Capgemini is a disaster of an organization. When you start as a consultant, you are placed in a 2 month orientation program called the Institute. In addition to learning NOTHING useful regarding your day to day work or helpful in terms of navigating archaic systems for internal processes such as timesheets (a program called Replicon is used for timesheets, which can only be opened in Internet Explorer and looks like it was designed in the 1970s), the Institute was led by problematic individuals who made several racist and sexist comments to myself and other new joiners. You are thrown into a shark pit coming out of the Institute and are expected to fend for yourself and learn everything on your own. The staffing process is THE OPPOSITE OF TRANSPARENT, and there were several people who after many months at the company, had NOT been staffed on a single project. If you are looking to learn about consulting, look literally anywhere else. You will find that you will learn nothing, your ideas as a entry level consultant will be tossed aside (even if you know more than the experienced consultants you are working with), and you will find yourself caught in the tangle of bureaucratic red tape that will completely hinder your career growth. The criteria for promotions are as convoluted and many consultants who have been at Capgemini for years, consistently exceeding expectations on their performance reviews, are not even considered. You will work unnecessarily long hours, even if you aren't staffed, doing menial and mind numbing work. The benefits and compensation at Capgemini are equally horrendous. Entry level consultants make well under the market rate and are NOT eligible for an end of year bonus of any kind. You are given a meager 12 days of PTO in the year, and when you are on the bench (almost always at no fault of your own), you will be expected to use your PTO before again billing to the bench. At any point, if there is any reason Capgemini is looking to improve their financials, they will let people go out of the blue, giving no regard to their employees or what they have contributed to the company. Look ANYWHERE else for a job!
