Software engineer - Software Engineer First Student Employee Review

5.0
12 Sept 2020
Recommend
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Pros

PROs: A good platform to get introduced to IT world. You would get exposed to various industry jargons and also (if lucky) end up in a good project. Work pressure is negligible compared to other product based companies. And if you are good with your manager (i call this boot licking) then its a cake walk up the corporate ladder. You need not worry about changing technologies if you know excel. They say TCS is cross functional organization. It basically means, even if you dont know anything we will set you up somewhere with payroll(seriously) Very good health insurance policy. Especially if you enroll your parents too. I am struggling to think pros at this point but let me add one more. Onsite opportunities, if you are ready to commit your 7–8 long years with very very less salary. I have seen people sticking to TCS without quitting even though they had good offers because of onsite (halwa).

Cons

This list is going to be really big. First and foremost, you would come across bunch of frustrated people taking out their anger (which is a result of life choices they made in past) on you. They are RMGs, they will not listen to what domain are you from and will map you to any project they get their eye on.

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Cons

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Pros

The pay for driving is good, however, "driving is only part of the job description. May be well compensated for contracted substitute driver in other locations

Cons

Although there are rules to establish safe, orderly environments for riders and drivers, they are not enforced, and appear symbolic and subjective. Drivers have to bow to whomever decides how it will be handled instead of what the actual rules dictate, creating unnecessary chaos. There also appears to be a good amount of favoritism at this location and company rules and regulations are rarely enforced across the board, resulting in employees doing as they please with little to no repercussions.

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