Fractal reviews

4.1

86% would recommend to a friend

(2,512 total reviews)
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Srikanth Velamakanni

95% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

Fractal has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,512 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Fractal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 31, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good food, relatively fair work-life balance. Some of the senior management team (the old-timers) have inculcated a strong set of values

Cons

Low quality, uninspiring work, feels more and more like an outsourcing shop Strong IIT-IIM bias Overcrowded offices HR, marketing, finance and travel teams are not competent; function at a level far below the rest of the organization - the hiring bar here is very low Some of the new senior management recruits bring down workplace morale, unethical practice Management doesn't seem to have a clear vision for what to do with the money they raised.

3.0
Oct 13, 2016

Need a quick action to make a wonderful place.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can get a chance to work with some great people No time boundations.(mostly,not always) Can maintain work life balance People at higher post are very good.

Cons

This place is a school ,where you need to get 70% to be in fractal,if you get 68-69% by some miss-happening(as papers are checked by human beings and viva is also taken by them) the will literally torture you like anything.Even if you are doing very well in project ,they may ask you leave fractal for that few numbers and even if you are doing better than person who got 70%(you know there are various way to get it). Middle management is not good. In training period they use to divide people on basis of requirement and need and give them training for particular client but after training they randomly pick them in sequence of their name and align to some team . Luckily if your mentors are good you will have good time ,otherwise your time will be simply wasted . Also all will say that you can choose any project ,but its not like that

1.0
Jun 11, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

1) CEO has great foresightedness 2) A games room ( should be treated as a con because if you want to achieve better not make this the attraction to be in any firm)

Cons

1) CEO has great plans as mentioned but not at all aware of the non-rational middle management who know nothing about management and how to deal with projects 2) A lot of POLITICS when it comes to relationship between managers and analysts , something very destructive for one's career 3) HR also involved with managers in politics 3) Existing employees call some managers as DICTATORS because they don't listen, just do everything their way , so you have no say. 4) Great disparity when it comes to compensation - It's all RANDOM - one needs to be lucky or help managers in personal tasks 5) You don't get promoted on the basis of work rather it is manager's personal call 6) Middle management is inexperienced and panics at small problems 7) No good people working here, almost every IITian and people from IIM have left 8) Nothing good to offer in terms of work 9) Attrition level at peak 10) Promises are broken very very frequently - CAN'T TRUST

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Fractal Response
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Sorry to hear about the poor experience you have had. "Politics", "Dictators", "Can't trust"? Doesn't feel like the Fractal we know. We take pride in our culture of trust, transparency and freedom, so it is hard to understand why your experience has been so different. I'd be very interested in your perspective and the reasons for your poor experience. Please do share this with me directly - email/call/stop by at the office. Raj
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