From recent comments on my blog, I have come to know that now there is also a time on which you have to report on campus instead of just the date.
If you ask anyone who has already joined, they will tell you that this arrangement was very much needed.
Usually there used to be too much rush which became unmanageable for them.
At about 11 AM and after 3-4 PM there used to severe rush when they found it very difficult to register everyone's laptops (wont be needed now :) ) and electronic equipment. This happens at the main entrance gate.
After this, they will check your offer letter and some other confirmation like driving license or passport to make sure that You is yOU. :)
They, you will be made to sit in their golf cart or a Tata Sumo and another such vehicle will take your luggage with it to the registration counter.
At the registration desk, they will check each and every pocket of every bag of yours to make sure you dont have anything which should not be brought inside the campus. They wont spare a single pocket.
After this you will all stand in a queue to get the keys to your rooms. So naturally, friends standing together will get rooms close by.
Your checked luggage will be carried in a golf cart to the building number of your hostel. You will need to walk to your building number.
When you reach there, your luggage would already be lying on the entry to your hostel. Just pick your own luggage and go to your room.
When you enter the rooms, there wont be anything missing or anything which is not working. The plasma TV would be ready to serve you your favorite channels, coffee maker with which you can make tea/coffee for yourself and hot water in the shower.
Beds would already be made and the room will be very clean.
Why the time slot on DOJ?
So coming back to my original intention of creating this post, the time slot will help them organize this entire procedure which takes about 1-2 hours for each of you.
1000 trainees are called on every DOJ. About 60-70% of them join. (In my batch, from 1000, 634 joined).
So if these 600-700 people are divided into about 80-100 people for a slot of 1 hour, the whole joining process will be really smooth for them and also for you.
To make sure it happens this way, they have given you time slots and also have warned you to come on time or you will be allowed in only after 6:30 PM. This is much like all extension candidates being called together for training in March the next year no matter what their original DOJ was.
I request all of you to comply with their instructions to report on the respective time slots because waiting at the door and staring at beautiful buildings like GEC-2 and the Multiplex wont be a good experience. :)
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July 12, 2009 4:32 PM
Hi chintan
Very useful post :) thanks
Can you plz shed some light on ways to get rooms close to our friends? I earlier heard that, we need to pick up a key for our room from a lot randomly.
As, boys dont get shared rooms these days, i would like my friends to be in the adjacent rooms. :D
"Subah jaldi uthne ki aadat nahin hai ... exam ke din late ho gaya to!! :O :P"
July 12, 2009 5:34 PM
@Saurav...
Didnt i already answer that?
You need to be together in the queue. You dont have to pick the keys, they will give one to you.
July 12, 2009 11:41 PM
hey chintan i hvnt yet got my time to come der.. my DOJ is 10th Aug.. many of my coll frnds r confused whether vr allowed on 9th aug or no..i along wit my coll frnds vl b reachin bangalore on 9th.. so wen do v go der??i vl reach bangalore at 8 am on 9th..so cn v go to d mysore campus on 9th itself??
July 13, 2009 8:27 AM
@Jay...
If you have not got the time then not to worry.
You HAVE to report there on 9th aug!! Dont know why you have that confusion. Doesnt the joining mail mention that?
July 14, 2009 10:46 AM
Hi chintan thanks for the info i got the time as 12 AM for me and how many people will be there in a room ? is it single suite then its very much nice
July 14, 2009 12:21 PM
PLEASE DONOT LAUGH AT MY QUESTION CHINTAN DO HELP DO THEY REALLY MEAN MY PRESENCE AT THE CAMPUS BY MIDNIGHT 12 OF 9TH I.E. 12:00:00 AM OF 10TH AUG PLS DO REPLY
July 14, 2009 1:05 PM
@hima
how hv they informed u dt ur time is 12:00am?i mean evn my DOJ is 10th aug bt i hvnt yet got ne time..did u get d hardcopy of d offer letter??
July 14, 2009 4:20 PM
No in the e-joining once u login with the pwd and id u have created u will get the details of place date and time
July 14, 2009 10:25 PM
@Hima...
Girls get shared rooms only. There are 2 people per room.
No, its not like that. I think it is some error on their side and you can contact them about it. I think its fine if you report at anytime on 9th. As they have now given time slots, at worst you may be let in only at 6:30 PM, nothing more can happen.
