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Fresher Salary (CTC in Lakhs per annum): 2.70 Company Website (Like: http://www.abc.com/): http://www.infosys.com/ Infosys is one the largest software and the best known company in India.
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User reviews don`t trust infosys; liars; Infosys is onsite a di, Sunday, 31 May 2009 Written by Anonymous - View all my reviews - Top 50 Reviewer
Me and My important observations about this "Company" My Tech/Functional Expertise:
IT-ERP/CRM/SCM
My Total Experience (In Years):
2 to 5
Best & Worst thing about this company: best:mature delivery processes, worst: liars My Recommendation:
No "I hate my Company"
I have worked/been working with this company:
Yes
Comments:
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Infosys, Sunday, 22 June 2008 Written by Udayan Dasgupta - View all my reviews - Top 50 Reviewer
Me and My important observations about this "Company" My Tech/Functional Expertise:
IT-Mainframe
My Total Experience (In Years):
2 to 5
Fresher Salary (CTC in Lakhs per annum): 2.70 Best & Worst thing about this company: Best - Architecture and Work Culture. Worst - Growth is purely on basis of experience levels My Recommendation:
50-50 "It depends on you"
I have worked/been working with this company:
Yes
Comments: I have been in Infosys for 2 yrs now. My experiences is not so unique and would be story of most of those who joined Infy as fresher. The Good things about company are: 1. Training : The 4 month (2 for CS graduates) is world class and at a separate campus at Mysore. The environment there is quite good and you will love the entire stay there. 2. Exposure : You will get an exposure to manage things quite early on and depending on how you perform, you can do wonders in brief time frame. Bad Things: 1. Bench period. : Most of the freshers get to get long bench times. This usually happens when the resources are blocked for new Projects or DU(delivery units). Bench strength is vital to get new projects. But, this is a moral dampener for the freshers and company must find a way to mitigate that. 2. Real growth : Though your profile improves on your performance but your real growth (promotions and onsite) are heavily dependent on your experience levels and this usually causes heartburns... However, there is some room for maneuver and you can probably threaten the company to force ur growth, else growth is really difficult.
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Infosys - HTMD in particular, Thursday, 08 November 2007 Written by Mahi09 - View all my reviews - Top 10 Reviewer
Me and My important observations about this "Company" My Tech/Functional Expertise:
IT-Mainframe
My Total Experience (In Years):
Less than 2
My Recommendation:
No "I hate my Company"
I have worked/been working with this company:
Yes
Comments: Career growth and onsite opportunities? Depends heavily on Project, Project Manager and IBU. In general, HTMD is a very much-packed IBU. Margins for customers are less, so they expect more from their partners i.e. Infosys. Career growth would not be substantial as inition wise because all the projects are heavy weight mostly 100+ members. So, chances of standing out are rare and work is more or less routine. Onsite opportunity usually depends on project requirements. Usually after 3 years if not given one or possible in near future, then probably pack your bags How is work environment and how efficient is the communication b/w teams or department? Communication between tracks within same project is pathetic; leave Inter Project or IBU or DC. In some cases intra-project communication is so poor that things are shot back to customer asking them to send it to right track or person, instead of internal reassignment. Work pressure/Work – life balance. Infosys in general and HTMD in particular are particularly famous for poor balance. 12 hrs a day is normal. Moreover, as most people here are bachelors, so they don’t mind it as well. However, problem starts when someday you dont have work. People will be happy if u stay up to 9 and gossip around rather than going early. Satisfaction with salary and quality of work. : Infosys is known to be a poor pay master. The average increment in salary or initial salaries are poor. However, people still remember success stories of people who became millionaires out Employee Stock Options Plan. Quality of work shouldn’t be called poor as this is what it is supposed to be. Don’t come here with lots of dreams of exploring rocket science. Here people mainly do mechanic job. You repair/maintain the existing software or add minor values to the software. But this is what it is supposed to be. If you are interested