What should you ask your future employer

1. Work days in week? 4 days 5 days or 6 days?
2. How many hours a day?
3. How is salary credited and what day of month?
4. Position/Designation offered?
5. Do they provide free food? Do they have in-house kitchen?
6. Do you give Meal vouchers as part of CTC? How much can I avail? Is there any cap due to position? How and when it is disbursed?
7. Does the job require travel and what if yes what percent?
8. To whom I'll be reporting to and his designation?
9. Relocation reimbursement and the upper limit? T&C.
10. Initial accommodation in a new city? How many days?
11. Dress code? (For me most important question)
12. Number of leaves in a year. Leave policy in detail.
13. How long is probation period?
14. Entitlement of leaves during probation period?
15. Anytime they mentioned year ask about financial or calendar?
16. Joining date?
17. Am I insured by new employer? Are you insured from day 1?
18. Does your parent get Insurance protection (even if it is paid)?
19. Do let them know the time you need to deny/accept the offer.
20. Is LTA an optional component of CTC? If NOT opted, would it be given every month?
21. Do I get an independent extension or shared? If shared among how many people do I need to share?
22. Do I need to work from Home? What’s company policy regarding this? Do you provide laptop/ reimbursement Broadband charges?
23. Do I get unrestricted internet access in office?
24. Can I carry forward my MicroStrategy account?
25. Are you MicroStrategy Inc listed partner?

Teradata India - a sorry picture inside

Teradata is said to be the best back-end as far as MicroStrategy is concerned. Most of MSTR people I know, they have Teradata as the back-end. FYI, Walmart has the biggest implementation of MicroStrategy with more than 100 boxes of Teradata.

Now cut short to Teradata India, which is mainly involved in selling the Teradata boxes and then co-selling its consulting services (After all database requires some front-end to make use of it). My several freinds who are client side from Teradata have bitter experience. Teradata is just concerned about selling their boxes and letting employee "manage" things at client side of it own. Lots of people are working under duress.

They keep on advertising about MSTR position almost round the year but I fail to understand why their experience MSTR resources are working on different technology or worse on bench.

Last and the serious bomb. There is set targets for employees about Teradata certification. Obviously you need not pay for it. But, if you do not achieve it, you may get no raise at all. One of my friend's friend was so busy with the work (he did a great job) that it was impossible for him to remove time and do the certification. You get a bomb that there is no raise as you have not completed any certification.

If you are planning to join Teradata, do a good due diligence.

Funny MicroStrategy Job Ad

Hey.... Funny MicroStrategy Job Ad.. sound strange.. take a look... Pleasing Personality under Personal skills.... Lagta hai.... Client thoda mastikhor hai.....