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their business is just to change their office locations..from ground floor to third floor and from third floor to somewhere else,hire resources and fire them after 3 or 4 months without any reason,they dont have anything to work on
By Prince
i am not even sure about the name Digident. Because i saw it changing all the time as well as Logo
By EFG
The founders are opportunists. Beware of dealing with these guys!
By Akram Rutali
they call you for interview, give you a great feedback and show you dreams of incentives, money and will ask you for immediate joining.. and then they will never get back to you for months and months and then one fine morning, they will tell you everything is finalized and we are ready to go and again will not contact you for months.... LOLZ>.. what kind of ppl are they.. they were running enterprise DB in the first place and its gone and i cannot see a future of digident and it may go down same as EDB.
By anonymous
Both of the founders just suck. They speak a lot, say a lot, commit and promise a lot but do nothing except bullshit. They have a very strong background of playing guitars and tabla and this is what they should do. They have done nothing since they started off and because of their failure, the whole company and all employees suffer. They are sitting in a 20 by 30 office with small cubicles. They have highly demotivated, disappointed and dissatisfied workforce and every single employee is searching for a job. Here one comes and here they go! Don't ruin your career by joining them!
By Anonymous
Hiring is a fun for them since they want to hire the entire world :) and firing is even more! Beware to deal with them!
By Anonymous
They hire you as a java developer and when you join them they tell you that for some reason java project is on hold and then they ask you to work in other technologies that you don't even know. At the same time they expect from you that you will become a guru of those technologies in just few hours and if you can't finish something they abuse you. What kinda sick ppl r they. They think engineering is just like selling ice creams on a cycle. They hire you as a donkey rather than an engineer. They dont know anything about engineering and the principals are very non technical, uneducated and indisciplined kind of ppl. Both Amir Choudhary and Shehzad Khokhar are sick ppl. They r mentally upset and make others upset too
By Anonymous
Gr8 place to work at
By zaraab
DigiDent is an incredible company with a leadership team that is committed to bringing high quality IT jobs to Pakistan. Make your own mind, talk to them, and you will know exactly why they are growing and succeeding
By Current Employee
I never worked for Digident, but I did have some dealings with the founders. They seemed nice at first, but turned out to be typical cut throat businessmen.
By John Doe
Great Company, Great People with great Vision. I would love to have an opportunity to work at DigiDent.
By Sidra Malik
Digident is a closely knitted team of professionals.
By Anonymous
Digi is just like a second home away from home.
By Anonymous
Only tough, competent, thorough professionals can sustain in Digident and there is no room for complacent, irresponsible and lathargic people.
By Anonymous
Here nobody is beneth or above anyone. Eveyone is treated on equal basis and their views are heared and the best advise and views which is in Company's interest is implemented.
By Anonymous
I found my management and founders to be very zealous and hard working.
By Anonymous
Digident is a place where they value their employees above all.
By Anonymous
Digident is a company with a vision and dream to make it big in Pakistan with the people of Pakistan and are definately on the road of success and close to achieving their goals and realizng their dreams.
By Anonymous
During my tenure with this company, I found the people very supporting, enthusiastic, professionals and hghly educated. which had helped me a lot to excel in my life. I simply luved my stay at Digident and cherish the moments.
By anonymous
I heard very high of this company from ppl around me and given an oppertunity then I would luv to work in ths prestigious company.
By anonymous
they value their employees above all
By Anonymous
It seems Amir and Shahzad can't take criticism at all and they have been busy posting Positive Pings on their own. What a bunch of Losers? It is true, they have lost it. May be it is the pressure of surviving it. The company is not in the green zone. They want people that can help them build all that. People who are "All Rounders". Ain't gonna happen much guys. You two need to take some time out and overlook your situation. Develop a good team with your old kids like AbuBakar and make a software that can give you a baseline to stand on.