in doing something great either join R&D Division of any company or some product development company What type of work they do: Product development, Services etc. Or if mix of these then what at percent? Mostly services. Finacle is the only product Infosys has developed until date. But this seems to have been the market leader since then. Job security: Only time they throw people out is after the training when people fail to clear the test. Else, haven’t heard ppl being thrown out. If you plan some 30-40 year stint at a company, then this is the best place. You would retire as a senior management person for sure. Some positives and negatives of the company. The strength and weakness of the company is the same its size. Big size has made it competitive, strong and a global brand. Also, Brand Narayan Moorthy has given it lots of publicity. However, same thing its size makes it a bureaucratic and slow. People take months to take a decision and Employee is the most neglected part. Company doesnt even thinks fit to inform its employees that there is a change in guard at top echelon and New CEO have taken charge. Not a company where you can have loyalty. However, when we say so, there have been instances in past (when under NRN Infosys arranged for helicopters to aero lift the relatives of Infoscions in Bhubaneshwar, when it was hit by a disastrous storm in 1999) Do you recommend your company to others? Yes or No and Why? Depends on your interests and choices with you. Excellent Campuses with all the facilities. But pay is so low that through out your life you wont afford a house of your own. Ultimate Communist approach. Give employees all facilities but no money so that they can own some thing themselves. But definitely better than TCS and Wipro.
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Infosys - Salary Hurts, Thursday, 08 November 2007 Written by Jogesh - View all my reviews - Top 10 Reviewer
Me and My important observations about this "Company" My Tech/Functional Expertise:
IT-Databases
My Total Experience (In Years):
Less than 2
My Recommendation:
50-50 "It depends on you"
I have worked/been working with this company:
Yes
Comments: Introduction: Infosys Technologies Limited is an information technology (IT) services company founded in Pune, India in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy and six of his colleagues. It operates nine development centers in India and has over 30 offices worldwide. Annual revenues for fiscal year 2007 exceeded US$3.1 billion with a market capitalization of over US$30 billion. With over 72,000 employees worldwide, Infosys is one of India’s largest IT companies. Training at Infosys: The company gives 4 months of vigorous training in various technologies for non computer science students whereas for Computer science grades its around 2 months. The trainees will be exposed to various technologies during the training period. ILI (Infosys Leadership Institute) and E&R(Education and Research) departments plays a major role in shaping up the personalities of trainees at Infosys. ILI will hone up the client and people handling skills and E&R will enrich your technical skills. How good is it for freshers? Infosys is a good company for freshers to start their careers with. Infosys training transforms a fresher into a “domain-ready professional”. But the strategies they adopt for allocating resources to the projects across various business units are haphazard. The guy who is trained in Mainframes will be put into Java and so on. Resource Utilization is one of the greatest concerns that most of the employees have with Infosys. Its not an exaggeration that you must spend more than 6 months on bench. Work at Infosys: Infosys was a proven brand name. As a services industry this firm was always working on the cutting edge technologies. There would be no better place to get such a exposure to such a wide range of knowledge. I always feel that the top level management was transparent to extent it could be. But the Middle management is not very fair. Most of the times, you end up in doing what you don’t want to do. In case of time and material projects, which contribute to most of the Infosys revenue, change requests come on daily basis, which makes your tasks unplanned. Either it be a fixed price bid or time and material deal, the work Infosys does is just maintenance and enhancements. Career growth and onsite opportunities? Career growth may not be very fruitful in Infosys due to the flooding recruitment. At any point of time there are a bunch of people who can do a single task. This is hindering the opportunity for growth in the company. Onsite opportunity completely depends on the requirement in the project. You may