Curam Software Reviews

Pros

Small org , better visibility.
cool work culture, awesome parties n stuff

Cons

Now acquired by ibm isl.
Framework product

Pros

No dress code is the only good thing
Co employees are good to work with.
Higher management is not good.

Cons

There are incapable managers who lack exposure of working in other countries and with irrelevant education background.
No Respect for Employees
No authority for HRs , they are just the puppets of Managers
No Exposure to new Technologies.
Stuck in Curam Framework.
No Learning curve or Professional Growth
They lack Working Standards and no proper work culture.

Advice to Senior Management

Please Hire more capable managers who know to respect their employees and help them Perform Better.

Pros

Good work life balance, good place for settiling down

Cons

Curam is not a place to study or have technical growth, the Curam frame work is very specific and abstracts out all the outside technology. So if you are planning to stay more than couple of years then thats it.

Advice to Senior Management

Nothing much

Pros

There are some good onsite oppurnities and work culture is flexible in terms of timing and dress code.

Cons

There is no proper HR process.
Management is very autocratic.
HR is a puppet in hands of the manager.
NOT a good company to join during recession.

Bottomline-Inspite of all your good work,Manager can make or break your career here and you will not have any body to turn to.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop being autocratic in management.

Give more strength to HR rather than make it a puppet.

Pros

-Onsite opportunity
-Competetive salary
-Flexi Timings
-Good working environments
-Very supportive colleagues

In short it is good place to work.

Cons

Software development is restricted to curam framework i.e. you need to to restrict yourself to curam framework while developing application

Advice to Senior Management

You can take leadership at any time here and you will always be given opportunity to take leadership of what you do.

Pros

Good for someone who is looking for challenge

Cons

Sometimes gets too monotonous with clients

Pros

Work life and personal life balance.
Good salary.

Cons

Not everybody gets to work in new technology. Only one department get onsite oppurtunities.

Pros

Good flexitime, most managers competent and laid-back, far better male/female balance than many tech companies, family friendly. Opportunity to work on products that can make a positive difference in the world.

Cons

Limited opportunities to work on customer sites, poor visibility into what's happening in the rest of the organisation. Use of mostly in-house tools can limit acquisition of useful skills and little emphasis on technical skills training. Product is v large and build times etc can be an issue for productivity. The fact that you're working on a framework that needs backwards compatibility and with custom tools can severely limit options when developing. Fairly monolithic product and little chance to diversify into other products. Insanely annoying bureaucratic annual review process.

Advice to Senior Management

Simplify annual review process and invest more in employees technical development.

Pros

Positive 'can-do' atmosphere is pervasive throughout the company
Generally, management are supportive and skilled, but with a few notable exceptions
Exec management are approachable

Cons

Some senior managers have never worked anywhere else and are out of their depth
Annual vacation allowance is miserly
Sometimes difficult to get credit for jobs well done - others try to take credit

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to people who are lower down the food chain to get a more objective view of what's really happening
Sell the product - it's very good!

Pros

1. Good work/life balance
2. Employer friendly
3. No dress codes
4. Good place to learn about product development process.

Cons

1.Technical exposure is not much for all the developer
2. No onsite opportunity for people in product development department.

Advice to Senior Management

Even the PD people should get onsite opportunity