TCS AST Consultant salaries in Chennai (Updated 2025)

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Job security. Free udemy course(only for some projects). Lot of projects, so you can easily apply for them in internal site and get into a project.

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... irctc. You won't get seat, need to go at odd times like in evening to get seat. They now started touching variable pay, if we do not complete technical courses, they would not pay certain component in variable pay.

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It's good company for others who boarding here as AST and above.

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It's not good for loyal freshers, when times/years move on they will abuse us with less salary compared with competitors. They use some jimmicks like elevate wings 1,2, mlt, etc but it's not a successful solution as the bird is in cage where it can't use it's wings properly. Also hr will forcefully make you to follow companys policy though it's against indian law and honorable supreme court ( like pandemic policy).

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No worries about recession . If you are into a good team, you can have work life balance.

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Very low salary and no promotion . A lot of more TCS Standards / processes needs to be followed despite the project activities. No chance for career growth.

Likes

A place for skill development/ Learning, compensation is not that great. Great insurance policy provided by TCS. Very supportive during COVID times. Flexile timing for work.

Dislikes

Lack of ownership culture. Appraiser do not provide any feedback on performance or improvements. Office politics - people literally carry manager bags to befriend him during all meetings. Some old experienced people just sit and question many without making any constructive work for the improvements.