This company operates with poor management and questionable practices. The CEO Claudian treats employees disrespectfully, frequently imposing new rules and expecting them to comply without question. However, there seems to be a noticeable leniency towards female employees, who rarely face the same scrutiny.
Sick leave is practically non-existent. Even if you're genuinely unwell, you're required to present a specialist's certificate, which can cost around 1000 INR for something as minor as a cold. The blame culture here is extreme; employees are held accountable for unrelated incidents, such as a client's personal accident, as if they should have foreseen it.
The company's core business revolves around bank guarantees, which they exploit particularly with freshers. New hires are pressured into providing a bank guarantee of 1 lakh INR. Job security is a major concern; recently, many employees were laid off under unclear circumstances. The CEO, who is a family member of the company owner, lacks the necessary experience and professional demeanor. He has no understanding of employee engagement or effective leadership, and every day brings new, inconsistent rules for employees.
Daily updates to the CEO are mandatory through a scrum call. Yet, despite these constant updates, he will still ask what tasks you have accomplished over the last three months, as if the daily reporting didn't matter. This creates an unnecessary and frustrating level of micromanagement.
The company employs heavy-handed surveillance with a team logger application that monitors mouse activity, screen time, and other metrics to judge "productivity." Micro-management is pervasive—you can't even stand by a colleague’s desk for a minute without being flagged by the CCTV. There are no clear or official policies, making it a chaotic environment to work in.
For testers, the situation is marginally better than for developers, as the CEO often offloads testing tasks onto developers and uses any errors as an opportunity to criticize them.
In summary, only consider joining this company if you have exhausted all other options. This is not a good workplace, especially if you're looking for professional growth or a healthy work environment.