Syntel Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for less than a year

Pros – Nothing much . People who cant do technology work like coding can survive easily by bootlicking the managers and can go to cleint site and then try to show off .

Cons – No pay increase and high level of internal politics The managers and all higher management are more interested in taking money to their own pockets.

Advice to Senior Management – Change all your policies, first identify resources who can really bring change to the company

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very Good Company to work is this company

Cons – Not anything I can think of...great company lot of respect

Advice to Senior Management – Very Good Company

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time

Pros – Great working environment, lots of flexibility. Encourages and supports employee engagement.
Provides opportunities to grow.

Cons – Convoluted thoughts or processes from senior management.

Advice to Senior Management – Straighten out the road map.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – good place to learn if you are starting your career

Cons – Very conservative in their business approach
Lack of transparency
Unable to value and recognize talent

Advice to Senior Management – no comments

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for more than a year

Pros – It has two major clients.Work environment is good if you are in anyone of the project.Good if you get a supportive manager.Same as any other service based company.Chances of onsite are fair if you work for 2+ yrs.Work load is balanced

Cons – - Not so great processes & policies
- Working hrs not flexible
- No work from home option
- Very risky if you are on bench

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for less than a year

Pros – there are no pros of the company.

Cons – bad management, too long stretch, no overtime, no night allowances, less hike, no future, bad pantry, bad cafeteria, internal politics played in the company.

Advice to Senior Management – needs to give more attention on the above mentioned fields.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Various opportunities
You can select opportunities

Cons – No good benefits
Medical insurance provided by company is worst

Advice to Senior Management – Better infrastructure and IT policies.
Better compensations and benefits Atleast provide indstry standard medical insurance at both offshore and onsite.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good exposure at business side but need to pursue at own intrests.
Good opportunity at technical side.
People are of helping nature and encourage creativity.
Good onsite opportunities

Cons – Cultural dynamics and favourtism.
Blockage of onsite positions by Project Leads for long terms.
Almost everything depends upon the relation between you and your manager.

Advice to Senior Management – Rotating policy should be maintained between offshore and onsite Team members.
Salary and appraisal process should be more objective and detailed feedback must be given to every team member whatever the rating is.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Syntel as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Company policies were employee friendly

Cons – 1. Was always made to feel that we are not making any contribution and all my teammates too were often commented that "we are not earning our salaries". This is too negative a comment which disheartens and demotivates an employee to the core.
2. Contractual employment was very loosely handled. There was a colleague who had an appointment letter for 1 year and was told that her appointment approval was only for 6 months and this came as a surprise to her when there were only 2 weeks left.

Advice to Senior Management – There should be a mechanism to take anonymous feedback from every team about the managers. This will seriously help the company fight employee turnover.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time for more than a year

Pros – growth, learning curve, exercise of skills in various fields, minimal work load

Cons – minimal pay scale,less employee benefits, poor infrastructural facilities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend