Worst management and Hr team/ A Career Graveyard: Calculated Manipulation and Silent Firing - Senior Technical Lead HCLTech Employee Review

1.0
Dec 16, 2025
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Pros

Within a month, you will come to know about the company. For more details, check the cons.

Cons

A Billion-Dollar Company with a Poverty Mindset It is actually laughable. You join a so-called "MNC" expecting professional standards, and they don't even have the decency to provide a welcome kit. It’s not about the backpack or the water bottle; it’s about the message it sends. It tells you on Day 1: "We are cheap, and we will not spend a single extra rupee on you." If they are cutting costs on basic onboarding items, imagine what they are doing with your variable pay and appraisal. The stinginess is embedded in the DNA of this place. They treat employees like machinery—actually, worse, because they probably maintain their servers better than their staff. The management acts like they are doing you a favor by letting you work there. You are expected to be a grateful slave, grinding 12 hours a day, while they can't even offer the basic courtesy of a proper welcome. It is embarrassing to be associated with a brand that has zero class. To say this company is "bad" is an understatement; it is a systematic career trap. The management doesn't just treat you like a slave; they treat you like a liability they are trying to offload. The culture is built on fear, gaslighting, and absolute apathy. The most "horrible" aspect is their bench policy. It is nothing short of psychological warfare. Once you are on the bench, you are effectively marked for termination. They don't want you to find a new project. I have seen them intentionally lock profiles and block internal transfers just to keep an employee "unbillable." Why? So they can justify a "silent layoff" based on performance, even though they are the ones preventing you from performing. It is a strategy designed to force you to resign so they don't have to pay severance. They destroy your peace of mind, ruin your resume with gaps, and then discard you without a second thought. Do not join unless you want to be a pawn in their financial engineering.

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5.0
Mar 16, 2026
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Pros

Supportive team environment Great opportunity to learn and grow Collaborative culture Interesting and challenging projects Flexible work environment

Cons

Some processes could be more organized as the company continues to grow. Communication between teams can sometimes be improved.

1.0
May 18, 2026
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Pros

It was a job. Pros??? None

Cons

Low pay, no Communication. They Lie. My contract ran out, We had a lot of work and not enough people. They told me they were exyending my contract and to come back to work on Monday. I went to work on Monday and I was locked out of the system. All my id's were disabled. I have been waiting for two weeks to be rehired. At first people were sending out emails to find out what was going on, now there is nothing. I've been ghosted. This happened to a number of people. Plus the people they just let go !!!!!

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