Kolkata student gets 3 job offers, rejects Amazon and Google but accepts Rs 1.8 crore package from Facebook
India Today
Bisakh Mondal, who is currently in his fourth year of computer science, will fly to London in September.
A student from Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) bagged a job offer with Meta-owned Facebook in London with an annual package of Rs 1.8 crore. Bisakh Mondal, who is currently in his fourth year of computer science, will fly to London in September.
This is the highest pay package that a student from JU has received this year. An Indian Express report claimed that nine students from various engineering departments had secured overseas jobs with pay packages exceeding Rs 1 crore.
Mondal took to LinkedIn to express his excitement following the job offer from Facebook. He also revealed that he got offers from Google London and Amazon Berlin. “I'm super excited and humbled to announce that over the course of the past few weeks, I have received Full Time offers from Meta formerly Facebook) London and Google London and soon will be joining one of the big duos. It's been a long desire. I am immensely thankful for these magnificent opportunities,” Mondal said,
Mondal told The Indian Express that he will fly to London in September to work at Facebook. “I got the job offer on Tuesday night. In the past two years, during the Covid-19 pandemic, I got the opportunity to do internships at several organisations and gather knowledge outside my curriculum studies. This has helped me crack the interviews,” he said.
Mondal said he picked Facebook over Google and Amazon because of the higher pay package. Samita Bhattacharya, placement officer at JU, told the media that this is the first time since the pandemic that students have got such a large number of international offers. Mondal’s mother, who is an Anganwadi worker, told the media that he has been a “meritorious student since childhood.”
“It is a matter of great pride for us. We struggled a lot to see him achieve greater heights. He was always serious about his studies. After scoring good marks in higher secondary exams and joint entrance exam, he got admission to Jadavpur University," she said.
Mondal’s hiring comes at a time when Facebook is cutting down on new job opportunities after the company failed to achieve revenue targets.
