Pros
The non-leadership people ("worker-bees") hired in Austin are good, skilled people. I enjoyed working with them and enjoyed having them work for me. There are a few good leaders, but they keep their head down in fear of losing their employment.
Cons
Capgemini in Austin, baits people with higher than average salaries and misleads about the positions being filled. They then demand that employees meet impossible, contractual, deliverables. This requires working 80 hours a week on a regular basis. Because most employees are exempt salaried employees, there are virtually no labor laws to protect them from being overworked. The leadership uses fear and demoralization as motivational tools, verbally "whipping" people that miss due dates. The stress level of the Austin office is off the charts. 3 people have been sent to the hospital in the past year, due to the stress and unrelenting pressure. As if the commute was not bad enough (the office is in downtown Austin), the office conditions are dismal. Everyone gets a 3x5 table to work from. No privacy and no personalization. Feels very much like a sweatshop. The leadership team are clock watchers and there is no work-life balance. Any manager that tries to address the conditions for their employees, gets shunned and shot down quickly by senior staff, being labeled as a "weak manager".
