No direct experience but I heard they are one of nastier of Indian body shops. Projects are full of the most appalling fail and 'just do it'. Line management are utterly clueless enforcers with bad attitudes. But then that does seem to be the go with these companies.
Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka Resigns
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#32I have a technical interview with this company next week. Anyone want to fill me in on the good the bad and the ugly of being a programmer at a company like Infosys?
You will be working with some of the dumbest people on Earth and most of your clients will hate you. You might think I'm exaggerating...
Very true.
Key point is "some"
I have seen exceptionally brilliant people and people even dumber than rocks.
Taking my own example, I was interviewed for IBM, fresh out of college.
Qualifications for getting up-to the interview part : >5.9 CGPA, a bachelor's degree in any stream (Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Aero, Computer Science, etc.)
Selection process :
1. Written test that is mostly aptitude questions, toughness of questions well below that of GMAT. So if you can manage to score a 400+ in GMAT, this test would be a cake walk. A few questions on programming, mostly C.
2. A Technical interview round, comically out of context to the needs of the current job. The interviewer was a guy, no more than 5 years older than me, asking questions about a few math puzzles, a few logic puzzles, etc.
3. An HR interview, mostly checking communication skills I guess. It went like this.
Q : What did you do yesterday? A : Watched Lord of the Rings trilogy at home.
Q : What is the movie about? A : [All my days of binge watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S made my English a bit fluent and, I guess smooth] Explained the whole trilogy, blah, blah, blah.
[ Note, I'm not a native English speaker, and this happened in 2007 ]
End of the interview.
I truly felt that If this is what they are asking everyone, then they are not here for recruitment, but just to fill up some positions with people.
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#33I have a technical interview with this company next week. Anyone want to fill me in on the good the bad and the ugly of being a programmer at a company like Infosys?
You will be working with some of the dumbest people on Earth and most of your clients will hate you. You might think I'm exaggerating...
If they put dumb people to work on your project, either your company don't really care about your project or Infosys don't really value your business.
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#34I have a technical interview with this company next week. Anyone want to fill me in on the good the bad and the ugly of being a programmer at a company like Infosys?
Research the conditions of sweatshops ;-)
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I highly recommend you NOT to join this company as a programmer because you'd have no growth and also, they pay you peanuts and earn millions. They treat you like shit. You'll be just another fish in the sea. The only good thing about joining this company is good work-life balance as there is no much work for you to do.
I think you are painting with a broad brush here rubbishing the entire company. > no growth I've known people grow within Infosys just like any other big company > they pay you peanuts and earn millions Not sure which offices you are referring to - India or US. In India at least, they are at par with peers engaged in the same Services model. > They treat you like shit Subjective. Depending on what you expected and wh…
> Subjective. Depending on what you expected and what you got in return
So if I go into a company expecting to be treated like shit, it's all good then?
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#36A lot of criticism is valid however rather generalized. The talent pool at large-scale, low-cost services industry in India is comprised of people who were mass hired, trained on the job and dug through a single skill set for years. That being said, there are pockets within the organization which do really well. It is worth noting, that it can't be a million dollar business without actually solving a business problem. There was a time, when it did manage to fill a massive gap in western markets and even today builds/maintains large scale systems at lot of western enterprises.
In my opinion, it provides challenging opportunities around how to manage large distributed teams. It is not a place to seek technical growth or high powered teams.
As an outsider, I feel, Vishal Sikka, was attempting to change the culture from within but was clearly facing considerable resistance from promoters/founders. I admire the value system upon with the Infosys was originally founded on; they originally went out of their way for employees, however, over time the focus has shifted and I feel they have failed to keep pace with evolving landscape and business models both.
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#37I have a technical interview with this company next week. Anyone want to fill me in on the good the bad and the ugly of being a programmer at a company like Infosys?
Disclaimer: I know nothing about Infosys, but I've worked in "body shops" before. IT service companies are difficult places to work. Normally you have very little control over what you're going to work on. Where I worked, I came in as a C++ programmer and I was sent out for COBOL jobs. I ended up navigating myself away from the COBOL jobs, but it takes a fair amount of political finesse. In the end, I quit after abou…
You forgot to mention that after kicking you out, they can also sue you for the max amount they can possibly get out of your body.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the love of god just get into any product shop, take eLitmus or AMCAT & leave BigIT. There's every less to learn, high restrictions on taking up choice assignments & so many more reasons. You can read up so many answers from Quora.
I am a US citizen just graduating from a college, I haven't been in big IT yet. I'm just starting out with computer science.
There are many, many better choices than that company
But to each one their own, I guess
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#39A lot of criticism is valid however rather generalized. The talent pool at large-scale, low-cost services industry in India is comprised of people who were mass hired, trained on the job and dug through a single skill set for years. That being said, there are pockets within the organization which do really well. It is worth noting, that it can't be a million dollar business without actually solving a business problem…
> It is worth noting, that it can't be a million dollar business without actually solving a business problem.
Based on my interactions with Infosis, I beg to differ.
As best as I can tell, their business model is basically to convince clients that Infosys should take on IT projects at a fraction of the cost compared to the competition. Whoever gets them through the door gets hailed as a cost saving hero and is soon promoted. Meanwhile the projects that were given to them inevitably fail, and some new executive is sent in to pick up the pieces. At that stage the cycle may repeat with Infosys once again picking up the task of cleaning up its own mess.
They don't solve business problems, they just sell snake oil to organizations that have not yet learned to avoid them.
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#40I have a technical interview with this company next week. Anyone want to fill me in on the good the bad and the ugly of being a programmer at a company like Infosys?
> Being a programmer at a company like Infosys I worked with a person who asked me what PHP was. If you are still not convinced, 1. There is a very small chance that you will be working on what you were promised when hiring. 2. Your interests or background doesn't matter(More true if you are fresh out of college). You know in and out of Java. Doesn't matter, go send emails for rest of your life. 3. I am not saying th…
As some one who has worked at startups, product companies and bluechips, if you are starting your career, then an established firm for a year or so is best. Why? Cause you learn process and quality from experienced ppl who have time. At product firms and startups that is rarely the case. You will learn a lot there but mostly the hard way and the wrong way.