get an onsite assignment in about 2-3 yrs if you join as a fresher. Work pressure/Work – life balance. In Infosys you have a very poor work pressure balance. Most of the employees stay late in the night. There will be no flexibility in the work schedule. Its almost impossible to plan any other thing on a working day. Often weekends are also devoted to work due to poor allocation of time and resources. Satisfaction with salary and quality of work. Its a known fact that Infosys pays a very low salary when compared to any other company in the Industry. As of now Infosys pays 2.7 lacs per annum to freshers. But the hikes and TPI (Trainee Performance Incentives) are low. Even the Business unit heads say Infosys never pays well. Quality of work is bad in Infosys. Most of the times the work is just maintenances and enhancements to the existing systems. SETLABS is a R&D unit in Infosys but not much of research output will come out of it. What type of work they do: Infosys primarily is a service oriented company. The only product Infosys has developed is Finacle which is a banking application. Although Finacle has gained a lot of market response, Infosys strategies are not drived towards Product development. Job security: Job security is one good aspect in Infosys. It almost equivalent to a job in Govenment Organization. The cases where they fire you out is when you are caught under ASHI(Anti Sexual Harassment Initiative). Some positives and negatives of the company: Positives: 1. Training for freshers. 2. Cool campuses, amazing buildings, good facilities. 3. Job Security 4. Brand value of the company. Negatives: 1. Poor pay structures. 2. Low Quality work. 3. False publicity of ethics and values. 4. One year of legal bond for freshers. Do you recommend your company to others? Yes or No and Why? Infosys provides good opportunities for people who have long-term commitment to the company. Again, luck will play a crucial role here. If you are interested in designing and developing something then you may need to think again before joining Infosys.
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Infosys - Fresher Experience, Thursday, 08 November 2007 Written by kum2001 - View all my reviews - #1 Reviewer
Me and My important observations about this "Company" My Tech/Functional Expertise:
IT-ERP/CRM/SCM
My Total Experience (In Years):
2 to 5
Fresher Salary (CTC in Lakhs per annum): 2.70 Best & Worst thing about this company: Best - Campus Worst - Work Nature My Recommendation:
50-50 "It depends on you"
I have worked/been working with this company:
Yes
Comments: Designer Buildings, Resort like campus, the inside of an Infosys campus is truly an international experience. Even the roads and grass are taken utmost care of, once me with a group of friends were walking on the campus lawn when some construction work was going on, a small cluster of grass was careful dug and kept aside so that it can be replaced after the maintenance work is over. My friend quipped if they cared for employees the way they care for grass, it would be the biggest gift one could have from Infy. In a big company like Infy you are nothing more than a number and its common to be treated like a computer. Like a Desktop you can be on desk (bench intended) for months or be working for 24 hours at a stretch. Fresher Salary:2.7 lakhs per annum. Infy is not a good paymaster; in fact it has earned a bad name because of low salaries, a friend of a mine when leaving the company was told by a project manager that “Yeh company to khoon choos leti hain”. Career Growth/Onsite Assignments:Yes, good opportunities exist, if you are lucky you will get an onsite assignment within 2 years, though with the increasing number of employees nothing is sure, the decision to send a person onsite is random and does not necessarily depend on a person’s performance (I have even heard about regionalism playing an important role). Training: Infosys gives mandatory training to fresh engineers which is a major plus point if you want to learn about computer science technology. The training period is 2 months for computer science guys(i.e only generic training), for stream specific training another 2 months are there, but it is about a year long for those going to Finacle Projects. Its a different matter very little of that is going to be actually used for example ‘Open Systems’ is one stream which has very little relevance in the kind of projects Infosys has. Infy has mostly migration, maintenance and testing kind of projects ( see link for more). Mainframe is old technology but still in use, so cant comment on how useful it is. Enterprise Solutions has training on various modules from different vendors (SAP, Oracle). It gives