By Anonymous
Amir choudhry is really unbelievable. They will hire you as .Net developer. And at your first day of joining they will give you the task of PHP what they have on hold from last 6 months as their PHP developer was unable to deliver.Then right after 8 hrs they will ask about the progress and will tell you that tomorrow is our external deadline. They Actually dont know what is Software Eng. Only things Amir choudhry knows is "Tabla" and "Dance".
By KK
Wow! Looks like 4th of June was a great day for Digident. Everyone just realized that there was no better place on earth but Digident. 9 pings in favor and all on June 4. Digident should give a holiday to their employees on 4th of june every year!
By Anonymous
If you don't mind becoming a work slave. Then you should come to this company. You will be working like a donkey, I can assure you that.
By AD
And their main all rounder, the pioneer of the company who took the heat and gave everything he had to the company. The first employee of Digident who made them win business and make money is gone. He has resigned! I see a ping from him in favor of the company. My friend would you like to explain your resignation this time :)? I hope you get some compensation and bonus from the company by the time you leave them since the entire Islamabad knows what you have done for Digident :-). Great job!
By Anonymous
This popularity campaign being run by Shahzad khokhar is really sick. I personally asked Abubakar today and HE DID NOT WRITE THE PING IN FAVOR. for a company like Digident it would only take a person like shahzad khokhar to point out the spelling mistake, and writing positive pings about a company drowning in bad repute... and shahzad rest assured the type of revenge monger you are why the hell would anyone give u a name to on this site so keep the reverse psychology bullshit to yourself and play it on someone who believes you. Last thing if you actually have decided to use pingmycompany as a tool then use common sense ... posting lots of positive pings on the same date (4th June) clearly tells its a one man thing going on.
By Anonymous
If you want to learn how to set wrong expectations for the clients and tell them true lies then join them :-). You will become an expert liar.
By Anonymous
Both Shahzad and Aamir make an awesome Bull Shiting couple.Only thing they know is to talk. They have no real technical knowledge. Shahzad knows nothing about software development. He was VP of customer support in EnterpriseDB because he knew how to BS with the customers. That's why he wasn't a development VP.
By Anonymous
If you want to join them plz learn the sales 101 lesson before time. Both principals have sales background and they only know how to sell usually with huge lies. They sell the entire company to the customer and actually less than half of them work with the customer. How can they accomplish their milestones when they get work of 20 ppl and they ask 4 ppl to do it :). Also, there is a famous shahid faiz story about them which they told to their customer laker software. The EnterpriseDB knows the story :). What a bunch of losers. Everyone wants to make money but that has some rules too.
By Anonymous
It was the most unprofessional interview i ever had. The guy was taking the interview for the position of delivery manager and he had no clue what he wanted to ask me. He was trying to behave as if he was god knows what. It was a disappointing, even if they call me for a second interview i wont turn up.
By someone
They really need to put people in HR who are qualified enough to take interview.
By Some one
They really need to put people in HR who are qualified enough to take interview.
By Someone
Yes I agree, I had an interview about three weeks back and i was not so impressed with the person who took my interview as well, it seemed as if he was an A level student who was just throwing accent.
By someone
I feel they have A kevel students sitting in HR department who dont know a thing about technology and just throw accent at you. It can be clearly seem with the sort of questions they ask you in interview. I was not asked anything related to my job. It was a waste of time. If they call you for an interview simply ask them to take it over the phone dont go there.
By someone
I have heard their technical projects are not being managed by the sales team :D. They have a sales manager who did nothing but bullshit since the day he joined them but again he is the most favorite employee of digident. Why? since he knows how to do bullshit :D. Bullshit is very much liked by them and the ones who dont know how to do bullshit must not join them. This bullshit master is trying to manage their technical projects also whereas he and his team could not do anything in sales for which they were hired. And yes, he got 100% increment also for his outstanding bullshitting performance over the last year! If you know how to talk, you are all set in this company since both principals can only talk and that is their favorite and national game.
