Indian IT employees are treated as Second class citizens - Lead Software Engineer Sberbank Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2025
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Pros

The people you work with on a daily basis (PO, BA, SA, Devs, QAs), they are good both Russians and Indians. I would have said pay if below points were false, 1. Salary structure is bad. 2. The Bonus that they brag about depends on the no of leaves you are taking from your own earned leaves. 3. No body exactly knows how bonus is calculated

Cons

0. All the 5 star ratings you see here are from before Jun 2025, If you really wanna know about the current state of the org read recent reviews only! 1. No employee friendly policies. 2. They have built an office very basic, few benches and chairs thats all there is, no windows, no cafeteria nothing, YET they brag about building a "state of the art" facility. Its an IT development centre and there are no monitors (hope this gives an idea). 3. They have fixated a particular time when you should come and leave, like a school (Some of us even joked about introducing prayers at 10:30AM) 4. No one here takes leaves as you will receive less bonus. where as our Russian counter parts go on weeks long vacations every 6months. Which means no one cares about your wellbeing here. 5. Imagine working in an 183 years old org and you can't ask for better laptop, headphone, monitors or any such things, no one cares about your productivity too. 6. All the Indian management cares about is pleasing Russian management, apparently they are only pleased when the office is full lately. This Organisation is all about show if something is to be captured and sent to Russia, they spend freely. We are direct employees too, but they make you feel like you are here as a contractor. If you can join Sber Bank in Russia, may be its the best there. But do not join in INDIA. At present every (PO, BA, SA, Devs, QAs) in India is unhappy with the management.

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