By far the worst employment experience of my 15+ years in high tech - Technical Lead HCLTech Employee Review

1.0
30 Mar 2017
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Pros

The only reason to work for HCL is for the health insurance, which is pretty good. If you have five kids, are male and need to insure them cheaply, then it may be worth settling to work at HCL to get that good insurance.

Cons

I'm a white, American female with a graduate degree and fifteen years experience in start ups in Silicon Valley. At HCL, I was treated like I had no degree and no experience. My managers in Chennai treated me like I was a 22 year old blue collar woman and if they could have had me serve them coffee across the oceans that separated us, they would have. DO NOT WORK FOR THEM IF YOU ARE FEMALE, no matter what your race. I did a lot of research on the company and I don't think it's an Indian thing -- HCL is hated in India, too. It's just a very large global company with a terrible culture. Kind of like the Walmart of India. (I won't shop at Walmart because of how they little they pay their floor staff.) I quit the job when I found out I was making 60% of what the white males were making with less experience and education. It's THAT kind of company. I've experience pay differences due to gender in the past, but in companies run by American males, it's usually only a 10% gap, and that I can live with.

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5.0
16 Mar 2026
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Pros

Supportive team environment Great opportunity to learn and grow Collaborative culture Interesting and challenging projects Flexible work environment

Cons

Some processes could be more organized as the company continues to grow. Communication between teams can sometimes be improved.

1.0
18 May 2026
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Pros

It was a job. Pros??? None

Cons

Low pay, no Communication. They Lie. My contract ran out, We had a lot of work and not enough people. They told me they were exyending my contract and to come back to work on Monday. I went to work on Monday and I was locked out of the system. All my id's were disabled. I have been waiting for two weeks to be rehired. At first people were sending out emails to find out what was going on, now there is nothing. I've been ghosted. This happened to a number of people. Plus the people they just let go !!!!!

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