consultant

senior consultant

software engineer

manager

senior manager

Capgemini

I have worked here for a year. The management has no clue what they're doing and often times think they're better than you. They lie to your face about extreme things such as medical leave so that when you come back, you will not be compensated as promised, to even minor things such as paid time off. The training covers everything except your actual job, and because you have no clue what you're doing you often times make mistakes and they treat you as a child. Favourites are always picked instead of hard working employees, and they always promise increase in pay, but they never do. I have taken two extreme responsibilities on top of my regular position and have not seen a dime of compensation though they have told me it's coming. If you come in as a contracted and get hired directly, they drop down your pay. They switch your schedule around without notifying you and ask you to come in on a day off. They lie about overtime, so you think you're doing over time but you're not, it's standard pay. And to top it all off, they had fired an entire project in Sarasota just so that they could hire 80 more people in El Paso Texas. They do not care about you or your life. They literally said "if you're not here we don't get paid, so be here everyday" the clock in time is 9am and I clocked in at 8:58am and was berated in front of the entire floor for clocking in two minutes early.

Management is fu of hypocrisy. I was told not to wear a specific pair of pants to work when they were wearing the same exact pair. The same exact khakis! 

They take PTO time by force if you miss a day, there is no choice in going unpaid. If you are late from lunch by 3 minutes, they take it off your PTO. Management is a joke, i had been targeted by one of them because I was doing a good job and they were threatened by me. No one was ever happy. Now I am job searching because they had given me 1 week notice without the possibility to transfer to another project within the building. It's a joke. They use you as maggots in the front line and they sincerely do not care about you as an employee. Even their "cheapest healthcare package" is $96 per PAYCHECK.

And even while giving me this one week notice of termination, which they conveniently waited until it was my day off to tell me, they refuse to be any sort of reference. They will not stand by my side to prove I had worked there. 

The office setting is a joke too. Sure the walls are nice but you are crammed in a room with loud people who get jealous very easy because you actually work hard. Everyone turns on each other. I could hear the further corner of the room with how many people they stuffed to a table. It wasn't even a cubicle. If you have medical conditions which require a bit of extra care, such as asthma, they get annoyed and challenge you claiming "Oh yeah? I have asthma too, if it didn't bother me then it shouldn't bother you" yet you know that this person smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. 

To add insult to injury, they will not allow you to park in their parking lot. They had forced me to park in another plaza entirely by force of "towing" as the closer parking spaces were for seniority only. 

If you are desperate enough and are willing to be abused in an unfair work environment that spits in your face when you are in need and under pays you for the amount of work you do, congrats you found the perfect job. If not, run far away.

When I first started as an NGT (Next Generation Talent), there was a week of training on client interaction, then 4 weeks of track-specific training (mine was in Java and Spring Boot). These went well, and I learned a good deal. Then came the time to get certified. The passing grade was fairly low (like a 65?) and I passed the first time, everything all set. Note that you get/can get a company credit card, and can use this to pay the certification fee. I don't recommend this, as you have to pay the card balance yourself, then get reimbursed. It's just easier to pay on your own card and get reimbursed that way -- the process was tedious and confusing.

Then came about 3 months of basically doing whatever you want. As long as you're seen as "Available" in Microsoft Teams, no one will likely bother you. Do use this time to learn through Pluralsight and Coursera and such, this will be useful for future client work. During those 3 months there were also opportunities to work on group projects with other programmers. I guess other groups presented their projects at some point, but my group never did, and honestly the project never got finished.

After that time, I started onboarding with my client company, while producing a POC (Proof of Concept) code project to show off my skills, namely in Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and Angular. I  can't say this is will be true for everyone, but I ended up never having to present the project to anyone at the client company, nor have I had to use any Angular and very little Spring Boot or SQL as of writing this (a bit more Java, but still fairly minimal). I have been with my client for about 6 months now and have mostly been doing tasks that are fairly simple and not very rewarding.

