HCLTech reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(53,193 total reviews)
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C. Vijayakumar

75% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

HCLTech has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 53,193 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HCLTech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 10, 2021

Run. Fast.

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Pros

Nothing, and I mean that.

Cons

Everything, and I mean that. Apparently unless I sugar coat the truth, I can’t state what actually goes on at the company via another job search engine, so I truly hope this gets posted because this place needs to be ousted for the terrible company they are. At least, at the highlands ranch location... This place is full of nepotism, favoritism, unsafe work environments, racism, ageism and just a poor culture. Ive watched the revolving door happen and finally figured out why they foster that revolving door. Once someone they don’t like gets ousted, they give the loans that person brought to closing to the people that they hand picked. HR is non existent until you go over their head, then they bully you. I was told when I wanted to get tested for COVID that I was faking it just so I didn’t have to work in the office. An office, that’s being torn up from the inside out and you have to walk through wires hanging down, banging on the floor above you to where particles fall on your desk, and a gas leak that happened recently and they didn’t bother to call the fire department or Hazmat, they just figured we were safe and ushered us back in the office. When you speak up, they make your job impossible to succeed at, and if you make goal and you aren’t their favorite, they make you feel like you’re just a machine. The micromanagement is the worst I’ve ever experienced in my life. They have zero care about you as a person and they hire anyone off the street. They say the benefits are good, but you wouldn’t know a thing because they never tell you what you get, and it is actually not good at all when you end up using it. The training is horrifying at best. The secret love affairs between managers there is also fun. You get to watch that all day, as if we didn’t know what’s going on. These people are vile and disgusting and I wouldn’t wish this job on my worst enemy.

1.0
Jun 9, 2021

my experience with Hcl

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Pros

I found no pros working with Hcl

Cons

please treat employees with more respect.. we are not slaves

3.0
May 13, 2021
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Pros

Some of the warmest, most capable people I've worked with worked at HCL. This is an Indian company and, as a non Indian, one of the most wonderful cultural experiences I've ever had. I was able to meet some of the warmest human beings I've ever known. I would say pretty much everyone at middle management and consultant level strata is top notch. In my experience, it's a company of giants at this level. Another benefit is that HCL works with some top-tier F500 clients, so you will get to work with very large projects. However, sometimes this can be a problem if you get the "wrong account" - many times they're just as dysfunctional. Typically pay and benefits are pretty good. But make sure whatever you are promised upon signing is clear. In my experience bonuses rarely happen, so be happy with whatever salary you've negotiated 'cause you'll probably be making that for the next 5 years

Cons

I am sharing my experience as a "white American" working in a predominantly In Indian company. As I see it, there are a lot of subtle "class" type of divisions that seem to be rooted in cultural norms. This makes it hard to navigate as a non Indian. It's clear that managers and executives are compensated based on sales rather than results. This structure permeates and directs all decisions. So, in effect, it's more important than someone gets their bonus than it is making the right decision. These are typically the people with the greatest authority, so it's also the biggest problem because the client's best interest should be first priority. Of course there are exceptions to every rule, but for the most part it feels like there's an inherent lack of respect top-down that is returned as a lack of concern bottom up. Also there's a huge strata of leadership that's primarily Indian, and then a "worker class" doing all the development. Any managers caught in between those two layers is going to have to bridge the gap in priorities and it's impossible. HCL an agile based software production machine that is sold to the lowest bidder. They try to pretend they are strategic or creative, but that's not their value proposition. It's not a fun culture for someone who is actually trying to influence meaningful change. If you have to travel for your job you're going to have to deal with a nightmare process that makes no sense.

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