CA Technologies Software Engineering Manager reviews

1. Very little growth a. If you want to grow to PSE/Manager and above, you should have good rappo with your VP/SVP, ofcourse alongwith your manager-May be this is true in many other companies as well.But here it matters more; 80% connections, 10% your contributions and 10% depends on your business unit growth / product roadmap. b. NO transparency in promotions/salary hikes c. Favoritism or groupism: It is very surprising to see favoritism prevailing in such a big MNC. Real performers are leaving due to this. d. People stagnation--Dont be surprised if 50% of the population in R&D in Hyderabad are in Band 'G' or above---Managers, Directors/PSE/Architects; Many People are hanging around due to good salary, less work model+great severance package in case you get fired after serving for 5+ years; 2. An important point for many people---Job security or indiscriminate Layoffs/firing. There are cases where campus hires and new hires got fired in Hyderabad within 3 months of their joining. The team which had seen firings, will start recruiting in a month, which is illogical The problem is some real good people got fired where as average people continue in many other teams. GROSSLY mis-managed. If you are thinking of joining, prepare your slef for the worst. Be ready every quarter 3. Anything modern or new technologies are still done at USA; India is majorly a sustaining hub, except some products--this is slated to change with the new strategy, but so far no big change observed 4. a. If you are from QA, better dont join here. This co used to be equally good for QA probably until 2010, later it transformed. No growth for QA after Senior QAE. b. if you are from development, Think or discuss thoroughly with your future team/Manager before joining--You may end up in L2 support (I dont say it is bad--but a personal choice; Many developers joining newly are not happy with this) Also talk about the growth and road map of the product. This plays an important role in your career growth. 5. No global mobility--this is seen in pockets based on connections, less on performance/policy...still very few in numbers--less than 5 per year 6. Very less overseas travel even on business Visa--if you are a new employee and looking for it, this is not the company; The US managers/teams keep visiting us every quarter---but the team here never gets a chance to see the other side. 7. Company is run as two different entities for some crazy reasons; ESTG and Mainframes, they have different titles/roles...etc. This is changing now--this should not have happened in the first place. 8. No accountability for architects in a project; In fact this applies to many titles who are in Band G and above; I feel this as one of the major reason for company NOT to grow. 9. HR is inactive and blind OR works for people in the management chain only. so never try to raise any concern with HR--It will be shared immediately with your manager with your name. Keep silent or talk to your manager directly if you have guts or if you are lucky to get a manager who is a real professional

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