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Virtusa

My experience at this company was disappointing due to excessive micromanagement and a toxic work culture. Managers closely monitored employees, which eroded trust, limited autonomy, and negatively affected productivity and creativity. 

Additionally, leadership behavior—particularly from the LOB lead of Connected Commerce(Columbus Ohio)—was disrespectful and unprofessional. Overall, this is not an organization where employees feel empowered, supported, or encouraged to grow.

The management expects you to keep them happy but not in the professional sense.. Lot of politics. The head requires chauffeurs, tea/coffee servers,  entertainers than team members. Only a particular team is expected to be in office regularly. Everyone comes to office at different time. They work around the time the Team head comes to office just to please him and stay till 9 pm for meetings. very very unprofessionals! The whole team is asked /forced to come to office sometimes just to celebrate birthdays and entertain others. If for some reason you don't follow the non professional expectations of the department head, you are in their bad books and soon fired. Prefer to support employees that have been there for years and buttering the team head  & not based on experience & qualification. The role offered to me and given were so different & biased 

NOTHING this company promised in the offer letter turned out to be true.  I only stuck with them since I'd moved for the position and really didn't have another option.  There were also difficult pre-employment conditions they didn't mention at all.  By the time they mentioned anything about them the timeline to comply was quite short.  Every part of the interview and background check process was done twice because they are disorganized.  Half or more of their HR is in India with strict instructions to act as if they're in the US.  US-based HR people tend not to contact candidates at midnight though.  They didn't reimburse as promised for moving expenses.  My manager won't return a phone call or email from me unless there's something HE wants.  If I have a question about some policy or procedure I'm on my own.

What is the best part of working at the company?
401 K match is available. Otherwise, nothing special, it is just like any other regular software company.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Work stress is depends on the client. For me it was moderate stress.
Once Project completes, we should start searching for even internal projects. HR RM team is waste. The could not find project for the same location where you located. They asked me to relocate for which I was not ready.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It all depends on the client you work for. I had no good experience with client as they think everything granted.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Agile methodology and everyday activities will be discussed.

Virtusa contracted me out to a local company. Once in place I had very little contact from Virtusa management, and no training on how Virtusa worked.
A typical day follows what the client is doing. If you have an install, then you worked normal hours and also through the install. Most times this means you worked M-F 9 am - 6 pm and then worked the install Saturday nights from 10 pm till it was complete.
At the moment the Scrum Team I am working with is 90% Virtusa employees. There are some cultural differences as most of the employees are from India, and I am a US citizen. However, this has not presented much of a challenge that has to be worked through. 
Hardest part of the job is understanding their English.
Best part of the job is when you are actually able to tell them Job Well Done.

401k match is about average although they compute it in a way that means you have to spread out your own contributions to get a full match.   If you earn more than 130k (2020) you are not eligible for a match although this number changes slightly every year.  You have to wait a full 3 months for eligibility to the 401k program.
Vacation is about average to below average.   Sick time is average.   Holidays in any country besides the US are pretty good - in the US there are only about 10 or so per year.
Negotiate a good salary to start, because no matter how well you perform for the client they will not increase your salary later.
Bonuses are rare - few and far between.
They charge the client at least twice what they pay you.

Challenging work environment, great colleagues, senior manager are generally good & very competent.  They could, however, be more open with their decisions/company direction,  Certain major decision don't make seem to make any sense & work can sometimes be quite politically.  

However, if you are looking for a challenging environment to work in, build you skill & can steer clear of the political minefield, Virtusa is a good place to work for.  Being a global company, there are no set hours, so be ready for some burnout (same as any other similar IT Services company).

What is the best part of working at the company?
I found no positive experience with Virtusa.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Company has no sense of work/life balance. I worked as many as 85 hours per week, and the offshore VP's only wanted more.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Oppressive, negative work environment fostered by leaders who are not from the US, and whose culture constantly pushes for more results, more productivity,  unrealistic and unattainable goals.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
17 hours, meetings scheduled without consulting my calendar. Multiple requests for impromptu meetings.

Management started handing out promotions to their buddies and you went through the promotion cycle already knowing you weren’t getting promoted. Assessments could be filled out blank or detailed and you are getting the same merit increase. Offshore gets promoted all of the time. Onshore get the highest position eligible because that is where you will stay. Expenses are approved based on who is doing them. If they get denied and you know someone high enough they slide you by the approval process. Management  is starting to push to 100% offshore model.

a lot of not paid overtime.  Take big projects but do not drive them.  Staff is good. It is the company for you if you are going on management line and need to pass few steps/levels fast.  If you are a professional with 8-10 years - I think it is not your company (no interesting solutions, no adequate compensation as the company business model does not look for solutions but delivers more burned hours for lesser cost.  The company works as an envelope for consulting services; it does not drive even big projects it gets and the team is squashed between the company management and the clients

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