HCLTech reviews

Pay practices are infuriating and wrought with errors. What they pay falls short of what they will promise during interview and will be divided in to arbitrary pay categories defined by pay letters that expire. Even after letters are issued, roll out of pay letters, covering everything from annual pay raises to annual bonuses and additional pay for working outside of a standard 9-5 schedule, promise date for pay to show up in checks is missed repeatedly. The need to audit paycheck vs. hours worked is constant. Delays for pay increases/bonuses/differential pay is always at least 3-6months, no doubt with the hope that people will depart before paid what they are owed. Consequently, there is unanimous frustration and disgust across the work force. This is not a destination employer, which might be why their vacation policy is firm at 2 weeks per year, whether you are in your first year out of college or a 30yr industry veteran that has been with the company your entire career (these people don't exist). People can't wait to transition out once they have gained any experience valued by other employers.

I'm a white, American female with a graduate degree and fifteen years experience in start ups in Silicon Valley. At HCL, I was treated like I had no degree and no experience. My managers in Chennai treated me like I was a 22 year old blue collar woman and if they could have had me serve them coffee across the oceans that separated us, they would have. DO NOT WORK FOR THEM IF YOU ARE FEMALE, no matter what your race. I did a lot of research on the company and I don't think it's an Indian thing -- HCL is hated in India, too. It's just a very large global company with a terrible culture. Kind of like the Walmart of India. (I won't shop at Walmart because of how they little they pay their floor staff.) I quit the job when I found out I was making 60% of what the white males were making with less experience and education. It's THAT kind of company. I've experience pay differences due to gender in the past, but in companies run by American males, it's usually only a 10% gap, and that I can live with.