more of functional knowledge. This is really important thing to appreciate in a services company like Infy more than technical skills, it is functional knowledge that matters. And that is why i write the training is not really that useful. I would appreciate it more if they give free internet access to employees so that they can google out solutions to technical problems. Work Environment: Work environment depends a lot on individual projects and project managers. Speaking of inter department communication, I will give you an example once I had to get a software installed on my computer by CCD (Computer Maintenance Department), the way the department people responded to me was very much similar to what you can expect from a government office in Bihar. Even communication between IBUs(Independent Business Units) and DC (Development Centers) is in a sorry state of affair. I was transferred from Bhubaneswar DC to Pune DC but after reaching Pune DC I was told, “We didn’t know you were coming, We don’t want you!!”. Brand Value/Respect:One of the most renowned brands in India, especially because of performance in stock market. If you meet a person who does not belong to IT industry he would think you are working for the top most IT company. Work Life Balance: Again depends a lot on the project you are in, but given the initiative which was started by NRN when I was in Infy “On Time Initiative ”, wherein the time when an employee was coming and leaving was noted and the average time was calculated for the whole organization, I would say the top management does believe in maintaining a balance. HR also plays a active role in celebrating employee week and other events, but again at times project deadlines dont allow employees to be a part of all the fun. Job Security: If Job Security is the question, Infosys would get 200 out of 100, this was probably the only company which didn’t shed employees during the 2000 US economy slowdown. Unless you are doing something unethical you don’t stand a chance of being thrown out, and off course if your performance is not very poor. Founders of company: Founders Narayan Murthy and Nandan Nilekani are among the most well-known business leaders of the company. Other founders if not that popular are still playing in crores. I believe its because of the founders that Infosys has a transparent nature when it comes to appraisals and salary hikes, but i doubt how much the middle management values these ethics. Co-workers competence: I wouldn’t rate Infy high on this some employees are rather poor and what they have is working knowledge of English and Zero technical skills. Bond:Infosys signs fresh engineers for a year long bond. Facilities: Facilities are excellent, there are facilties for gym, sports and other activities but these resources are strained because they are inadequate in proportion to the number of employees, but one thing which deserves mention is Infosys toilets which are better than most 5-star hotels can boast off.
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SALARY TOO LOW, Friday, 19 October 2007 Written by Ramesh - View all my reviews - Top 10 Reviewer
Me and My important observations about this "Company" My Tech/Functional Expertise:
IT-ERP/CRM/SCM
My Total Experience (In Years):
2 to 5
Fresher Salary (CTC in Lakhs per annum): 2.70 Best & Worst thing about this company: Low salary My Recommendation:
50-50 "It depends on you"
I have worked/been working with this company:
Yes
Comments: Brand value, Career growth and onsite opportunities? GOOD BRAND VALUE, CAREER GROWTH IS SLOWING DOWN, TOO SLOW AS YOU GROWABOVE PROJECT MANAGER, ONSITE IS HUGE How is work environment and how efficient is the communication b/wteams or department? VERY GOOD WORK ENV. AND GOOD COMMUNICATION Work pressure/Work – life balance. DECENT, BETTER THEN WIPRO Satisfaction with salary and quality of work. SALARY TOO LOW, QUALITY OF WORK IS LOW What type of work they do: Product development, Services etc. Or if mix of these then what at percent? MAINTENANCE Job security.GOOD, EVEN IN TECH MELT DOWN, NONE WAS FIRED Do you recommend your company to others? Yes or No and Why? FOR AVG. COLLEGE JUNTA YES,IF YOU ARE A IIT / NIT GRAD NO Vital Statistics:Fresher salary, Total No of employees, Indiaheadcount, Normal %age salary hikes or any bonuses MY DATA IS TOO OBSOLETE
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Cordy is a Product developemnt company and is a leader in the workflow systems. Any day Cordys is better than infosys. 14. INFOSYS or CORDYS By raj I got placed in Infosys. My doj is Feb 22-2010.Recently I got placed in another company named 'Cordys' located at coimbatore. Both offers the same package.Heard Cordys mainly focusses on development, but having lack of brand name.I asked many in industry, but none of them know about it.Im being in a state of confusion to opt b/n the two.Please help by providing your suggestions. 13. no help on M.Tech By
