Syntel Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great working environment. Encourages and supports employee engagement.
Provides lots of onsite opportunities.
Resonably Good People to work with (Although depends on the account/vertical you work at)

Cons – expects employees to work hard and not smart.
Lack of transparency
Does not recognize talent
No good benefits
Medical insurance provided by company is worst

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice work life balance,Good onsite opportunities,good transport facilities, For an entry level person, if you show dedication and work hard,you will grow.

Cons – Compensation is not as per the market standards for freshers and yearly appraisals are also not good for freshers which makes financial growth difficult.

Advice to Senior Management – Internal Training which is conducted every month should focus on newer technologies.Current training focuses on old technologies and the calender keeps on repeating.

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good Learning experience and good team

Cons – Relatively small company, can extend to new places and cities

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time

Pros – Good for beginners to get hands on and learn

Cons – Management of project not good as per industry standard as the rules are not followed

Advice to Senior Management – Follow proper project life cycle and resource assignement

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Syntel

Pros – Best company for lateral US hires - high visibility and lot of opportunities to grow

Cons – None - good company to grow

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Syntel full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good management at senior level
Easy onsite oppportunities

Cons – Less career growth
Limited training on cutting edge technologies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time

Pros – Provides good opportunity for work life balance.

Cons – Processes need to be developed and streamlined

Advice to Senior Management – Need to focus on retaining employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time for more than a year

Pros – If u are allocated in good account.
Good to grow

Cons – Worst in project allocation to fresher.

Advice to Senior Management – Allocate resource according to skill.

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time

Pros – Quick onsite opportunity,
Good environment for a fresher to learn.

Cons – there should be a change in employee rating process.
it should be 360 degree appraisal.

Current Employee – been working at Syntel full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Cross training opportunities are good.

Cons – Somewhere performance will not count.

Advice to Senior Management – To take a close on employe performance and efforts.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend