Beware when joining as a fresher - Associate Infosys Employee Review

2.0
Nov 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The training is the best part of my staying in Infosys. They paid your hotel stay, food and travel expense. Also, they will pay you while you are on bench.

Cons

They don't care about the employee's career interest at all. Infosys is a service base company, that means their client is always the priority, which I understand. However, what I couldn't understand is why they completely ignore employees' career interests. Infosys is assigning employee to a project BASE ON LOCATION! This is ridiculous. I was one of the strongest programmer on my training batch. I received highest average grade on exams and the final project. My hard-working and my programming ability should be properly rewarded with a development project. Unfortunately this is not how Infosys works. They assign the project BASE ON LOCATION! They placed incompetent people into Apple and Verizon for development, and placed me, a strong programmer into a supportive role just because I was not living nearby their clients! This is absurd. I told them I do not like the project, but they completely neglected my strong refusal as well as not evaluated my coding ability, as result I was forced to do repetitive, mundane tasks every day. I was lucky to land another engineer job after been here for about a month. Let's be honest, Infosys is not a great place to start your career. What one can get out of it really varies for each person. There are people been placed into BIG Names for development projects, but there are also people like me, despite performed excellently during the training, still been forced into a tedious project. If you are a fresher, there is the potential of been stuck into a supportive role for years, and when you eventually decide to get out, you have zero engineering experience while your classmates have already became senior software engineers. Think again before joining them as a fresher.

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Pros

Job stability – Infosys is known for long-term employment and steady projects. Strong brand value – Having Infosys on your resume adds credibility and global recognition. Good learning opportunities – Access to internal learning platforms, certifications, and training programs (especially for freshers). Global exposure – Opportunities to work with international clients and global delivery teams. Structured processes – Well-defined policies, documentation, and governance. Work-life balance (project dependent) – Many teams offer reasonable working hours. Employee benefits – Health insurance, paid leaves, and wellness initiatives. Safe and inclusive workplace – Strong focus on ethics, compliance, and diversity.

Cons

Salary growth can be slow – Compensation increments may be lower compared to market standards. Limited flexibility in role changes – Internal mobility and project switches can take time. Bureaucratic processes – Decision-making can be slow due to multiple approval layers. Project allocation delays – Bench time and delayed onboarding to projects can happen. Variable learning exposure – Skill growth depends heavily on the project assigned. Less innovation in some teams – Certain projects may use legacy technologies. Onsite opportunities are limited – Compared to earlier years, onsite roles are fewer. Performance appraisal transparency – Rating systems may feel rigid or unclear.

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