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No Infy does not provide any help on M.Tech, i dont think any company will ever. 12. MTech after joining Infosys By
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Hi, I have been selected for Infosys and I have got a joining date on Oct 26 2009. I also want to do MTech by attending GATE next year on Feb 8 and go to some NIT or IIT. Please tell me what options do Infosys provides for those who want to pursue higher education. Please reply at the earliest. I am waiting for your reply. Mallikarjun. 11. Dillemma By Irfan Hussain Hey guys, I'm currently working for a pest control mnc called rentokil. I've been doing well and i'm quiet happy with the company. I've even earned quite a good recognistion amongst my collegues. Lately i've recieved the appointment letter of infy, for a placement interview that i attended in my college. Can anyone please suggetest as to wether should i take up this offer...? Because the salary seems to be promising. And my parents are also pushing me towards this. That's the whole cause of the dilemma. Please haaaalllppp!! 10. Infy!!! the word is out now... By Vishal If u r ambitous...4get Infosys!! Ask any Infoscion..especially SE...he is either preparing 4 CAT or thinking to switch  The higher officials will ofcourse contradict...coz they have a reputation of company to maintain... But take my words...I was suffocated there for two years, Its only about beautiful buildings and umbrellas...salary sucks big time and so do office politics... The work-ex also is of not much significance..coz it is hiring any1 and ever1. Its a waste of life there...and if sm1 asks about salary...then its an embarassment. I am repeating again...think 100 times b4 joining! coz INFY SUCKS... 9. Infy? By Sneo Sreya if you technically not very strong, Infy is a good company to go, services company dont have much of technical work (75% to be optimistic) If you are a good communicator you will do well in Infosys. 8. PLz help By Sreya Raghavan Hi all!Infy is coming to my college on 25th june.But I am pretty confused whether to take up the test.My concerns are as follows: 1.From what my seniors say,they chuck ppl out in training itself.Is that true. I am worried because I am not technically very strong. 2.I heard there is no growth in infy. 3.In my college there is no multiple placements.Suppose I get placed in Infy,I cant attend other companies. So I am confused whether to attend Infy or not based on these myths. Also the other companies which are coming are Wipro,L&T,Virtusa.So based on all thses please help me! please clarify my doubts as soon as possible. 7. well trimmed lawns and flowers By Anon About the salary issue, I bet the problem is very real. Low wages, nice toilets, well trimmed lawns and flowers, nice DCs but that's just eye-candy. Would you believe they still use decades-old software like GraphTalk(god knows what the shit this is), VB2, VB3 and VB4. What a waste of time and effort... Think about your future twice since you may be posted anywhere in any dept, any project not worth a penny  6. job got defferred By srinivas hi all, i got an offer from campus in Infosys for joining in 2008.. Now I hv got a letter today stating my job has been deferred till October 2008..I m absolutely clueless what to do.. the job market also doesnt seem to be too good for applying for another job. any suggestions would be of great help.. 5. onMobile is not infosys product dude By Anonymous  its a product from people who went out of infosys to start their own!! if u will count that ways..then infosys will b a company with many products under its belt!! and dude get some life..and try to accept the facts..Infosys sucks..it didnt earlier..but it does very much now..no point misguiding people!! 4. Good one.. By Anonymous Good one.. I am also an Infoscion for the past 3 years ad still being one. Trying to get out as soon as possible. The politics and kind of Work I am doing.. is almost shit. 3. Hi By Vamsi  Hey this looks like bible on infy...i came to know few things which i didn't know thanks2. By Ramakrishnan Just wanted to contradict certain points becuase this article is quite loud and also clear at some level. I am not sure who is the author of this review and definately not an authentic one. May be someone of the outsider who can write this! 1. MUST be on bench for six months - This is very specific statement and absolutely not practical for a giant like Infosys. At any time, the company