| Wipro | |
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| Pros | Cons |
| I made some truly great friends | Salary was miserably low |
| Learnt my first most important lesson about the corporate world - People Will Cheat You ... So don't trust anyone! | Project did not meet any of my career aspirations |
| Had plenty of free time, which I could've utilized positively (But,sadly, I didn't) | Worked under a program manager who lied bare-face and played politics 24X7 |
| Got an opportunity to directly interact with the clients | The company management was not transparent in matters related to promotions or compensation |
| Infrastructure facilities (ac, cabs, pantry, washrooms, cafeteria, etc) was good | No brand value |
| | Never felt any loyalty to manager/team/project/client |
| | Was very frustrated about my career prospects in the project |
| | Benefits and Perks were myths |
| | The company was not very people friendly |
| | Existance of a "Must-Swipe-In-And-Swipe-Out-Everyday-At-Office" policy |
| Oracle | |
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| Pros | Cons |
| I made a few true friends - in every sense of the word | Work was monotonous. Especially after being in the same project for close to 2 years |
| Learnt a lot of things about a lot of things - technical, interpersonal, managerial, leadership - to name a few | In the long run, the position did not meet my career goals of moving into a Sales and Marketing position. |
| Had great mentors who always added value to your life and work | Pay revisions did not happen on time - leading to tensions and frustrations and rising tempers |
| Worked under a great leader and a perfect manager - Joshua Mahendran | Official team outings (Company Paid Ones i.e.) were far and few in between |
| The work culture was "picture perfect" | The 'HR Team' is a spent force |
| Has a strong sense of loyalty to my manager, team and company | |
| Felt a strong sense of achievement in each and every task I performed | |
| The team was very superior - both technically and personally - and were always ready to help one another at any time | |
| The work culture fostered development of a "friendship" and "brotherhood" feeling amongst members of the team, which lead to better bonding amongst members in the team and thereby a better throughput in terms of productivity | |
| Very employee friendly and employee centric organization | |
| The perks and benefits provided to employees were very lucrative | |
| The compensation offered - at the time of joining the company - was the best in the industry | |
| Flexi-Timings | |
| No Dress Code | |
| Work From Home Option | |
| Plenty of Holidays available | |
| No "Must-Swipe-In-Everyday-At-Office" rule | |
| Can maintain a healthy work-life balance | |
| People are very professional in all aspects of work | |
| Things always happen on time as per committed deadlines | |
| TCS | |
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| Pros | Cons |
| Job Security | Lousy place to be if you're serious about career growth and monetary prospects |
| Lax worklife | Pathetic work culture |
| I was working off my hometown. That was a big plus | Moronic, bordering Illiterate, co-workers |
| No "Must-Swipe-In-Everyday-At-Office" rule | Waaaaaaaaaaaay too much Red-Tape in all departments |
| If you're benched - no need to come to office till you're alloted into a project | Too bureaucratic for my tastes |
| | Claims never get processed on time |
| | Travel requests never get approved till 10 minutes before your train/flight leaves town |
| | Lousy Infrastructure facilities |
| | A/C are switched off post 6.00 pm. If you need to work beyond that - try not to die off suffocation, as your company provided insurance policy doesn’t cover that |
| | No cab facilities. Period! |
| | Toilets don't have soaps, toilet paper, or for that matter water |
| | Managers are plain mean |
| | Project Leads are worse! |
| | Lousy Pay Package |
| | People lie and backstab a lot. Get used to it! |
| | Getting a release from a project is tougher than getting a hard-on sitting naked on a hot tin roof! |
| | Project and Efforts Planning is totally lousy if not stupid |
| | You need to call people Sir and Madam, if you need to get something done. This is something totally alien in this industry |
| UST Global | |
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| Pros | Cons |
| The compensation offered is lucrative | Certain senior members in the project snub and insults you in front of others to push their point. |
| Potential upside of being able to travel onsite after completion of 1 year in the team | Certain senior members in the project are extremely stubborn, not open to negotitions or inputs from other team members, and duncical in all people management related aspects in a project |
| Job profile involves designing and maintaining OAF based applications - which is something I enjoy | Concept of classroom trainings is not promoted |
| Potential upside of being able to move into a sales and marketing capability after the completion of the current assignment | Things never happen on time |
| Learning a completely new product - which is a pretty interesting and resume-value-adding experience | People are not very professional |
| Presence of some very senior, experienced and knowledgeable colleagues in the project who ensure the rest of the team are bought up to speed on the matters pertaining to work | Promises are seldom kept |
| | Company policies are often twisted and interpreted so that you always end up on the wrong end of a raw deal |
| | Work timings are lousy (11 am to 11 pm) |
| | No concept of flexi-timings (atleast in my project) |
| | Infrastructure (cabs, ac, pantry, cafeteria, washrooms) sucks big time |
| | Concept of having to attend meetings - even if you have nothing to do with them. Nett result, wastage of man-hours |
| | Attrition rate is very high (In the last 2 month alone 5 people left - in a team of 25 i.e.) |
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