INDIA TODAY GROUP "Team Members" Reviews

Likes

no stress good people salary on time

Dislikes

no growth internal promotions rarely

Likes

Good guidance, team work, Atmosphere and good help by senior

Dislikes

No nothing is bad memory in work at time

Work Details

Work days: Rotational Shift (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Team work

Dislikes

Timings

Work Details

Good

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Nothing is likable about this organization, I have worked 2 years here and no hesitation in saying that 2 years have been wasted. It is totally like a "LALA company having Sarkari attitude". Internal politics is on the supreme level, no process-driven policies for anything. Bosses here deliberately create rift among team members to put them always in fight mode. There always an exception for Editor-in-Chief and VP( daughter of Editor in chief) of the group for everything, they actually don't follow any rule which organization has for the rest of the employees. People working here for a very long time have a different level of attitude, and they actually behave like as they are stake owners of the organization. India today celebrates only two occasions in a year (Diwali and Founders Day) except these two no celebration or some motivational or recreational activities for employees, though top management does party 3-4 times in a month....Read More

Dislikes

A totally opaque system as far as the appraisal is concerned, no discussion was done and we were asked to sign a letter saying only this much company could do this year. No on the job training for anything & no career, skill enhancement training HR has conducted ever since the inception of the group I guess. If you are at some junior position forget about work-life balance, I have even gone office on Gandhi Jayanti, Sundays, even worked on approved holidays taking my laptop with me during a trip with the family<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. Sometimes left the office at 11 PM in the night as there was no proper work distribution done by my boss among team members</mark>. The work environment in my department was totally depressive. Daily allowances during outstation travel are too lower, and not sufficient sometimes, especially in metro cities. Also, finance (Accounts payable) here delays your reimbursements up to 45 days making weird excuses and they also do not make timely payment to vendors associated with them....Read More

Work Details

I was managing speaker and internal team travel for India today group events. Apart from travel, I was also responsible for the transportation of event-related stuff to the venue and to bring it back after completion of the event.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Likes

Its an amazing place has all the ingredients to be the best. A lot of good people to work with (Shailesh Shekar-CEO, Nandini Bhalla - lifestyle Kali Puri -big boss) 1. Sr management which means Kali Puri have the ownership and give it their 200% 2. HR team simply brilliant come up with innovative ways to keep employees engaged 3. Finance and admin team - ensure employees do not waste time with formalities regarding insurance PF encashments etc. Arun pant is like the Alixa of India Today you can ask him anything ... literally. The events team is an example of sheer grit they can trouble shoot almost anything and have pulled off the biggest shows this country has seen. The learning from them is big....Read More

Dislikes

13 years would allow me to be as candid.... 1. My earlier boss now at google Shailesh Shekar was what I call a builder of people he invested in each person. the later Salil Kumar was good too but not professional he is prone to groupism had his chosen ones and if any one said anything about them it was not taken well. e.g. the then dev head was a nice person but work wise did not fit the bill. And since I voiced it to the sr. management it did not go down well and yes later every effort was made to get me out. he also did use his position to pass derogatory statements e.g. being called a 'madrasi' wasn't becoming of a person in that position. 2. Innovation and ideas are good as long as it comes from the person you like. e.g. I had designed an interactive and showcased it. But then it was not taken up. But in a workshop where an international big wig Ami Webb saw my idea and actually told the sr. mgmt that it was good did it take off and got implemented. But this was short lived as the editor Kamlesh Kishore Singh was not convinced so a good idea died. 3. India today is a family run business like most of the big ones so yes it has its drawbacks as a lot of the decisions are person dependant rather than a professional approach. So say Kali Puri who was a complete work addict in a good way and who actually got things done had to overlook everything which did not make sense. Why have managers when every decision has to be taken by one person. 4. Yes bad apples are everywhere. Yes we too had our fair share :) 5. Sacking employees - nothing new and yes all companies have to do it at times. Its how its done is what makes a difference. I was not told for months that I was find something else. Kamlesh Kishor Singh whom I reported to kept skirting the issue and kept playing ping pong between him and HR. Very disappointed considering I was the one who literally started the digital team....Read More

Work Details

As art director I had to manage the team that took care of all the digital properties of the group be it WEB APP or social media. This included events and marketing and sales requirements.

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.