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Tata Consultancy Services

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Everything that is wrong with the Indian IT industry - Assistant Software Engineer (ASE) Tata Consultancy Services Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Global company. The guys who are making the outsourcing deals may know what they are talking about to make any client believe in this company. And plus they come cheap.

Cons

Where do I start. First of all the employees. The recruitment drive is one mass cattle feed to recruit every engineer coming out of third-rate colleges in the country. These people do not have basic etiquette, only believe in talking in their regional languages (tamil, telugu). Have basically joined to go "onsite" and are not interested in adding any value to the company or clients or even pretending to . Just try visitng any TCS location and try boarding an elevator, you will know what I am talking about. This is exacerbated by managers who display similar traits and are "homegrown" without any direction or management capability. It depends on who you know and how much you "fit in. All in all the best place to ruin your career if you spend more than a couple of years here.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Large client base. Talented people, have "cracked the code" on offshoring development and support.

Cons

For anyone used to working in US-based firms, the culture and politics will be difficult to understand and navigate. Internal policies and systems focus on the offshore delivery center model. Roles in the US do not fit into that mold, and obtaining approvals for simple expenses can require weeks and insanely high approval chains given the size of TCS. I needed approval from a global division head (a CEO direct-report) just to pay for a short training course. Missions of different departments are not clearly defined, so overlap and conflict are common.

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