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Tata Consultancy Services

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Good for initial years then stagnation and HR sucks - Information Technology Analyst Tata Consultancy Services Employee Review

3.0
20 Aug 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

TCS is very good for starting a career in IT. Till last few years, their initial training program (ITP) was very good. If you are put in a development project, learning potentials are good. They have lots of projects and offices everywhere around the globe. Work pressure is never that much (unless you fall in bad projects or under sadistic PL or GL). You will get opportunity to work on varieties of projects. You will find your colleagues are mostly good to you. Since your boss changes once you change a project, you never need to butter your manager (unless you want early promotion).

Cons

HR is just horrible. They behave as if they personally own you. They think they are running the business. They don’t listen and always try to bully you. I would say TCS HR is among worst in the industry. Once you are 8-10 years experienced, unless you go on managerial position, you have no future in TCS. Growth on technology vertical is non existing. Quitting of TCS can be very painful. They will try not to give your dues unless you cough out a substantial amount of money to compensate their bond breakage! TCS should understand that employees are not their slaves.

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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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