Tata Consultancy Services Reviews in New Delhi, India Area

Pros

1) Good Work-Personal life balance
2) Plenty of clients and technologies...hence ample opportunity for growth in desired field
3) Good HR Policies like Health Insurance Policy,Leave Policy,Travel Assistance Policy etc
4) Easy going work atmosphere
5) Enough onsite opportunity if one stays long enough.
6) Very good company for ladies in all respects

Cons

1) Biased and opaque appraisal policy
2) Very poor annual increments
3) Unequal distribution of workload...most just slack off while very few get all the job done.
4) Very difficult to get released from projects
5) Employee's skills and aspirations not taken into account at the time of allocation.
6) Very unprofessional and sarkari type attitude of middle managers
7) Transport facilities are not very good and a bit costly too.

Advice to Senior Management

Advice to RMG : Ask the employee what he wants before allocating...don't just force anything upon him
Advice to HR : Don't be a puppet in the hands of senior project managers

Pros

- Brand Name.
- Moderate Work Pressure.
- Decent environment

Cons

- No hangouts to increase employees interaction.
- No Appreciations

Advice to Senior Management

A Regular appreciation is a must to motivate the employee. Bonus to the achievers is a motivator too.

Pros

Open Culture, understands and accepts the local employees in every country on equal footing. Good package @ onsite , plenty of onsite oppty, growth plan is objective & clear.

Cons

Middle management is sitting and eating a lot of breathing space/ top heavy and very Hierarchial , promotion policies cannot be tweaked much for high performers, no quality work , proper services company. Not good options for continuing education.

Advice to Senior Management

Route a way around middle management , to sometimes get rid of numbers. Employees are teated as herds without much choice left to them. Put in place university program to enable people to continue education.

Pros

all round development.. if u say, u will get the work u want..
senior mgmt at consultant levels listens on u'r concerns .. wat they do wid them. it is on u..
TCS mumbai has good work culture than delhi...
all policies depend on client.. he can allow facebook or he can't allow u to open tcs mailbox..
timings are bit flexible if the concerns are genuine.
flexibilty in choosing the project as long as requirements match to u'r profile.
shift strech is normal.

Cons

mgmt is ineffective in sharin the work.. some have hell lot of work n others don't have in the same project. dey just divide the application,..
They believe in learning n sharing So u can't expect an outside training as long as business is not paying for it.
again lack of mgmt in giving onsite opportunity.. 1 project will be sending a fresher at site and others hav 7 yrs guy wid no onsite exposure.
Performance appraisals is a joke...
make u wait n wait for onsite rather than release u from the project so that u can look 4 onsite from other project..
each TCS office has its own policies wrt stationery to other facilities.
they have hell lot of ppl but they expect PL to manage alongside technical stuff..

Advice to Senior Management

performance appraisal needs focus, salary compensation is a big concern..giving onsite opp needs attention who is doin what and how much exp he is.. share the work, not applications

Pros

Big company, one gets to learn a lot. Personal and work life balance. Location all over the world and in different domains. Strong technical growth

Cons

Pathetic compensation package at the starting level. Low professional growth opportunities. Weak leadership and management. Stagnation within a domain and field.

Pros

Brand name. A good starting salary

Cons

. Nowadays mass recruitment has resulted in a dilution of talent pool.
. You are fortunate if you find a good boss.
. Employee grievance redressal mechanism is not effective. For the first two years, it is tough.

Advice to Senior Management

Give people, roles according to their skills and interests.

Pros

Great Work-Life Balance, Understanding Seniors.
Responsibilities are put on the shoulders at an early stage.
Completely upto an individual on how to grow, can say no to assignments.
Flexible work timings.

Cons

Not much of High End Consulting work.
Projects/Assignments come from IT ISU's hence inclined towards IT.
No Great Business/Management Consulting except - Organizational Change Management.
Salary not at all near the industry standards.
No Flyback options, not great travel arrangements when travelling for assignments.
Lack of some great Mid-Management level associates.

Advice to Senior Management

To be a Top-End Consulting firms first start thinking and acting like one. Invest in people and the returns will be much higher. Dont just settle for anykind of assignments, analyze if they are good for the image of the Consulting arm of TCS.

Pros

The Brand Name in the Market.

Cons

You don't get to work on those Platforms or Technologies which you want..

Advice to Senior Management

Here the people need more luck than talent to succeed or advance in their career.

Pros

Work Life balance, excellent policies but no one follows it

Cons

politics, snob senior management, lobbying blamegame

Advice to Senior Management

please follow company policy and dont think of ways to dodge it every time

Pros

Process oriented company with strong base.

Cons

Luck driven growth where actual potential at time is subdued.

Advice to Senior Management

Pick the best of the potential rather keep them in their own periphery.