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Senior Software Engineer in
Kochi
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 26 Sep 2024
Likes
1. Cutting-edge technology: Air India D&T is well-equipped with the latest technologies.
2. Employee leisure travel: Employees benefit from leisure travel opportunities.
3. Good family insurance: The company offers solid insurance coverage for families.
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Dislikes
1. HR issues:
Disorganized HR processes.
Significant salary discrepancies.
Inconsistent role and designation structures.
HR is described as unapproachable and rude.
2. Leadership dynamics:
Employees are instructed to address the Chief Digital and Technology Officer (Dr. Satya) as "Doctor Satya."
Work from home is rarely granted, even for emergencies, requiring employees to "beg."
3. Workplace culture:
Many senior members are from TCS, and there is a push to implement TCS's working culture despite being an airline product company.
4. Unstructured product development:
Development is often driven by Dr. Satya’s verbal requirements, without clear product roadmaps.
No designated product owners for specific departments.
Focus on meeting deadlines for Dr. Satya's demos.
5. Team hierarchy issues:
Team structure is skewed, with team members sometimes holding a higher grade than team leads.
This creates parity issues.
6. Leadership-driven decisions:
Suggestions are sometimes disregarded in favor of Dr. Satya's preferred approach.
Last-minute changes due to reviews by Dr. Satya increase pressure on the team.
7. Lack of professional IT processes:
There is a perceived lack of professionalism and structured IT processes.
8. HR expertise concerns:
The Kochi HR manager's background as an ex-cabin crew member is noted, suggesting a lack of HR expertise.
9. Recruitment issues:
Recruitment appears to favor connections (e.g., TCS friends) over relevant skill sets....Read More
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Engineer in
Chennai
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
5.0
posted on 05 Jan 2024
Overall Rating
Software Engineer in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Software Development Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
5.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 30 Apr 2019
Likes
Work-Life balancing
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
career growth
Work Details
Exciting
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Developer in
Mumbai
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
2.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 06 Sep 2018
Likes
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Air India is company which provide me just an intereship overall.
Salary - Poor
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor
Work Details
Working with air India is quite good .
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
Software Engineer in
Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 24 Sep 2018
Likes
Good
Dislikes
Training
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Saturday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
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Senior Engineer in
Kochi
Full Time
·
IT Infrastructure Services Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 21 Feb 2025
Likes
Good Salary and Perks: If you have the right connections with top management ( family members, relatives, friends etc), you're rewarded with a great salary, impressive designations and hefty hikes even though you lack skills or domain knowledge.
Dislikes
1. HR Issues
- Inexperienced Leadership: The Kochin HR manager, an ex-cabin crew member, underscores the lack of professional HR expertise. Do not expect any meaningful response or solutions to your concerns
- Disorganized Processes: Approaching HR with concerns only results in them echoing "We're facing the same issues". Expect no resolutions
- Gossip & Lack of Confidentiality: 1 to 1 HR meetings soon become the hottest gossip around the office
- Salary Discrepancies & Inconsistences: There are significant disparities in pay and roles, with designations arbitrarily assigned.
- Unapproachable and Rude" The HR team is not only unhelpful but also downright rude
2. Leadership dynamics:
- Mandatory Flattery: Employees are forced to address the Chief Digital and Technology officer as " Doctor Satya", reinforcing a cult-like reverence
- Rigid Work From Home Policy- WFH is a luxury rarely granted even during emergencies, leaving employees to practically "beg" for any flexibility
3. Work Culture:
-TCS Clone Syndrome: The company seems hell-bent to replicating TCS's work culture. Senior management predominantly hails from TCS, fostering an environment steeped in outdated practices and political manoeuvring. You can see this the most in the Kochi office with real backstabbing actions from the head and sides.
4. Unstructured Product Development:
-Ad-Hoc Requirements: Product development is driven by Satya's (I forgot to add Dr) verbal directives with no clear roadmaps or designated product owners.
-Deadline Madness: The focus is solely on meeting last-minute deadlines for high-stakes demos, creating a pressure cooker environment
- Backstabbing Politics: The upper echelons, a close-knit subset of TCS alumini, thrive on internal politics. Criticize anyone or challenge the recruitment process and you'll find yourself on the receiving end of betrayal/
5. Team Hierarchy Issues:
- Skewed grading: It's not uncommon to see team members outranking their leads, sometimes even with 10+ years of experience and skill set being undervalued compared to freshers or favouritism recruits.
