Pros
Good pay, location and l4/l5 colleagues
Cons
If you are a developer: exposure limited, less innovative room, treated like school kids, busy resolving management issues on their behalf, project scope keeps changing, lack of clarity and KT, doesn’t matter what you say but you need to learn how to say it, feedbacks don’t get taken and you have to self reflect instead - you get blamed if you complain. Your work will easily claimed by someone else since the TAL cannot/would not stop that. You maybe a Java expert and be given a python project due to lack of proper resource planning sometimes. BA/DA : Paid very less as compared to developer peers and management not clear about role so least priority. Pay structure completely wrong for them. QE : Very skilled people hired, less value given to them for the work they do - which is managing the work of 7/8 developers. Limited career projection and growth opportunities. Should get more automation opportunities and better KT. Mid and senior management - first time managers with less skills of actual management and business communication(some, not all). Some get the job done while others don’t. Two major pods have TAL who follow top down.