I have been remote the whole time, though there has been a push to move nearer an office of the client. For me, it would be a fairly substantial move, and as I am looking to leave the company, moving somewhere 4 or more hours away from my current location seems unnecessary. Since I don't plan on moving for this job, I will be remote until I leave -- being remote like this has been trying at times, where I feel distant in video-less Zoom calls and coworkers take hours or a whole day to respond (mostly due to 9.5 hour difference in time zones).

This can be a good start for someone out of college for a few years or less, but many leave within a year and I understand why. Expectations are initially put forth as rigid but end up flimsy and weakly enforced. My manager and/or supervisor rarely reach out to me, with little support overall. This helped me see where I want to take my future next, and that's what I'm planning to do: take on my next job soon.

Management is really bad there. Favoritism is one issue as well. Everyone in management are friends. You can’t go to one manager to tell them how you feel about being treated from another manager because they tell each other. I’m even worried about telling them anything about how I feel about how I’m being treated there because I’m afraid they’ll just find a way to fire me. HR is impossible to speak with. There’s no direct number. There’s only names that you’d have to message through teams and hope they don’t screenshot it and send it to the managers you want to file a complaint on because they’re best friends. I’m not saying this because I’m hating on them, I’m really saying facts. As well as they make you work from home with the flu, cold, even COVID. You can be really really sick and they still want to try and make you work from home. But you’re too sick to work at the site. Recruiting from AZ had no actual knowledge on how capgemini here in TX really is. I can’t tell who’s the one actually wrong. But apparently, the recruiter doesn’t really give accurate information on the way the pay works there. It’s “salary” but they can edit your hours. Remove time you took off. You have to work your “company day off” If you don’t have vacation hours to cover it. You don’t get 10 paid days of vacation or sick days without a valid doctors note to cover those sick days. Vacation is only allowed or permitted when they can allow that time off. They give you the offer letter to sign, when in reality, everything you ask recruiting is incorrect and not really true. This is the worst place to work at. Alorica is even better than this. That’s pretty bad. They treat the elderly bad. The way they treat employees is terrible. I mean we know that we’re replaceable in any company, but at least companies try to make you feel like you’re an asset, capgemini in El Paso makes you feel unimportant, and replaceable. You either get fired easily, or you can quit… They care less anyway. They hire people that they know really need the job, and treat them poorly. I wouldn’t recommend working here if you’re from El Paso, the pay for the work you do is really low and not worth it. Their “salary” isn’t really salary. The management is horrible. They make you feel irreplaceable, and make you feel like they don’t care. Also, you must have a doctors note if you’re wanting to get paid for your sick days, even having proof of your diagnosis… whether that be the flu, stomach bug, cold, or even a COVID positive test result. 

As of the time of this review, I am currently employed with CapGemini. Overall, as an entry-level position, I have little to complain about. The hours are grueling and the attrition rate is high, but the job is anything but dull, and the learning acquired has been phenomenial for the time involved.

Because CapGemini is a consulting company, the experiences with them can vary wildly depending on the client and the position applied for. In this case, I have been employed as a software developer, primarily coding core java. While balancing requests and demands from different managers and client representatives, my daily work consists of phone calls, handling updated requirement documents, helping handle bugs and production issues, coding, regression testing, guiding new code iterations from the development to UAT to staging phases, release management, and remaining on call into the night.

The worst part about the job is the fact that the development team is understaffed and overworked, and generally gets pre-empted from its own tasks. Deadlines are very relative, as tasks pile up faster than they can be handled, and CapGemini's nature as a company means it has to be *very* careful in negotiating with its clients unless it risks deadlock in a new hiring process, or otherwise jeopardizes its engagement.