By fkdsflask
According to new statistics, around 8 employees resigned them in last one month. They are only 20 ppl company and 8 of them have resigned! Looks like there is some serious problem with this company because of which they can't retain their employees
By Anonymous
Well after reading both sides .. doesn't matter which side you post on ... its so easy to criticizes ..all of the people who posted about DigiDent this n that ... for one day try to give a job or create an opportunity for someone other than yourself n just see how hard it is ... bullshit or no bullshit you need guts to start up your own business and create jobs of people. If all of you guys think that you can do a better job please feel free to start up your own business and then prove your better than what you say....
By Saqib Fazil
DigiDent. Stop playing with the careers of innocent professionals or we will file a petition against you in PSEB and Ministry of IT.
By Anonymous
I was called for an interview for a senior position...I gave an HR interview and also an interview over video conference....Before visiting their office, I did read the posts here and was very hesitant as to whether I should visit them or not...but I did go for an interview coz there wasnt any harm..... I found the interviewing really different!! they didnt ask much about my technical knowledge but they spoke alot about decision making and how to take challenges head on...the questions were simple but they were evaluating my aptitude rather than my technical knowledge... I was thoroughly impressed coz it appeared they knew what they were talking about...but yes, i agree they do interviews differently..but theyre very sharp people, at least that much i judged...both my interviews were very intense and interesting...
By Anonymous
The only thing that Shahzad can say is "I have created companies and jobs for ppl in Pakistan". Is that really hard to create a company Shahzad? If anyone writes anything against you, you just say that you got fired and now sour so writing such comments. Apparently your company is really doing well but is it actually doing well? There is a difference between being apparent and being real. How many happy customers you have? Can you share the number if you have courage? I think I'm hearing a big fat ZERO. Let's say if your company does not have any projects to work on, will you retain your employees or fire them? I think I'm hearing you will fire them. Ahh, where did their job go? Come on, you are a businessman and act like one. Dont try to become godfather. If you really want to give jobs to ppl in Pakistan then give them quality jobs. Don't ask them to work like khotaas. It is very easy to open a company just like to get married but it is very difficult to run a company just like spending a married life :). Look at yourself first and then try to become a hero.
By Anonymous
Well a petition has already been filed against them with dates and times. They will soon be contacted for that
By Anonymous
I think people there are reallly responsible, mature and professional.....and whatever they do, if you ask them, they have logical reason behind everything! and I strongly disagree with some notes here...they value their resources!!!
By Anonymous
The only thing that Shahzad can say is "I have created companies and jobs for ppl in Pakistan". Is that really hard to create a company Shahzad? If anyone writes anything against you, you just say that you got fired and now sour so writing such comments. Apparently your company is really doing well but is it actually doing well? There is a difference between being apparent and being real. How many happy customers you have? Can you share the number if you have courage? I think I'm hearing a big fat ZERO. Let's say if your company does not have any projects to work on, will you retain your employees or fire them? I think I'm hearing you will fire them. Ahh, where did their job go? Come on, you are a businessman and act like one. Dont try to become godfather. If you really want to give jobs to ppl in Pakistan then give them quality jobs. Don't ask them to work like khotaas. It is very easy to open a company just like to get married but it is very difficult to run a company just like spending a married life :). Look at yourself first and then try to become a hero
By Acustop
Ap ko kis ne keh dia k koi client hum se khush nai hai. Just mind your language. I m in php department and I know every client is happy. Ap se khush nai rakha gia client then it's your fault. Agar kam kerna aata ho to every body is happy. Ab yahi kam reh gia ap k liay to ping against digident. Sorry never mind.
By Anonymous
Well.. i havent got much to say about them... they recruited me as a traineee trained me and i got 2nd position in the test and the rejected me why??? because i wasnt a local, other guys had their own cars and they were rich people.. but right now i am working at a very prestiegeous place.. thanx God they rejected me otherwise no one else would have ever accepted me as professional as digident rather is a career spoiling organization....