- Nepotistic Promotions: Only those with the right connections can secure a position just beneath the head, regardless of merit
6. Recruitment Issues:
- Favouritism over merits: Hiring decisions favour personal connections (notably TCS friends) over actual skill sets. It's common for recruits with minimal experience or competency to be paid more than industrial standards while deserving candidates are left aside...Read More
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Manager in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Full Time
·
Marketing Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 04 Feb 2025
Likes
Depending on the role you're in, however, it's still sorted from a work life balance pov.
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Favoritism is very high & if you don't belong to inner circle you will never be promoted
Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Staff Engineer in
Kochi
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 03 Feb 2025
Likes
Latest Technologies
New office
Free travel for immediate relatives and self
Job security
Good people to work with
Good leaders
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Work was very tough until recently, Lots of late nights and weekends, but things have stabilised
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City, International Travel.
Associate Manager Finance in
Kolkata
Full Time
·
Accounting & Taxation Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 02 Feb 2025
Likes
They are completely digitally focussed, implementing best & world class softwares application across all functions to cater to all queries of stakeholders in real time with latest data.
Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
They have faith on new generation who are highly qualified & tech pro with little experience BUT don't respect senior staff with vast experience who are average qualified. They have got transferred our working knowledge to new staff & showed us exit door in the name of vol. Retirement.
Senior Manager in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Full Time
·
Commercial Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 28 Jan 2025
Likes
Travel Perks with free travel subject to seat availability.
Work-life balance (but at the cost of poor Career development).
Brand Name
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
HR support and initiative is equivalent to zero.
Career de-growth is guaranteed.
Company Culture is toxic at best with politics all around.
Male dominated teams and derogatory culture for females even at day to day level.
Tata Code of Conduct is for namesake. Does not apply to Air India at all.
Inexperienced leadership with no background of handling large teams, doing poor job and playing with people’s career....Read More
Salary - Poor
Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Associate Manager in
Mumbai
Full Time
·
Operations Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
5.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 12 Jan 2025
Likes
"I had the opportunity to work on various projects and initiatives, gaining valuable experience and insights that have stayed with me. Working with Air India gave me a sense of pride and prestige, being part of a legacy that connects India to the world.”
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Dislikes
Wish more opportunities were offered when Mumbai office was shut down. Wish more empathy was shown.
Job security - Poor
Cabin Crew Executive in
New Delhi
Full Time
·
Operations Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 09 Jan 2025
Likes
1. Salary is paid on time.
2. If you know someone in the top level, then you will be recruited without interview or promoted without much issue.
3. If you are from spicejet or ex-Jet Airways you will get job easily.
Dislikes
1.One of the worst work cultures.
2.Demotivating work environment.
3. Only friends of seniors are recruited or promoted.
4. TATA CODE OF CONDUCT is name sake. Big words to say, doesn't work in the organisation.
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Assistant Officer HR in
Kolkata
Full Time
·
HR Operations Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 29 Dec 2024
Likes
It used to be really nice. It's technologically excellent. Work-life balance is good. training and development is good.
Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
The management is not kind towards the legacy employees with regards to the job security. Infact they want to get rid of the legacy employees as early as possible. They treat the fresh recruits and the legacy employees differently.
5 days in office policy.
Poor work culture in many teams.
Too much politicking happening between the Gurgaon / Kochi teams.
Incompetent upper management when it comes to employee morale.
Beyond useless HR.
No proper roadmaps for product development, way too many things are driven based on the day to day whim of the CTO.
Promotions - Poor
Company culture - Poor
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Assistant Manager in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Full Time
·
Treasury Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 04 Dec 2024
Likes
Work life balance will be good working with AI but that also totally depend on the department and the supervisor ur reporting.
Job security - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
No growth..low appraisal comparatively other industries in market.
Air India is rated 1.0 out of 5, based on 1 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox.
Air India is known for Job security which is rated at the top and given a rating of 5.0. However, Work satisfaction is rated the lowest at 1.0 and can be improved. To know first hand how it is like to work at Air India read detailed reviews based on various job profiles, departments and locations in the reviews section.
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According to AmbitionBox ratings, Air India employees rate its salary and benefits as 5.0 out of 5. You can know more about Air India Salaries at AmbitionBox
How is the work culture at Air India?
Work culture is rated 3.0 at Air India by 1 employees. While job security is rated 5.0 and work-life balance is rated 3.0 at Air India. Read detailed reviews by employees of Air India on AmbitionBox.