A senior Satyam employee admitted that he was in touch with another IT firm and that he was waiting for the green signal to move out. “I am waiting. The contract with one of the clients I was serving will be over soon. I heard the company I contacted is looking to rope in the client and believe that I stand a good chance because of the domain of expertise,” he said.

Rahul Ramnath of Way To Go Consultancy confirmed this trend and added that a few Satyam employees have already got offer letters. “In some cases, interviews are over. We have got to know that some of the Satyam contracts with the clients will be over soon and the senior hands catering to these clients are likely to be handpicked by rival IT companies,” he said.