Hmm.. this will be a big list but if you are smart you will get this point.
Join in IT at your own risk. This place is a bureaucratic mess. You don't get points for getting the job done. You get points for "alignment" and "political correctness".
The vendor can commit a murder and get away with it. You will be ostracised if you ever exercise your right to question the vendor's motives. Never speak ill of the vendor. Never. Apparently the vendor's CXO's have a golf-course agreement with your division's CXO - so the deal is set. Fretting and fuming about the inefficiency of the vendor is just not the "expected behavior". And hey - you can't penalise the vendor - because that would upset the apple cart that is "trust and transparency".
Ratings don't matter. People with absolutely no relevant experience or managing experience will get posted as "Leads". Entire IT management at Hyderabad is basically a "B" team to the team of decision makers sitting in Basel.
The team in Basel looks at India only as a "sweatshop". "One fourth the price and double the time" - that's the understanding. Basel is unwilling to delegate responsibility because they themselves are under the threat of getting replaced / irrelevant.
If you are somebody with ambition, wanting to do your own job excellently, have the company's best interests at heart and think of going home to sleep well - this is definitely not the place for you.
This place reeks of mediocrity. If you are good - you will be ostracized. The day after my induction one of my colleagues told me - "This company runs on consensus." Even if it the wrong road that IT is taking - if there is consensus on that - then it is absolutely right to take the wrong road - because - "Hey ! We have consensus."
That's how awesome the sycophancy is :)
The HR is a wonderful overhead to the system described above. Callous, irresponsible and apathetical to say the least :) HR's primary function is not your well being - but that of your manager. I always used to wonder what was the price companies paid for having mediocrity labeled as talent in the HR department. HR will always defend the senior management. I once had the HR tell me - "If your manager has not escalated something that you brought up as a concern - don't you think you are over-reacting". That was actually the straw that decided it for me. In a Pharma company - where I thought words such as compliance and standards were sacrosanct, I was called out for over-reaction :) :D
BTW - "Values and Behaviour" is another abused word here.
Good luck !
(BTW that one star that you see is because there are no 0 or negative ratings)
