Tata Consultancy Services

Also Known As: Tata Consultancy Services, TCS, Tata, Tata Consultancy, Tata Consulting

Consulting - Information Technology

VAULT RANKINGS 2013

#4 Outsourcing

GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: Mumbai, India
155 offices
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THE BUZZ…

"Premier offshore"
"Cookie-cutter mentality"
"On a growth path"
"Yet to make a mark"

NEWS AND UPDATES

Vault's Scoop

Uppers

“Large and well established, therefore relatively safe during rough economic times”
Flexible schedules
“Opportunity to work in different areas”
“No micromanagement”

Downers

“Lack of established structure in administrative matters”
“Evaluation process is very confusing”
Formal training structure is largely absent
“Disconnect between consulting organization and account organization”

ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

A new world wonder

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a leading provider of IT services, business solutions and outsourcing. Through its global network delivery model, the mammoth corporation offers its e-business, application development and maintenance, architecture and technology consulting, engineering, security, infrastructure development and management services to organizations in more than 53 countries worldwide. However, the firm's bread and butter is providing businesses with customized software packages. Throughout its history, it has catered to finance, banking, insurance, telecommunication, retail and many other industries. TCS is a part of the Tata Group—one of India’s oldest and largest business conglomerates—which is made up of 96 companies on six continents and employs over 350,000 people.

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TCS SALARIES

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TCS SURVEY SAYS

A melting pot

TCS is notable for its “blended” culture of staffers from East and West, with a dominant “Indian-American mix.” We’re told that “there have been challenges” combining these two cultures, but as one director reports, “This appears to be headed in the right direction.” “The company places great emphasis on attempting to bridge the communication gap across all staff levels in an effort to enable cohesive working environments,” notes a staffer in Denver. Others say the atmosphere is “highly collaborative,” “accommodating” and “cordial.”

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DISCUSSIONS

New Topic: Cultural Disaster (3 replies)
Last reply: The days for outsourcing- and theft of our intellectual property - are numbered. Then the "dots" will be outa here. Clean out Edison! …

New Topic: Cultural Disaster (3 replies)
Last reply: GCP is a great place for American's with no cultural sensitivity to be served some humble pie. …

New Topic: Cultural Disaster (3 replies)
Last reply: The Indians ane Americans are like oil and water - no mixing/no solution. …

Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

Don’t hold your breath

Prospective TCS applicants should be prepared to wait a while before getting news about a job offer. Sources tell us that the firm’s hiring process is “drawn out,” “somewhat chaotic,” “slow” and “deliberate.” One new hire reports, “It took nine months for me to be hired,” although that’s not to say there’s an overwhelming number of interviews; in fact, the standard seems to be around three. “While the number of interviews was reasonable,” notes a staffer in New York, “the time to a decision was long.” A colleague adds that the “paperwork process is extensive.”
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