Be cool about it and reach there only at day time on 9th.
July 14, 2009 10:55 PM
hey..gr8 gr8 help chintan..
jst 2 questions
1) are mp3/ipods allowed in campus.
2) if laptops r bannd, how do we study in our rooms
n yes jay..tym 4 10 aug joinees is 12 AM.
July 15, 2009 12:01 AM
@D...
Yes, no restrictions on ipods till now..
You cant study in your rooms now. They do give books for generic training but learning from slides is more important. So you will have to learn at GEC.
July 15, 2009 11:57 AM
Hello d wats up with your clarification of the time when are you people arriving there
July 16, 2009 12:55 PM
Hey Chintan do you know on what basis are they alloting the time slot?Is it alphabetical order or collegewise or some other criteria is being used?
July 16, 2009 1:37 PM
@Binoy...
There is no pattern to it.
July 17, 2009 1:05 AM
I think, we'll get the actault reporting time slot in the hard copy of our accomodation letter, and offer letter which they have dispatched.
The 12am on Aug10 is displyed for everyone whoz DoJ is Aug10.I guess , that's the "time(= date & time)" when u'll actually become en employee of Infosys.
July 17, 2009 1:11 AM
Chintan, one more question - wht ab't the funda to taking leaves ?
Do they allow taking leave duting trainng period?And before how much time can i apply for a leave ?
Would they allow to apply for a leave 2 months before - this would help me save on air tickets :)
July 17, 2009 8:18 AM
@Ankur...
There wont be any hard copy of accommodation letter. It would only be an email.
12 AM is just an error on their side. Dont think too deeply about it.
If you want leave, just take a leave without asking anyone. If you apply for a leave, it will be reported to the corporate planning group at bangalore and your posting may turn out to be different than your friends. Even 1 day of leave will make your posting different than your friends. So dont apply for leave, just take a leave.
July 17, 2009 12:49 PM
I heard from June8 Joinees, that they received hard copy of Joining as well as Accomodation Letter.
I saw it on some orkut community.And also, on the first page of e-joining, it says hard copy has been dispatched to the floowing address :- My home adderss.
second- Just Take a leave when i want - This means, would it be safe if I book my air tickets 2 months back, and can just skip the day i want leave ?I mean,there can be a case whn they actually make it compulsary to come on that day(due to some reason or the other), and then I wither hav to miss that day, or miss my low fared flight O.o.
In most of the organizations, I have heard that, it's good if u let your employeer knw abt taking a leave.!
October 11, 2009 3:29 PM
does infosys allows 2 year gap, because in our college they only told us that all thru 60% .....that is 10th=60%...12th=60% and B.Tech=60%....they havent told us about any year gap criteria
October 11, 2009 7:38 PM
@Dead...
If they have not told you anything about it, then its fine with them...
October 12, 2009 1:52 PM
regarding bond we hav to sign
hi...
my DOJ is 18th jan 2010...as i am planning for GRE ..so need to kno regardng d bond v r made to sign and also d money needed to pay bck while violating it....n also wats d procedure if v wish to leave during d PROBATION PERIOD..kindly throw light on it..Thanks in advance
October 12, 2009 4:03 PM
@Aradhana...
This is already explained many times before. Read some other posts. The bond amount is 50k but you will need to pay it only if you want the experience and relieving letter. If you dont want them, you can just run away and forget about going to office the other day.
If you are in training, the best way to quit is to fail in training. That way, you will have both relieving/experience letter and 1 month's extra salary.
October 12, 2009 8:01 PM
i read in sum of ur posts dat u wil hav to pay 50k only if u switch to any oder cmpny..n not if u r going 4 furder studies..is it tru?if i show dem dat i am going to take admision in MS ..wil i hav to pay d amount?Thanx in advance
October 12, 2009 9:45 PM
@Aradhana....
I have already answered all your questions in the above comment.
November 11, 2009 2:22 PM
hi dear.
my doj is of 28 dec n i'll be reaching bt i'll be reaching mysore on 27 night is it possible for me to get the entry if i dnt report on their given time
November 11, 2009 4:04 PM
@Ankita...
Yes, you can get the entry at night because security and reception are open 24 hours.
One friend of mine arrived at 5 AM in the morning on monday.
November 13, 2009 3:05 PM
thanx chintan ur doin a gr8 job........