Always felt that one day the toxic work culture eventually will hurt me,the question was HOW and WHEN
Pros
1. 10 year old company serving biggest of companies from telecom to semiconductor verticals. 2. 11 years it of success in existing. 3. If you are smart, hardworking, you won't have any significant problems working here . 4. No work on Saturdays and Sundays until and unless absolutely required ( which I have never seen) 5. Timings are flexible, 6.5+ hours of presence is considered full day attendance. 6. Managers keep on changing as attrition rate is high, so if you are not at a client location, you will most likely see a new manager above you after 11 months ( on average). 7.Because its a service based company, and is committed to remain that way, anyone who joins and stays for more than an year will acquire a great deal of learning and skills:
Cons
1. Whether or not you can demonstrate that there is a course correction required, you will never be heard. 2. You will need to learn how to survive with EMPLOYER centric policies which safeguards all the possible interests of the employer and none of the employee. Classic example is the notice period. One month from employer and 3 months for employee. 3. Average salary and average work. 4. Whether or not you work hard and deliver results, and how high your own moral standards are personally, if you decide to move on , they ensure to harm and harass the employee as much as the company is capable of. 5. You can prepare yourself for an exceptionally bright career over a period of time because if you are on bench, you have 5 TRIES MAXIMUM TO CRACK A CLIENT INTERVIEW, or else you are fired. Doesn't matter if you have ABC profile, and a client needs XYZ profile, you will be proposed for the position. 6. Patience, you will learn a lot. 7. Practicality- you will learn, you will be hit by your employment contract's section, subsection, clause etc. whenever it SUITS them. And luckily if you find them breaching the same contract, their action and inactions will not just tempt you , but also compel you to go to all lengths to seek justice and fight legally. 8. In a healthy democracy, one ruling party and one "true" opposition is mandatory. Here, there is NO opposition, let alone true! You just can't disapprove the CEO. If the CEO instructs to fire 60% of the staff based on the likelihood of who might be less employable for clients, even before the country had not seen the lockdown. 9.Many high/mid ranking officials are made to resign if it suits the company. 10. Attrition rate is high.37%+ employees quit within 3 months of joining. 11. Hens- they have value because they lay eggs. If you are a hen, and can remain like a hen happily for couple of years at least, you will sail smoothly. 12. Employee handbook with all the policies against employees is not given to the employees. 13. Employees are not relieved and not paid salaries for 13 months in the name of pandemic/Covid19. They cant move on and look for new job now! 14 HR DOES NOT RESPOND to emails The review here is totally dependent upon the experiences I personally have seen people going through and /or I myself have gone through. Apparently there exists a handbook which is in concept stage since inception of the company and is referred to while EMPLOYER BREACHES THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT ( No ,I was not fired , I was strong armed and harassed in ways i never imagined after I expressed my desire to not continue working with the company.) Personally I have had utter respect and gratitude towards the CEO and his ideals until I was shown by my coworkers and seniors that how the dots forming the toxic culture are connecting to each other.
