Photon reviews

4.3

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,815 total reviews)
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Srinivas Balasubramanian

87% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Photon has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,815 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Photon 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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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 17, 2017

Run away now.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Sure you can work on some big clients. But who cares when the rest of your life is horrible? Go work on smaller clients and be thankful you read this and got out before the pain began.

Cons

Terrible work environment. Slave-like work conditions. Epic level mean-ness you'd never think possible. Get out now. No growth opportunities. No training. No phones (for goodness sake) - pay for your own work calls! Travel during your personal time to clients. Accidentally damage your laptop, pay for your own repairs! No public holidays. Mandatory Saturday work days. Screaming abuse (literally) from management. Name calling ("you're all monkeys" is the best one). No interest in the quality of work you put out, just profit profit profit. Another favorite line from management "We only start judging you from 6pm onwards" i.e. they don't care less if you're good at your job, they just want to squeeze extra free work hours out of you, then only like you if you're here until 10pm every night. This place is literally out of the movies and should be in "Horrible Bosses" or something. All the positive comments you see here are becuase the offshore employees have been forced to write them.

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Photon Response
9y
You seemed to have mentioned some serious accusations with no actual data points. As mentioned by you, if you are currently an employee of Photon, we urge you to have a look at our employee benefit policies first before jumping into any conclusions. There are ample growth opportunities and training (technical and soft skills) available, which if utilized right will move any employee up the career ladder. We fail to understand how low quality work will be tolerated by the big clients as you have mentioned. Please reach out to HR Business Partner Team to talk facts.
4.0
Jan 3, 2017

Treasure of Oppurtunities

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Pros

1. You will have variety of Projects one after another 2. You can easily approach higher management 3. You will get to learn a lot of new stuff 4. You will grow and mature in your career 5. Onsite opportunities are plenty 6. Pay is very good 7. Flexible working hours and Lots of Leaves

Cons

1. No Free coffee machine 2. Lack of free parking in Bangalore (Chennai office provides Ample Parking space) 3. Food quality should be improved in Bangalore (Chennai is 10x better than Bangalore in food quality, pricing and variety ) 4. Sudden Travel 5. Lack of Softwares for employees at times

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Photon Response
9y
Thanks for sharing some valuable feedback. We are excited to know from the Pros you have mentioned, that you are happy to work with Photon. Rewards and recognition is an ongoing program based on projects. Also we have client specific spot awards for star performers. We will be glad to hear from you on any other inputs (team-hrbp@photoninfotech.net) Thank you.
1.0
Dec 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very smart and talented leadership team who know what they are doing, and do it well. Since Photon is a consultant, the opportunity to work with varying brands is a great experience.

Cons

The WORST company culture I've ever experienced. They are based out of India and the lack of empathy or respect for employees highlights the work culture overseas. During initial negotiations, they were very aggressive and attempted to pay as little as possible. What makes this worse, is how employees are mandated to work a MINIMUM of 50 hours per week, salaried. This is key, because the timelines are so tight that weekend work is usually required and expected. I witnessed an employee who was let go with 2 days notice, just before their 90 days, for not making an internal deadline because they had a family member pass. This employee was kept on the project for weeks after the incident and led on until the very end of their 90 day period. All of their processes are scattered throughout various, terribly built software products. Managing PTO or anything HR means scouring their sites and emailing 3 different people overseas. This further highlights the lack of care, or attention to employees which is pathetic considering this company builds digital products. I resigned after about 2 weeks as it didn't take long to see how bad this company is. To top this all off, after resignation I received a threatening email from an attorney demanding I return a portion of my paycheck from them. This was, of course in error as I owned them nothing and after rebutting the email, they were never heard from again. My advice to anyone interested in working here is to run far, far away.

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