Pros
This is going to be a long review so get somewhere comfy before reading through both the goods and the bads of the company. I stayed here for a couple of years that would grant me gratuity, but at some point, over time, the cons overwhelmed the pros. - Interviewing for the company a couple years back felt a bit overwhelming and made me great of having 5 rounds to clear, compensation provided was also great. The entry and experienced level compensation still remain one of pros of the company still. - People are friendly here. A good community exists. Peers and higher-ups have great conversations over events and town-halls. - WFH existed before COVID and still is in the same format. Leave numbers are also in the 30s so that is also a plus. - Decent Insurance packages exists but it’s not the same as top tier ones. COVID one time reimbursement for WFH set up worth $250 was also provided. - Work-life balance is a choice here, if you want to learn then you can give in more hours, if you want to have a laid-back approach, that is also possible (comes with a cost at the appraisal time though) - Employee Engagement events were consistent before COVID, maybe will pick up after offices reopen. - Exit process was smooth and proper disbursal and communication was sent out at the exact dates that were dictated before I left the org.
Cons
- Offices are medium to small in India (except Hyderabad) especially the Bangalore office. So parking is a pain, no office cafeterias and really small restroom space. I personally wouldn’t mind much of the office infra, as WFH is more consistent here. Very few people used to come to office before the pandemic as well. But something to note, for folks who like to work from office. - Good Learning & Development team exists but not a lot of people are interested in their efforts. So they have lost their charm in the org. New-comers still utilize the platform to gain knowledge. - Appraisals have been inconsistent over the past few years, given the number of mergers and the pandemic itself slowing things down. This has disappointed a lot of folks who had worked hard over the last few years. Appraisals have been a joke for a while now. Even so much so, that you had worked so hard for 2 consecutive years, that your family has now disowned you because of your work. You still wouldn't be considered for a healthy appraisal, if you had one, the year earlier. Unfair? Joke's on you then for losing your family instead. - Appraisal process is a noisy one. The more sound you make about your subordinates, the better hike they get. Which means a meek and silent Reporting Manager means doom for oneself. In defence on the part of the Reporting Manager also, it's a wild forest out there, everyone trying to disapprove of your reportee. Whoever approved this process was a fan of animal planet. - Very few people here have the core technical knowledge and lack of Centre of Excellence is thriving example of how much importance is given on it, and if you are aspiring to grow on your knowledge, then forget that part and focus on improving acting skills. If you are an award winning actor, then that step is complete for you, and go be yourself then. Acting on how to make others look bad, how to hijack someone's credentials are some basic skills you would require here. - Senior Level Management has no clue after the merger. They have lost focus on Hitachi specific products, which made them relevant in the market for so long and are more focused on "Digitisation Of Nothingness", where they don't have any freaking idea what is to be Digitised. One year it's IoT, next year it's Analytics, the third year it's some fancy word from a college seminar. - A CEO who had only Consulting Knowledge as his background, was hired to lead a solution based company. * Slow Clap * - They have already killed Pentaho, which was a great product and competing with ETL leaders such as Talend, Informatica and DataStage, and service was being provided by HV till a long time, until they merged the code with their enterprise platform. Many core leaders from Pentaho left just before the merger. - Hitachi Vantara is like a spoilt son of Hitachi Ltd, spending money given by Dad, into newer things that are not of worth, failing to capitalize on what it has built over the years.