By Anonaymous
This company is Resource Outsourcing company only, not a software house and they are like RentACoder.com. Any auditor will audit them as RentACoder.the issue is not with Shahzad and Amir.the basic issue is their Business Model which is very much prone to Risks.Shahzad and Amir are very professioanl guys and they do everything to minimize Risk and provide quality of services, but in RentACoder type companies, coders are either working happily on smaller tasks...or otherwise they have to be jack of all "Proj manager,client communication manager, requirements engineer, applicatoin architect,coder(jack of all technologies in the world),tester(QA),implementer,trainer(for new resources), Client Retainer" with assurance tht u can do all tht work alone within a timeframe initially set for more resources.this is true th Shahzad knows how to communicate, but unfortunately he knows only this.He deems tht conducting Requirements Analysis Phase and asking questions/domain-problem with client shows lack of efficiency and knowldge so by pass this phase and work with your own thoughts.in such companis with this business model, u will always find those ppl on top who r in HR,who are good at communication(no matter worst in technical and planning) skills.such companies will always hire u for different position and show u different for customer facing.this is becoz they get money on monthly basis for their provided human resource from client.so guys once u reallize their bsuiness model and the over-all rating on this buines model and the root causes of their failures and shorter time span, ur soul will be in peace.
By User
stupid company with stupid owners Aamir and shahzad just know how to play with the careers of resources so much unprofessional .......
By aaa
Well after spending some time there, I think there is no good growth there. You go as a programmer and you resign as a programmer. Even their senior most resources are aggressively involved in programming and not management.
By ------------
Hiring you as a java developer and assessing your performance as an oracle DBA is a great way to assess someone! It only happens at Digident :). If you don't have money to hire right ppl for the right job, then why don't you go and do something else? And then you say that you want to give quality jobs to ppl in pakistan. Is this the way to give a quality job :) ? Fortunately you had a few ppl with you who were just gurus like Abubakar but not every professional is like him :). He was an exception. Stop this nonsense and do something else as exception dont happen so often.
By XX
I found my management and founders to be very zealous and hard working.
By Amjad
Digident is a place where they value their employees above all.
By Saleem
"I created jobs in pakistan", "this is my company" is what u get to hear a lot from shahzad. But how big is that a favor on the nation ? well if it was that big a favor I am sure phajja paaway waala would also make a claim, savour foods would have a bigger claim. but you know what those guys dont need any reasoning to behave like assholes, simply because they are not. Should we talk about shahzad's personal life ?? well if a person plays god with your career then his decision making needs to be scrutinized. so shahzad... dont take it personal yaar... this is our careers we are talking about.
By Some other user
10-15 people fired this week, giving only a day notice and no advance salary, what a professional attitude.... lost every project in hand, no business goals
By anonymous
I gave an interview in the company as a system administrtor some couple of months ago and the person who was taking my interview was of a wired sort. he was asking stupid questions which makes no sense. I think they shuld also improve their hiring process
By A
I heard that Aamer Choudhary's job was to make sure company is stable and financially strong. Looks like he has failed doing his job. He should have been the first one to resign from the post of CEO rather than firing so many people on just one day notice and not even giving them salaries. Be realistic you both. You had so many excellent resources around you that you lost because of your nonsense. You promote your resources and take them from 30k to 100k even if they could not meet their goals and could not produce results for the entire year. But, they get promoted since they know how to make you fool :). If gossips could produce babies then both Aamer and Shahzad would be world record holders in producing babies since they are master in gossips and nonsense. You were advised earlier, IT is not your field you should go and play tabla.
