Family owned shop in India - Senior Consultant Capco Employee Review

1.0
Mar 12, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Projects are being led by incapable people - family and their friends and well wishers. Promotions and onsite for people who are closest to the managers Good at selling dreams but when you enter and start working it tastes like rotten apple. No vision to grow but happy at blowing their trumpet Dumb-Dumber-Dumbest is the motto. Dumb will be leading the project engagement, Dumber will be made lead, and they will make you the dumbest person on the planet through their approach Managers of the engagements only care for a few employees who can help them outside in personal space - buy things or help them with other requirements outside office Managers expect their leads to engage in time pass throughout the day so that their chair is safe. They choose people who are good at time pass.

Cons

Immense power struggle as a certain group of people from one state are trying to hold power along with their friends at the top level Good people are suffocated to leave the company and incapable people are allowed to lead due to power struggle and ego of managers No creativity, No vision, No growth. The approach is ridiculous. So called employee related processes are a hogwash. No employee can report harassment to HR because these managers are so interlinked that if you report against the malpractices of one then their family and friends at the top will harm your career. HR will just sit like a well trained pet and wont do anything.

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Capco Response
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Thank you for the feedback. We do not recognize your comments on ‘a family shop’ and thankfully this comment is not reflected in our general feedback. At Capco, we look to optimize the deployment of people to opportunities and we employ high caliber Resourcing professionals to help us in this area. With these people, we are able to take a broad view of optimal deployment (not just by matching the required skills to an opportunity, but also seeing if the opportunity can be a platform for skills development and career progression. If you genuinely believe that people are denied opportunities or that personal and irrelevant factors are blocking deployment, I urge you to report this to your local HR contact so that we can take action. Local HR have a strong track record of investigating issues raised by staff impartially. If your prefer, you can also contact our Global HR Director, Richard Gartside, who will ensure any issues are properly investigated. We can give you complete assurance that the matter will be treated as strictly confidential. This assurance also applies to the comments on harassment. If you have genuine concerns about the impartiality of the HR team or their capacity/willingness to launch a proper investigation into harassment, I urge you to get in touch with our Global HR Director. Your complaint will be treated strictly in confidence, the matter will be properly investigated and remedial action will be taken up to and including dismissal if misconduct is discovered. When considering this request, I urge you to reflect on the fact that, in recent months, several serious matters have been investigated by the India HR team, some of a very sensitive nature. The team investigated these issues and, where necessary, took action against the perpetrators. Where a recent complaint related to the conduct of a senior manager in the business, the matter was properly investigated and remedial action undertaken by the local team overseen by Global HR. I urge you to give us more details of your complaint so that we can follow a similar approach in this case.

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Varied client work — Different clients and project types, which keeps things interesting. Real project mobility — You can move between projects when you advocate for yourself (within reason). Approachable leadership — Senior leaders are open to conversations if you reach out. Good development resources — Plenty of training and growth opportunities if you take advantage of them. Strong teams — Colleagues are smart, capable, and great to work with. Entrepreneurial environment — New ideas are encouraged, and there’s room to take initiative.

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Long hours vary by project — Like most any professional job, some engagements require extended hours for prolonged periods, but work–life balance really depends on the client and team. Additional internal responsibilities — Depending on level, there can be a significant amount of firm‑support work outside of client delivery. Domain alignment not guaranteed — You may not always be staffed on projects that match your domain expertise. Coaching alignment constraints — Coaching relationships are tied to domain, which limits flexibility in choosing formal mentors. Long engagements (sometimes) — Some projects run for long durations or through multiple extensions. It can provides stability but may reduce variety in client and project experience depending on what you’re looking for.

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