COWI "Appraisal" Reviews

Likes

Work life balance

Dislikes

Appraisal not good

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Most of the core values of COWI are good but the one thing that stands out as the best about this company is the work life balance

Dislikes

Inexperienced Head of section(HOS) in Industry and energy department ,who doesn't have the needed O&G technical knowledge nor does he know how to improve the team's or an individual competency. Discriminate employees on a personal level. No job satisfaction. Don't fall for the posted JD before joining here. Most of the jobs or task h ere are of low level drafting. Stay away if you are expecting some Detail engineering jobs here or have ambition to grow professionally in O&G domain. You may have to work in other departments jobs also like civil,tunnels etc. Infact you might have to get involve in Civil 3D projects here for which they would always need 2 persons to work on.These projects are mostly Drafting jobs for GIS projects which are being push into I&E department from Denmark and if you dare to express your dissatisfaction regarding this to your HOS,he would tell you this is a pipeline project and every big Oil and gas companies like flour etc does this and finally you have to agree with disagreement even though it's clearly a GIS and civil work. <mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;"> Increment or appraisal are OK upto some extent</mark>. Not that bad nor too good. Lesser scope of getting technical or relevant training. Instead of improving ones technical skills, as discussed in one to one PDP meetings, the HOS will mostly emphasize on softskill training like excel, how to Work from home efficiently etc. Industry and energy department is one of the worst department for skill and career development because of these kind of baised decision making processes by the HOS as he Discriminate employees on a personal level rather than on a professional one. Lastly, I believe that if not all but most of the management persons in gurgaon office are very good politician as they gave WFH for first 4-5 months starting from March with some very questionable guidelines of their own and afterwards very cunningly forced everyone to work from office from the month of August (year 2020 and 2021) during this pandemic....Read More

Work Details

This is the one thing that is excellent here.

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

I have good teammates, well training has given. Other things salary and learning also good.

Dislikes

Growth is slow. Work pressure is very high. Somedays 14-16 hrs or continous night stay also there. Lot of politics is there.bacause of this appraisals and name also spoiled. Work life balance is not there.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Likes

The company is open to innovation and readily adopts the latest technology. I love the fact that I am a part of a team that markets reliable, high-quality products and has a global client base. As a result, I get to travel abroad, especially to the US and Canada. But on-site travel is completely dependent on your project and client’s location. Mine is a US-based client and they have some offices in Toronto, hence I got a B1 visa quickly. Another plus point is that my colleagues come from various cultural backgrounds, and we work happily in collaboration. I also like the employee re-hire policy here....Read More

Dislikes

Compensation is decent, but growth is slow. The work pressure is very high. Sometimes, I have to work 14-18 hours straight in a day as I have to attend client calls in the evening and sometimes late into the night. Managers do not value an individuals’ unique strengths, which is why I have to take back my suggestions most of the time s. <mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">I do receive appreciation emails from my client, but they mostly go unnoticed during my mid-year appraisals. </mark>Also, there is no on-job training for freshers, hence senior folks like me have to guide them step-by-step, which is a pain sometimes....Read More

Work Details

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Good

Dislikes

There is a lot of politics and the management doesn’t address our issues, increment is average , can’t see any career growth

Work Details

The job was good I enjoyed doing my work

Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.