The most enjoyable part of the job is getting to code, and the skillsets learned to work on it. I learned a lot about practical application of Java RMI, cluster communication APIs, protocol stacks, front-end development with Adobe Flex, differences between PL/SQL and Transact SQL, build automation and integration with Apache Ant and Jenkins, how to integrate Spring into an enterprise-level application, how to use Guava to refactor processing of large datasets...Both learning new technologies and programming methodologies, and continually practicing that which was already known, have resulted in a great learning experience.

Overall, CapGemini is worth working for, especially if you're new to software development. You'll come out of it a better business analyst, programmer, and general all-arounder employee if you're willing to put in the extra effort.

•	Managed Project Estimation, Initiation, Preparation, Execution and Closure
•	Experience in planning, designing, developing and deploying testing strategies for large-scale Web applications, Product and Client/Server systems
•	Strong understanding of various SDLC process like Waterfall, iteration, Agile, Scrum, RUP Models
•	Expertise in analyzing Functional and Design Specifications. Creating Use Cases and identifying Test scenarios to ensure adequate Test coverage.
•	Extensive knowledge in Manual and Automated testing using tools such as HP ALM and Telerik Test Studio.
•	Excellent experience in verification and validation of complex business processes.
•	Hands on experience in writing complex SQL queries
•	Proficiency in preparing Test Environments and setting up Test Data.
•	Experience in UAT planning and conducting Pre-UAT sessions.
•	Excellent experience in Triaging, Prioritizing and Assigning defects.
•	Extensive experience in defining Acceptance Criteria, identifying Test Metrics, preparing Test Reports and presenting Test Progress Reports to the management
•	Arranging and conducting trainings (Technical and Non Technical)
•	Active member of Innovation Team (Prepared Prime Ready Recokner, Applying TDR Approach, Cards Repository, Knowledge Champion for TSYS)
•	Prepared PRIME Recokner, document that translating PRIME knowledge to  Cards Domain Knowledge
•	Prepared Test Repository with estimating the reusability factors
•	Experience in setting Test Factory for clients.      
•	Excellent Analytical and Problem solving Skills using the root causes analysis mythology. 
•	Good knowledge of OOPs concepts and experienced in white box testing and code coverage testing in Java. 
•	Strong in writing Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Scripts.
•	Extensively worked in GUI, Regression, Functional Testing, and System Integration Testing

I regret to say that my experience at Capgemini has been far from satisfactory. I joined as a Support Engineer with high hopes, but several critical issues have led me to give this review the lowest possible rating of 1 star.

First and foremost, the compensation for Support Engineers at Capgemini is far below average. The pay scale is not competitive with industry standards, making it difficult to make ends meet, let alone feel valued for the work put in.

Moreover, the lack of benefits is a major concern. In an era where employee well-being is a top priority for many companies, Capgemini falls short in providing essential benefits that can greatly improve the overall work experience.

Another frustrating aspect is the constant outsourcing to unfamiliar companies. This not only creates a sense of instability but also leaves employees feeling disconnected from the core values and culture of Capgemini.

Perhaps the most concerning issue is the lack of responsiveness from Capgemini itself. Sending emails to the company rarely results in any meaningful communication or resolution of concerns. It feels like you're left in the dark with no avenue for addressing issues or seeking assistance.

Overall, my time at Capgemini has been marked by disappointment, with below-average compensation, a lack of benefits, constant outsourcing, and a frustrating lack of responsiveness from the company itself. I sincerely hope these issues are addressed to improve the experiences of future employees.

Certainly, here’s a rephrased version to reflect your position at Capgemini:

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As a political activist and advocate for workers' rights, I’ve been disappointed with my experience working as a consultant with Capgemini. To start, in Washington State, PTO is set at the absolute minimum legal requirement. Given that Capgemini’s roots are in France—a country known for its strong support of workers' rights and generous benefits—this comes across as dismissive, especially here in Redmond, where the cost of living continues to rise.

On that note, the wages at Capgemini fall significantly below what’s needed to keep up with local expenses and remain competitive with other tech companies in the area. For a company of this scale, it’s troubling that financial stability for employees doesn't seem to be a priority, despite its importance for talent retention.

