TCS Assistant Consultant and Team Lead salaries in India (Updated 2025)

Likes

only work life balance is good as the work is less

Dislikes

The pay and appraisal is very less(lesser than inflation), they deduct extra salary in the name of health insurance, more deductions in quarterly bonus even when company show profitability. There is no learning and no improvement in skillsets and any good ideas are just pushed down without even discussing. One major issue that was faced by me was regionalism (specifically by Tamil seniors) where they gave high ratings to tamils even when the work was not done by them in my team and other folks were not given justified ratings. When this concern was raised the seniors and even HR(who is supposed to help employees) started threatening about my job and my career.

Likes

Health Insurance & Afterlife Benefits

Dislikes

... allocation of resources in multiple projects. - Frequent restructuring of team - Salary Structure is horrible, you'll have monthly variable pay as 'performance pay', quarterly variable as 'quarterly performance bonus' (70% is being paid for senior employee this year, 2023) & there is a Yearly variable too know as 'Retention Bonus' (it is around 1 lakh, which will be ONLY paid if you stay till financial year completion i.e. 31st March). This retention bonus is not just there in your 1st year of joining, you'll have it in subsequent years as well, if you plan to leave tcs, you'll not get this retention bonus for that year (imagine losing 1 Lac when your LWD falls in Jan or Feb). - Salary & hike are definitely below market standards. - Overall, it was suffocating & frustrating experience at least for me.

Likes

Nothing to like only air conditioner in the office building.

Dislikes

...ork on desired technology. Top management do not work and do follow up business. Salary increment is poorest in the industry. Top level increment done ad hoc basis. HR is with management, they do not listen to the sub-ordinates. So, your career, salary everything is with your project management's control.

Likes

Work Life Balance is Good Policies and Processes are followed correctly within company Flexible WFH during COVID and flexible WFO during hybrid model Employee Benefits are more compared to other companies Job security is high.

Dislikes

Pay is less compared to Market Value.