HCLTech reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(53,075 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 53,075 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Aug 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

They pay their "salaried" people on time twice a month, usually on the 15th and last day of the month. I mentioned "salaried" because no matter what they tell you, you are only going to be kept on staff so long as you are billable or if they have an internal project for you and that's rare. You really are hourly no matter what level of seniority you have. If you stay billable, they are fine to work for and I would go back if they had work for me.

Cons

Overtime, when it is billable and actually paid, is paid at 1/2 time. I am not sure if they bill at full time or something greater but it is completely ridiculous for a company doing business in any country, let alone the United States, to expect people to work for half their normal pay rate when they put in extra time to keep their projects on schedule. Since they claim to be an employee-first company, this half-time pay policy seems to be out of step with their public persona but is definitely indicative of how much they truly value their employees.

2.0
Jul 27, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility, hours, nice building, BS and more BS

Cons

HCL suckers people into contract positions with the hope of getting them to work for pennies. HCL call people to make them offers and do not respond with feed back or offer letters...basically take it or leave it if they do. Soon or later the companies that are contracting them to do there IT will catch on its just a matter of time. CROOKS - No respect for there employees

2.0
Dec 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

They get a lot of work and they are trying to change from body shop to service integrator. If you are looking for an operations type job where you do what you are asked to and then go home and get a paycheck at the end of the month, it might be a good place for you.

Cons

They get their business by undercutting their competition (other Indian companies) and cannot pay good salaries. All HCL America management is from India who did not live and work in the US for long and do not understand US business culture and business practices creating a huge gap between them and any American employees. From ethics, to pay scales, to organization and structure to being proactive and generally they do not know how to manage an American employee, look at the overall picture and set long term goals. Management will keep promising career advancements and push their direct work responsibilities to you and they will let you sit on the table with them if you are good at your job but never let you lead. In general talent will be identified but not rewarded and advanced. They have some sharp guys from India in their management but they lack experience in trying to work as an end-to-end management services Vs managing bodies on a T&M model. Expect to send multiple email reminders to HR and administrative services to get a simple thing done and apparently this is normal business practice in India so do not bother complaining about it, just keep sending 'kind reminders to do the needful...'

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