maintains a fixed ratio on bench and with strict norms enforced, no more than X days can someone be blocked/benched beyond that time. Other options like transfer to other Business Units/DCs are thought of. 2. Quality of work - It depends in which Business Unit you are put into. The kind of work will always vary in any organisation through any level. But drawing the line on Quality in one statement is highly unfair. There are different kind of projects which are under operation and I wonder if the author ever got the chance to even hear about them. 3. Career Growth - Compared to competetitors in services industry, Infosys is definately best place for growth (FEW Exception cases ALWAYS exists) 4. Unplanned work - Infosys way ahead of its competitors in terms of processes and earned many awards for its process-oriented organization wide system of work 5. Onsite Oppurtunity - Show me any other IT Services where you can move out really fast in a month or two? Having said that, shiney people do take off onsite chances in 8-9 months! 6. Work - Life balance - This is how the industry operates and occasional working on weekend do exists in some projects which are highlighted CRITICAL. But I would say 90% people do not work on weekends. And on other weekdays if you cant plan other work maybe because of the traffic situation prevailing in the city. People start from home at 6am to reach at 8:30am and again to start at 5pm to reach at 7:30pm 7. Satisfaction with SALARY - If you really need money then start your own business. What I feel is living your dreams is what pays you off. 8. Products - Infosys is NOT a product company but just to enlighten the author: Infosys has spun off few more products 1. OnMobile - through which 60-70% mobile phone value-added contents are provided to telecom operators2. Yantra.com - which is now aquired by AT&T Bell Labs Sterling Commerce.3.And Fincale 9. False publicity of ethics and values - I dont which incident has left you with a bitter taste but overall on the comparison scale weighing other organization - Infosys ethics are far far far more transparent. You can question any higher level if something is bothering you. And work ethics you need to be here to understand that and then be somehere else to realise the difference. 1. By Jogesh For a change some nice posts about Infosys! Read about Abhinav Viswambharans experience at Infy here: link A small excerpt Our project is 3 years old, we have 32 people in our team out of which 13 people are at onsite now,i.e. at various US locations of our client - a US telecom service provider. We maintain the billing software of our client. In fact every day we connect to our clients network at US through VPN-Virtual Private Network. One unique thing is that Infy works for its client almost 24hours a day, 5 days a week. Thats because when its 9am here, its 930pm at onsite, so when we enter office our Onsite friends leave, and when we move out at night, they start working. So, Indian IT companies have a big advantage on that front. Sounds cool na.. All seniors in our project are very cool, we are not supposed to call anyone Sir or Madam at Infy, its against the company culture. Work wise life is not very hectic. I just do some scripting in Unix & run some PL/SQL queries, thats it. Not much work, as of now, dont know about the future. Regarding Infy Bangalore campus, its just awesome. 48 buildings, with over 19 thousand people working at one single campus, and as of now its the single largest IT campus in the entire world, in terms the number of people working out of it. Another link about Infy The buildings rocks. Weve all the facilities over here. Supermarket, ATM, Salon, Hospital, Multiplex, Food Courts, Book Shop, Laundry and many more. And the recreation section is awesome. Tennis, Badminton, Football, Cricket (Venkitesh Prasad was here two days back), Volleyball, Basketball, Bowling, Table Tennis, Billiards, Snooker, Swimming Pool, Carroms and many more. I havent finished visiting all the places. The only probs is that Well not be getting enough time to enjoy all these once core training is started. Add your comment
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They ethics turned out to be a big show. You are not safe even you perform well.
Many local hires and new recruitment
has been fired for economic reasons despite they performed well, In U.S. and in Europe. Just salaries are good.
They do everything to keep it secret.
In Addition, they have ordered a salaray cut of 30% from one day from another. Some needed to give up their
appartements and cancelled their flights back to their families.
You need for everything negotiation power, e.g. getting timely reimbursement of travel costs