Having spent 12 + years in the organization, which started of as Satyam Enterprise Solutions, We were quite proud of who were and what we did and how we were different from our parent organisation ( Satyam Computer Services). The first pain was when we had to forgo our entity of SESL and be called SCSL, I still remember the fights i had with my room mate on being classified along with Satyam Computer Services, who at that point only did Y2K work. We were know differently and had hope to create that.
Anyway, work took priority and was busy doing what I was best and hence did not realise when i became a Satyamite. The next 7 years are busy, until the storm of December 2008 and January 2009 hit us hard really hard. All sorts of names were being hit at us. Scam Tainted, Scammed, Fraud hit, with Tabloid of India ( TOI) and Entertainment Times ( ET) doing most of the damage, with what they called reporting. The name still meant something to the 50000+ Satyamites and to the customers who knew us like that, we were a creed. It was like a gotra for most of us, as you can understand, there were folks who had spent close to 8+ years in the organization. So it hurt when folks did not realize to separate the perpetuator from the organization.
It was a toughest 4 months, then Tech Mahindra came over and took us under their wings. Looks like an angel coming to help. and now we are called Mahindra Satyam. There is a sign of "We are changing" hanging on our door. and i am wondering again, what is our identity, what will we known as.
Only time will tell, if we continue to be Mahindra Satyam or change into something else. Will be succeed with this new name ? Will this name come to us as smoothly as Satyam came over? Will our customers know us with the same confidence based on the new name?
Wishing the best for the organisation, for i strongly believe that the organisation is above the individuals who run it or work in it. Wishing Luck
Wish us luck
