Indian Army Production, Manufacturing & Engineering Department Reviews

Likes

Excellent working culture of corps of engineee

Dislikes

Busy schedule ofr whole service

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

The Indian Army has a work culture based on commitment, punctuality and espirit de corps. The service takes you to places unseen (often unheard of) by civilians. It gives you experiences that can be mentally and physically demanding but are memorable nevertheless if you are robust enoug h to stand it out.The equipment (artillery, armoured fighting vehicles, combat engineer equipment etc) are state of the art and there is a lot of learning to do. As a commissioned officer (Group A gazetted level - Lieutenant and beyond) one commands troops who are the finest in The World and the bonds that one form with the men often last a lifetime. The spirit of going beyond the call of duty and of service before self is deeply ingrained throughout the force. Corruption is minimal and not overt. When in command one has to take complete ownership of one's unit and has to handle all administrative, logistic, financial, disciplinary and human resources functions independently. The salary is decent and one has a lifelong pension (equal to 50% of one's last paid emoluments with periodic increases in DA and sizeable upward revisions when pay commissions (once in 10 years) happen....Read More

Dislikes

Rank is a big thing in The Indian Army. The career pyramid is steep beyond the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and only about 2% of officers make it to the rank of Major General. So there is a good chance of one's being passed over for promotion (at about 17 years or so of service) but the good part is that if one chooses to quit when on e gets passed over, one gets a decent pension and can get a job in the civilian sector....Read More

Work Details

The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers of The Indian Army provides enginnering support to all kinds of equipment where technology is involved (like armoured fighting vehicles, artillery guns, missiles and launchers, small arms, helicopters etc.

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

Employee Benefits

Subsidised groceries and consumer durables from the Canteen Stores Department (CSD), uniform allowance, 80 days of leave a year (for commissioned officers) and 90 days leave in a year (for other subordinate ranks), 180 days of maternity leave, two years of study leave on full pay (once in one's career). UN mission, embassy or foeign training team postings abroad

Likes

The work culture and training in related field and job security is also strong. And I got a chance to do work for my country.

Dislikes

Nothing

Work Details

Exciting

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.