Senior Software Test Engineer Salary in Kottayam

Likes

Hybrid and flexible working hours. Work-life balance. Weekly snacks and events. Good culture - addressing everyone by their first name (flat culture), business casual dress code allowed, good for experienced individuals, bad for inexperienced freshers. Monthly 8 days work from office (not mandatory to complete 2 days per week, could be completed consecutively in a row). Excellent admin team to resolve technical issues.

Dislikes

...ood. Many and frequent layoffs happen every now and then. Hire and fire culture. Poor promotions and salary hike (0-3% of base saalry). For me, no hike happened for one entire year even after giving my 100%. 😭 No formal recognition or certificate of appreciation even after working on a project for 2 years. Toxic manager with zero skills and understanding of the project. Hiring, appraising, conferring certificates, providing formal recognition, providing hikes to undeserving managers/team leads/employees. Management is THE WORST and is almost completely responsible for all these negative feedback. Skills development is limited. Only a few projects and worth working on. (Craneware, DaVita, etc). Monthly calendar enrollment for upskilling and training requires manager's approval and most managers don't approve, not because they don't want to but because of the limited time period before the deadline to approve it. Also, some managers don't approve it because they either don't receive the email to approve or they get hundreds of emails per day so they miss those approval emails. This hinders upskilling of the employee working under that lazy manager. 😢 Immediate actions to be taken by the management: 1. Reject hire and fire policy. 2. Reject false promises. 3. Keep managers and team leads in check as they exercise their authority over their juniors. Rather than doing their own work, they ask juniors to complete their part of work on their behalf. 4. Improve salary hike or else expect voluntary resignations just how it is happening right now. 5. Forget about undeserving employees who just waste company resources; but those who really merit hikes/appraisals should receive decent salary hikes. (Not peanuts such as 1-3% hike, come on! It's a billion dollar company - unicorn. Please have some self-respect.) 6. Some managers misuse 1-on-1 to include TLs in the same appraisal meeting, thereby making it a non-transparent (2-on-1) and biased process. Such managers must be fired instead of deserving employees.

Likes

1. Innovation and Cutting-Edge Technology: Amdocs is known for its focus on innovation, offering employees opportunities to work on advanced technologies in telecommunications, software development, and customer experience management. 2. Learning Opportunities: The company encourages skill development through training programs, certifications, and exposure to challenging projects. 3. Global Presence: Amdocs operates in many countries, providing employees the chance to work in a global environment and collaborate with diverse teams. 4. Career Growth: With a well-structured career path, Amdocs supports internal mobility and growth within the organization. 5. Work Culture: Employees often praise Amdocs for its inclusive and collaborative work environment that values teamwork and innovation. 6. Employee Benefits: Competitive salaries, bonuses, health insurance, and other perks contribute to a satisfying work experience. 7. Impactful Work: Amdocs delivers solutions that impact millions of end-users worldwide, making employees feel their work has a meaningful contribution.

Dislikes

...e rigid structures depending on the nature of the work or client commitments. 5. Compensation and Benefits (Role-Specific): Some employees feel that compensation or growth opportunities could be more competitive for certain roles or locations. 6. Frequent Changes: As with any technology company, frequent changes in projects, teams, or strategies might make it hard for some employees to adapt quickly.

Likes

Cognizant was started providing internet reimbursement for most of the employess. Loads of tech-stack projects available, best place to get an onsite opportunity.

Dislikes

Never give promotion based on performance atleast for M Level. Variable pay is worst.

Likes

Depends upon project and business unit. For me , here in DataCycle360 and Wealth360, work is excellent means, you will get more and more work if you are able to do quickly so, learning opportunity is excellent, technologies is also decent as per industry, but if i think independently and don't compare with other company then carriers growth (salary) in terms of appraisal is not good.

Dislikes

Appraisal, salary growth within CGI, Hybrid mode of working, WFO, In terms of quality and quantities work delivered - More work is there based on current 9LPA CTC of promoted SSE atleast for me, by comparing with external hired SSE which takes 19LPA. So, Switching to other company is good rather than getting Promoted within CGI.

Likes

...oper guidance from the beginning, helping employees set clear goals and grow in their roles The company is always on the cutting edge of industry trends, and employees are encouraged to bring fresh ideas to the table

Dislikes

Beyond just a generous vacation policy, the company also offers wellness programs that promote both physical and mental health, leading to a happier, less stressed workforce