No work life balance - Never ever say "ok" for a 24/7 Project here - Senior Linux Administrator HCLTech Employee Review

2.0
Jan 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job is secured Average to high learning opportunities - recently company opens up learning portal which is great and open to all and many latest technologies Salary will be credited on time or well before the month ends

Cons

- No to very less Hike - 4% to 5% - No Shift allowance - Oncall allowance is given as per policy but middle level managers Hide it from the employees or it is forbidden - In a 24/7 project mid level manager see the employees as Machines, after completing a week's night shift 9.30PM to 7AM IST ( monday to friday), an employee will be asked to come in Early morning shift 6:AM to 4PM IST, one could calculate the intermediate hours between the shift Changes , when asked they will tell you had 2 days week off which they themselves know that its is NOT; only machines can work like that - Most brutal part is the Rating and recognition system - talk to an employee before joining.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

good environment with good training

Cons

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2.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a job that pays you money

Cons

Where do I even begin.... HCl is a company that will overwork and underpay you and never give you a raise. I was lucky to get a very competitive wage when I started that I felt like I deserved and I fought for that. However even that process they bait and switched 3 times offering higher amounts over the phone and then going back on their word and offering less and less each time until they finally sent me an offer letter. The entire company is inept at communication at any and all levels. You will never get a raise and any time you have any kind of issue or need management/HR to do anything for you results in being ignored. Additionally they will add and add to your roles and responsibilities and ask for the impossible and unreasonable. They get contracts by underbidding other MSP's and then hiring as few people on site as possible and refer the rest of the work to overseas workers that will never do any work and always kick responsibility back to you. If you ever get lucky and they are forced to actually do their job they show that they clearly have no idea what they are doing or talking about. All around a terrible company to work for. If your job role is getting outsourced to HCL, fight for a good salary up front because they will never give you a raise and try to look for another place to work as soon as you can.

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