By User
Aamir sb ne jin 12 logon ko fire kia hai un se kaha k company k pass aik rupia b nai hai. or jin logon ko rakha hua tha to un se kaha k company k pass itnay paisay hain k abi payments ruk b jaen to hum still next 6 months tak company ko support ker saktay hain. pata nai haj se wapsi per ye shetan se koi deal ker aaye hain. i don't know. lakin in logon se bat kero to ye sab se sachay bantay hain. Is company ki koi client base strong nai hai. in k pass koi project aa jae to usi waqt 2 lakh b kisi developer ko de detay hain or project 2 mah bad khatam ho jae to dasti farig. Agar ap log apna career banana chahtay hain to in k jungle main kabi na jana. because wahan aik bandar k pass aik teeli hai or wo pooray jungle ko din main pata nai kitni dafa aag lagata hai
By anonymous
I found my management and founders to be very zealous and hard working.
By Amer Chaud hary
Crap*iest HR people..... ever.... just like every other organization's HR in pakistan :D they thin people are free and willing to jump right in to joi them as soon as they call or forget about the time an energy put into giving interviews and taking fzool tests followed by weirdo HR interview where people just like to convey that they have an american accent...
By Anon ymouse
I found my management and founders to be very zealous and hard working.
By Saleem
Well well well where should I begin… oh I know lets start from a big MUBARIK!!!!! For those who don’t know Digident has been shut down in Pakistan! Isn’t that just hilarious? It’s so funny how Aamir and Shahzad talk about doing Pakistan a favor by bringing in job opportunities when in reality all their doing is messing up employees professional careers. I feel sorry for those ppl who left great companies such as LMKR and IBM to join a pathetic low life company such as DigiDent. Aamir performed Hajj and then visited Pakistan, when he came he talked about how Digident is growing and how we will expand and get a bigger office and more workforce. He even had the nerve to do a seminar at NUST with his big dreams on how Digident is a great place to work and we offer our employees AWESOME salary and growth opportunities… well sorry to bust your bubble but actions speak louder than words and getting SHUT down is a BIG enough slap on your wanna be face. Just because you preformed Hajj doesn’t make you mother Teresa !!!! What was the point of all that talk on Digident this and Digident that….as soon as he got back to US he laid everyone off. What is even more shocking is that he claims he’s been in US for God knows how long and is still Pakistani, my backside !!!!! If you loved Pakistan so much why are u living there hypocrite? Lets move on to Shahzad, what a bloody coward. Chalo Aamir atleast had the decency to face the employees the company laid off BUT Shahzad hid behind his mama and papa :P. oh BTW his dad was just a theif, he would steal money from the company’s account and use it for personal use. Can you believe the man??? Wait I can actually… now we know where Shahzad gets his awesome traits from. His father didn’t do anything all day and he would come to the office drink chai and watch black n white songs on the company laptop and before leaving he would take money from the finance department. Anyway back to the topic…. It’s just so sad how Shahzad didn’t have the decency to face his employees or even be apologetic… learn some professional first and then run a company OR better learn to be a man first (perhaps that’s why his wife left him). I think the only person who was actually qualified besides the tech ppl was Ahsan. Everyone else esp Samer were free loaders. Let’s talk about Samer for a bit, hmmm where to begin? Well as most of you already know he was a big TC master, Aamir and Shahzad would run with the biscuit and Samer would chase after them. sad!!!! It’s so funny how everyone got laid off besides Samer… ever wonder why? Anyway I’m so happy a place like Digident and Enterprise DB doesn’t exist anymore! Aamir and Shazad both of you are an EPIC fail just like your stupid unsuccessful business. You guys are better off singing and dancing…excel at that and leave running a business to a true man.
By Hassan Abad
Whatever the case is, it is clearly evident that Aamir and Shahzad are definitely loosers, whole company is talking about them.. Bottom line is that no one will talk against you, if you are good. You guys definitely has done lot of mistakes that's why you are treated like this by your employees. You guys must improve yourselves and remove your cons before starting a new company. good luck.. and yeah! dont worry about jobs in pakistan. IT jobs in pakistan are in tens of thousands.. your 20-40 jobs wont make any difference.. Think big..bestaluck
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