, besides the details of my compensation package.
I did write to the company, after I reached home, asking to be paid for the day that I worked and to be reimbursed the expenses for travel and stay. However, I have received no response so far. I think your suggestion is very valid and am actively considering writing to editors of leading newspapers.
Only if Big-Boss were to realise that multi-skilled employees are an asset to the company and not a liability! 
@Nomad: You're right! Actually, I was taken in by the fact the company's B2C website has been up and running for several years now and has a sizeable number of users worldwide.
I'll definitely try to remember to inform you beforehand, the next time I'm likely to be at Delhi airport.
@Cyberkitty: Thanks for the good wishes!
@VM: Thanks for dropping by!
The reasons were as described in my response above, to Nomad's comment.
Sidhusaaheb,
I just read this - what a Kafkaesque experience - and outright unprofessionalism!
You made the right decision of course; sometimes these experiences teach us a lot about the world.
Scary! Best of luck in your endeavours sidhusaaheb
Yup! Thanks!!
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