HCLTech Test Engineer salaries in Chennai (Updated 2025)

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Nothing other than job security.

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... totally biased. So much of caste based politics. No one is there with a vision. All are just working for salary. Just quoting projects for less margins and provide no hike even to the top performers. They don't actually follow the appraisal cycle. They will provide a good hike for those who get less grades too. Here grades/appraisal points are totally gimmicks. Even before closing the appraisal cycles the management will internally fill an excel sheet and allocate shares. Even customer bonus distribution is also biased. Totally it's a bad experience.

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...Infrastructure, Good Stable Company, good for the people who likes Job security! Salary is always on time, very good medical facilities and others employees' benefits. Overall, it is very nice company for sure!

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Salary is on time but other incentives, your promotion, your bonus, your increments etc are in Arrears, You will get it for sure but always in arrears, HR is not at all effective. Just like your Job which is stable, your salary will be stable as well, please do not expect any other thing except Stability. Company culture in terms of HR is not at all good, no major governance towards how management is calibrating an employee, how promotions are happening? That is the only reason I left HCLTech, otherwise, in other domains, might be the HR as people doing good things. HCLTech is a beautiful organization but some wrong people who are in that position to spoil the overall experience and culture, My advice is to hire good mature people in leadership positions and especially in HR domain. Please save this beautiful company and I'm the sure the top management are doing lots of things to streamlines the process down there but really need to put strong governance on middle management, specially in HR domain

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Salary on time. Good peers

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More than 6 months delay in appraisal cycles. No appraisal if you are L3 band and above 20LPA. My last two appraisals were zero. Management politics. Management too much egoistic.

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1) Work life balance is Ok 2) Good Managers and colleagues 3) Job security is good 4) Work satisfaction

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1) Salary is too less 2) Salary increment is very less 3) increment does not happen on time 4) 2_3 % hike yearly 5) No skill development 6) Politics

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Good annual full body checkup for employees and their family

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Recruiter promised that I will be receiving the entire variable pay for the first year but I received only for a month and from second month I have not even received 50 percent. No hike/night shift allowance for E3 and above bands . Every project have 3 managers (reporting manager, service managers, who will be part of HCL for 10 or 15 years ) , and who used to micromanage to an extreme, they will ask you to work on company holiday and they won’t approve your comp off or Pay for the holiday. Once the project is stabilised , they will release the highly paid resource to the bench