They reduce your salary once you accept their job and resign from previous engagement. Initially they verbally quote a higher pay package during hiring process as they have to compete with other employers. Once you confirm and resign from previous job, they give lower salary in writing. But by then, since you do not have any other job, you have to accept. They have done this for multiple people at multiple levels, even for foreign MBA, IIM and IIT graduates. This is unethical behaviour and fraud practice.
Your salary will not come on time. It is delayed by 10-15 days usually and sometimes more. Non taxable component of your salary is delayed a lot, usually paid in October or March, whichever is later. If you travel outstation on company work, your advance, if approved, will hardly be given to you on time. You have to cover the trip on your own expenses and file for reimbursements. Those reimbursements will be returned to you only in December or June, whichever is later. Also, you will not be explained of the monetary benefits available on such travel, so that you don't claim them.
Speaking of work ethics, they are hypocrites. While have Code of Conduct policies to prevent dishonesty, still they make you lie to outside parties to collect data for company business and even make you use personal assets to avoid associating company name with those lies. You have to lie to collect market information, they will never spend money to buy data legally. The HR who implement these policies are powerless in this matter. To top it off, this is not even in your job description. Also, they make you do things not in your line of education nor suited for your role, like Masters and MBAs will be asked to set up meetings, arrange cabs etc. for seniors.
Work and staffing is unorganized, that too with a team as small as 27-30 members. You will be suddenly removed from one project and put on another as and when a deadline approaches. There is very little learning for you.
Even if you were free during the day, one hour before closing time you will be briefed about an assignment and asked to submit your part by next morning. Similarly, you will have less workload during the week but on Friday you will be given a new project and asked to submit by Monday, screwing your weekend over. And this happens constantly.
Middle level managers are all Yes Boss kind. No matter the efficiency or relevance, they will not speak up in front of CEO but ask you to do pointless work. Finally you end up doing relevant work after senior management realizes flaws.
There is no work life balance. There is no compensation for overtime, no complementary offs, no flexibility in timings. Even if you have worked till 1 am, you are expected to turn up by 09:30 am in spite of not having anything to do till lunch. You are not expected to make any plans during weekends, which are supposed to be holidays. You will be informed about being deputed to some other city for work one day before, never mind your plans for the weekend that you might have made long back. The middle level managers are all brainwashed into believing that the company has right over your personal life just by the virtue of company paying you a salary.