Moreover, the mandated French training videos feel disconnected from the values and realities of the U.S. workforce. These videos seem more like top-down messaging than genuine support, suggesting that employees should simply settle for less.

Adding to these frustrations, Capgemini recently cut a large portion of its in-network benefits without any prior notice. Such actions undermine trust and send a message that workers' wellbeing is not a priority. Employees deserve transparency and respect, not unexpected changes that impact their benefits.

Capgemini needs to reflect on how it’s treating its U.S. employees if it wants to retain talent that expects fair, competitive, and respectful working conditions.

For starters, the training is minimal at best. I was shown the barest of basics before I even had my tools and access to do my job and was rushed in to production after a week and a half. To say the least I was not prepared to support even half the issues brought to me to resolve and personally I’m not a fan of the trial by fire method of learning. 

That brings me to the second major issue, support. You have a limited time to work with cases and are required to work with your leaders and second tier support except you spent most of your time waiting for responses, hunting for internal support articles, or being told to just google the answer. All of this leaving me lost and confused. 

Finally communication is a struggle. Since date of hire I struggle to get things answered or sent in properly because I was constantly being juggled between 3-5 points of contacts only for nothing to be completed and had to start the process over again. It’s more confusing because there feels like there is no structure and you’ll never truly know who you need to communicate to for ever the situation need to be handled or discussed. 

Overall, it’s been frustrating, which is a shame because I was really excited for this role and thought I was going to learn new things to further my IT career but instead I feel mostly lost in the dark with no help to guide me to success. 

There's plenty to like about working at Capgemini, but I believe it's honestly about the luck of the draw as to which assignments you get as to what your potential for a stable future is.  There are good things, but also plenty of things that could be so much better.

A typical week starts early on Monday morning with a flight to your customer's site.  You'll arrive close to 9am if possible and work a full day, at least until 6 pm if not a little later.  Mondays are the worst day of the week, so typically I would head to check into the hotel, get an hour of down time, have dinner at the hotel and go to sleep.  Tuesday and Wednesday are similar without the early morning flight and there tends to be some social time after work if you've got a good team.  You leave the customer site on Thursday night and travel back home.  Depending on travel schedule and flight delays, I have arrived as late as midnight or even the next morning.  Fridays are spent working from home and tying up loose ends from the week.

The internal training is disorganized and of marginal quality and there is no support for external training.  At one point I even paid for my own external training to retool my skills only to be told that I didn't have the experience necessary to do a job.  Very poor communications means that you are isolated from the company and from your coworkers.  The number one skill needed to succeed here is the ability to meet people and build every internal relationship that you can because you will need them to get onto projects.  Isolation tends to mean shorter tenures and relatively high turnover.

My normal days at work starts with attending the morning meetings with the managers at Ally Bank or Third party vendors who are involved with the DR drill projects - After which I usually modify and update the project plans related to these DR excecise - AS a DR project Manager that every minute details are being covered thus I usually conduct follow up calls to ensure that all the aspects of the upcomimg drills are covered - The learning aspects of this assignment are vendor negotiations and management - Since all the 3rd Party applications in the Ally Consumer Portal site are outsourced - thus I have deal and work with the various vendor groups that render services to Ally - This includes interacting with the Release, Transition , Event and finally the Account Manager of the 3rd Party vendor - Along with this I have to interact with the Ally Business Team - to ensure that all the needed functionalities are catered for the ultimate approval of the projects. Since as a DR consultant I work independently thus I report CapGemini mangement about the progress of each project there is not much involvement from their in my daily operations. My co-workers are okay and we have a very formal relationship - The hardest part of the job is to get all the needed information for a cohesive output but I enjoy the challenge because I enjoy dealing with various groups and sometimes bring them all in one table to iron out the differences - Especially when pending releases or deployments pose hindrance for scheduling a DR drill

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