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Why does talent fail at work? What we don't see is culture!

You can't buy culture by paying obscene salaries to HR folks.... They can't alter or even influence your culture if you have firewalled legacy artifacts and operating principles of management! 

...these poor or opportunist folks just end up being the euphemistic trophy wives that Habibi doesn't have any real value for! 

Why does talent fail at work? What we don't see is culture! 

If you don't see a culture that inspires and that is an integral entity of everyday life and decision-making at work, you must be under a mafia regime! Mafia management is just a fake facade of benevolent management! 

On the surface everything looks fair and square, but in hindsight, the strings are in the hands of the few, who operate in the dark! 

Some cultures are "opaque"! You only experience it after some shocking encounters! They are like the Khanani brothers and ISI-kind of networks, as you noticed in the movie Dhurandhar! What a treat to the eyes and soul! 


The Khanani brothers and ISI are everywhere...just that common people can't see them...the underhand of the evil! 

I worked for Axtria as a recruiter for a very short time (~2 years). My biggest shock came when I found that they had 105 jobs up on LinkedIn and they had 35 people in recruiting. Several of these 105 job posts were repeated, and many were pushed to LinkedIn from their shabbiest ATS (the SuccessFactors ATS).... They horribly implemented this SF ATS and, even worse, had been living with it! 

Nearly everyone in recruiting, from directors to junior recruiters, did the same job...another shock! 

You suggest structural changes in the hiring process or decision-making, and they are turned down.... Mafia rule applies... One man at the top decides even the tiniest hiring decision...he has been doing it for the last 18 years... No one can take his position...

All other principals/senior leaders are just dummies...--->> Have a look at their Glassdoor rating of their senior leadership to believe this!

Lowest of all categories—2.7! 

Working at Axtria | Glassdoor

Only a half would recommend a friend! What's employer branding/talent marketing doing?

Only 46% are positive about their business outlook! Are they searching for a buyer? 

Though Jassi's approval rating is still decent! 

NONE OF THESE KEY CATEGORIES SCORE ABOVE 3.2, YET THE OVERALL RATING IS STILL 3.3!  ..INTERESTING! 





The lady at the helm, and closest to the top boss, actually rules everything in HR (LATER moved to the Data Science function--Read the Glassdoor feedback by her Director on her--Axtria - Proceed with Caution – Toxic Work Environment & Poor Leadership | Glassdoor).... She has no HR degree or education...she has kept HR things at the org level the same way as it was 17 years back, from MarketRx to Axtria...


Let's discuss this as you see in pics below----

Chaar aane ki murgi, Baarah aane ka masaala? "चार आने की मुर्गी, बारह आने का मसाला"

Looks like, even after paying Rs.1.2 Cr, they have continued to do the same.... Look at what an Rs.1.2 Cr recruiter (Sr. Director) posted on LinkedIn a few days ago.

How do I know the salary? 90% of their HR folks are actively looking for jobs on naukri.com. This applies to people who are at 95 LPA and 75 LPA salaries.... Their university hiring director completed 10 years, and he is looking out actively, but it looks like no one is hiring him...

Their senior director of HR is also looking out; several of their associate directors in HR are on the same track. 

When management is actually a mafia, only those who kowtow survive and thrive....

Great and honest and talented folks in such cultures feel suffocated...

I had been watching an associate director lady from TISS, who worked there, who had almost become a mannequin... She had stopped being herself...silent and dejected...she finally left to join a foreign sports merchandise brand...

People claim to be doing a lot of high-profile tasks and projects in HR, as they mention in their Naukri.com CVs, but in reality, they just carry forward the "legacy" stuff of the mafia! Sad for them...

Total salary is 2 Cr plus, and they are posting a virtual walk-in drive for the Data Engineer role! 

And after having 3500-plus employees and 50-odd recruiters and HR folks within their company, the LinkedIn post gets 3 likes in 2 days! Hilarious! 

Chaar aane ki murgi, Baarah aane ka masaala? "चार आने की मुर्गी, बारह आने का मसाला"


Their Global Tech Hiring Leader claims on LinkedIn that he has an MBA, and looking at the time between 2004 and 2006, he was working full-time as a manager in some recruiting firm...

They are right! Some companies have too much bad karma, and they face it in such forms! 
Within 2 months of joining Axtria, this veteran and overpriced recruiter starts his job search! 





Long live the hiring agenda! Long live legacy mafia culture....

QUICK SUMMARY BELOW---CREDIT-HARPA AI
"Understanding the Impact of Internal Culture on Employee Satisfaction and Retention"
1. The Illusion of Culture:
- Culture cannot be purchased; it stems from internal values and practices.
- High salaries or HR interventions can't alter entrenched cultural issues.

2. Opaque Management:
- Inflexible management structures create a culture similar to a 'mafia regime'.
- Decisions are often made behind closed doors, leaving employees uninformed.

3. Recruitment Challenges:
- Recruitment processes at some firms are inefficient, evidenced by excessive job postings.
- Many positions remain unfilled due to outdated systems and lack of change.

4. Dissatisfaction Among Employees:
- Employee morale is low, evidenced by negative Glassdoor ratings and active job searches.
- Talented individuals feel stifled and often leave for better opportunities.

5. Legacy Culture Issues:
- Long-standing practices hinder progress; many employees perform repetitive tasks without growth.
- Management often prioritizes loyalty over competence, trapping capable workers in unfulfilling roles.




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