Infosys reviews

Unclear and outrageous expectations. Unapproachable management. Unorganized and unprofessional.

Racist: They strongly favor Indians and people of Indian heritage; zero support for non-Indians to learn and train Misogynistic: They prioritize men over women Hypocritical: They bombard employees with emails about how they value diversity, but they don't (see above: racist). They bombard employees with emails saying they care about employee physical and mental health, yet not only is the healthcare seriously lacking, when someone is laid off - even just for "being on bench too long" (of course this varies greatly, Indians are allowed a much longer time on bench than others; men longer than women, etc.) as opposed to being unable to perform their job or illegal activity - they cut off health insurance on the same day they lay the person off (any decent company allows the employee to keep health insurance for a few weeks so they can find something else). They only pay unused PTO if it is "required by law in that state" but also don't push off the final day to allow it to be used - how is this caring about someone's health if they deny them time off that they earned? They claim to give "2 weeks severance", but don't mention that this includes all days during the current 2-week pay period that have already been worked. They send constant emails about "work-life balance", but don't pay enough to live off of. They give conflicting information as to whether an employee can have another job. The "workplace ethics" training says it's fine as long as there's no conflict of interest, yet the quiz afterwards, which allows an employee to fill in the form saying their other job has no conflict of interest instead says "nope, you can't work a 2nd job". So which is it? Furthermore, all of the trainings are online (watching powerpoints and videos), but if you are unable to learn this way there is no other support (I learn mainly from on-the-job training). How does this value diversity as they claim if everyone must be able to learn the same way? Also, the online "training application" is filled with thousands of "trainings" on any one topic - many of them only 5-minute videos. It is difficult (nearly impossible in many cases) to filter which trainings will be useful. Other than the HR-required trainings (e.g. "workplace harassment"), I never had a manager assign anything to me, or even offer me advice on which trainings to follow. In nearly 6 years, I had one performance review - just a couple of months before I was laid off for being on bench too long. These are supposed to be every 6 months. Managers constantly copy-pasted the same goals for everyone and didn't notice when they weren't applicable. I was given the same code-related goal for 3+ years, even though I never touched code throughout my entire employment! Never did any manager actually read the goals I wrote for myself (in 6 years, I had no less than 8 direct managers). From the first day, I said I wanted progression in the company (I have leadership experience and education), but never was this discussed with me. For the last 2 years, my goals were things like "my goal is to have a manager talk to me", and my responses to their goals were things like "this isn't relevant, why is this here?" - but they didn't notice, even though it is their job to set up meetings for the bi-annual performance reviews. I filed 3 complaints with HR. The first two were ignored. Well, the second (after 4 years there) my manager talked into staying with the client. I asked the manager why they wanted me to stay. All he could come up with was "There haven't been any complaints against you; not from Infosys or the Client". The third was apparently noticed - but it just happened to be after I was dismissed from a client ($ reasons, the client loved me) - and I transferred to a different group, so the DM wasn't in my chain of command anymore. Finally, I was listened to and moved into a field that I wanted to work in. But while I had education and relevant, but not direct experience, they gave me no training. Furthermore, they actually told me to lie on my profile in order to be able to obtain a position with a client. I was given no mentor and I was not sure which manager I was to report to (or who to ask for this information!). Obviously I struggled. The project was doomed from before Infosys joined that project, but I feel like the client canceling the project was blamed on me - the development team's manager/client accountant was constantly telling me how important it was for this project to not fail. I was not given a raise, even though this new position should have come with a significant raise. I was ignored when I asked for one - even though I pointed out that I was not earning enough to even pay for my commute to the client (which I had to put on my credit cards)! When on bench, I was given an internal website to use to find positions to apply for. In 6 weeks, maybe 1 or 2 were relevant. I was told that "we are looking for you" and also "but you can't relocate which makes things very difficult" -- but someone also looking for the same type of work who lives in the next town from me and also unable to relocate was constantly mentioning in the "bench meetings" all of the jobs she was applying to an interviewing for (in the area!). Where did they get these leads? I never found out. I'm sure they held my previous complaints against management against me, and wanted me out as soon as they were contractually able to let me go - as between these managers also ignoring me and me being set up to fail at the last client I was with - they (probably, correctly) suspected I was about to file another legitimate complaint with HR. As for their technical skills? They make mistake after mistake after mistake when coding. I saw literally hundreds of bugs created simply because the user stories were incomprehensible to the point that there were multiple ways to interpret them. They can't find people to work with business partners to ensure the developers understand what is expected. I was working UAT once and I pointed out that the way something was being developed couldn't possibly be what the client wanted. The supervisor agreed, but said "We will leave it like that. We will change it if the Client notices. But hopefully they won't notice, because Infosys will earn more money if it is a Change Request" !!! The Infosys intranet is full of bugs, is clunky, and difficult to use. They really should make a copy of it, remove any sensitive information, and show that to potential clients. The company would go bankrupt very quickly. I think the only reason clients stay with them is because clients (at least the large ones) prefer to have multiple IT companies working for them, so when one company can't do a project, they can move it to the other one.