Infosys reviews

- Quite a few changes in top mgmt recently, probably becoz of which new wins have slowed down a lot - Too much focus on maintaining margins by CFO/top mgmt, due to which new wins are instead going to TCS, cognizant - Inflexible policies like 9.25 work hours, certifications, no powers given to managers even for claims reimbursement (any exception needs to be approved by CFO office), no realistic work from home option (when other companies are pursuing this actively) - Variable pay components (there are 3 variable pay components, BTW!) of total salary is too high compared to other comapnies like TCS, cog etc, even for non-mgmt / junior-mgmt. - Variable pay is given in the range of 50% for many quarters by now, which makes take home salary significantly lesser than shown on paper. This is even though profits are increasing. Which is not the case with competitors. - Too much cash reservers which is not being put to good use - Unfriendly top mgmt (as seen in recent town halls meetings after no hike declaration) - No transparency on how variable pay %s are calculated.... so many times was this qn asked to mgmt and its a generic answer everytime that "its depends on how much we exceed the targets"

Stupid HR policies. They believe in employee policing, enforcing impractical rules etc. You never get recognized even with best appraisals. Regionalism is rampant everywhere from onsite to promotion. They prefer to hire laterals from outside rather than promote their own people internally even if outsiders are not competent enough. A lot depends on your equation with manager rather than the actual work performed. Salary is very low compared to similar jobs elsewhere. A software engineer with 4 years Infosys experience after becoming a senior system engineer post iRace can see an IIT fresher get a higher role. Their PR efforts don't justify the ground realities.