Pros
Used to have a good Campus recruiting and training team, not sure how it is now. Plenty of opportunities for regular Java, C++ and .NET developers, Database admins, Testers. (Any other rare technology, stay away - they will either unassign you once the project is done or force you to learn a technology of their choice) Decent job security for those who are in constant fear of losing their jobs due to poor rating. (Maybe try working harder for a change?) Good for Managers and employees with no drive or passion who can sit around in office till late evening, pretending to work hard. And for employees who have stayed for 10 -15 or more years with HCL and are in a cushy position just doing mundane admin work, just in a higher position Good Employee Engagement Team that comes up with periodic events and activities Team Lunch/Outing
Cons
Poor management, no innovation and no vision. Very profit-driven. Expect a lot from employees without proper investment in tools and infrastructure. Management actually forces people to write patents for them so that HCL can own the patents in return for a small compensation for employee. A senior - level manager actually threatened to not give good annual review ratings for deserving employees if they did not file patents. Never delivers on promises to employees and had a philosophy it never followed - Employee First, ridiculous. Managers pester for "Status" of tasks and do not really pay any attention to delays due to challenges encountered Every simple task takes too much time to be implemented, whether its assigning a machine to a new employee or getting a simple travel request approved - too many chains and branches of approval required. (And they actually think they can compete with extremely agile startups). Too many "Policies" that are detrimental to the company's growth and are of no use to anyone. They change their Annual Review process every 2 years to something "new" but its nothing more than the same thing repackaged to show a sense of progress, it only makes things more complicated for the employee. They shove surveys down your throat and force you to take them simply for internal promotion among management..