Crap shoot at best - Soft HCLTech Employee Review

2.0
Sep 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Fairly easy to pass the interview process, will give you some experience with software development process in a work environment

Cons

There is a lot not to like here: The pay rate is well below the average market rate The management is not really interested in helping you develop your skills beyond online video training which is of a low quality. You don't have much control over what assignments you get to choose. I had to leave two positions because they were not development focused. The work culture is very Indian focused, so expect to be micromanaged for just about every little thing, everything offered training wise is pretty much in India only or on India time if you are interested in progressing your skills. HR questions / responses takes a week or more to get a response Tons of bureaucratic nonsense - need to complete various training that have no bearing on what positions they have available. When moving to another project, they have a tenancy to make you do more interviews before assigning you. Part of this process means you will have to keep a resume up to date for possible reassignment. Which again, does not have much bearing on what positions you get assigned to. Often you will be having meetings after office hours to keep up with the larger India teams. Not a lot of guidance or mentoring either. The worst thing is to be given a good rating and not receive a raise or acknowledgement.

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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.

2.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It is a job that pays you money

Cons

Where do I even begin.... HCl is a company that will overwork and underpay you and never give you a raise. I was lucky to get a very competitive wage when I started that I felt like I deserved and I fought for that. However even that process they bait and switched 3 times offering higher amounts over the phone and then going back on their word and offering less and less each time until they finally sent me an offer letter. The entire company is inept at communication at any and all levels. You will never get a raise and any time you have any kind of issue or need management/HR to do anything for you results in being ignored. Additionally they will add and add to your roles and responsibilities and ask for the impossible and unreasonable. They get contracts by underbidding other MSP's and then hiring as few people on site as possible and refer the rest of the work to overseas workers that will never do any work and always kick responsibility back to you. If you ever get lucky and they are forced to actually do their job they show that they clearly have no idea what they are doing or talking about. All around a terrible company to work for. If your job role is getting outsourced to HCL, fight for a good salary up front because they will never give you a raise and try to look for another place to work as soon as you can.

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