E1 DeskSide Analyst - Desktop Support Technician HCLTech Employee Review

1.0
Jun 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

They landed the best contract in the world with a well known fortune 500 company. You will get certified with Dell and support multiple notebooks and desktops.

Cons

They don't hire enough resources to manage current contract. Good technicians are leaving every month which create overload and stress burn out for the ones who stay behind. Their Holiday and Vacation policy does not equal that of the Vendor we are employed to work for. They would be shut down a week but we still have to work or take LWOP makes no sense. Their management creates too much Administrative work for the technicians that should be focused on Break/Fix issues 100 percent of the time. Nevertheless, they expect technicians to do it all, order parts, track carrier pickups after an incident has been closed. Assign your own tickets. 30 percent of the Technicians close 70 percent of the request. No time to breathe and enjoy your working environment. No good way to manage your day when everyone expects you there onsite fixing their incident the same or next day and you have 15 - 29 people ahead of them and emails coming in to your reporting manager asking for status and executive support along with email request override the ticketing system request. Technicians can't put out the fires fast enough.

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5.0
Mar 16, 2026
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Pros

Supportive team environment Great opportunity to learn and grow Collaborative culture Interesting and challenging projects Flexible work environment

Cons

Some processes could be more organized as the company continues to grow. Communication between teams can sometimes be improved.

2.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It is a job that pays you money

Cons

Where do I even begin.... HCl is a company that will overwork and underpay you and never give you a raise. I was lucky to get a very competitive wage when I started that I felt like I deserved and I fought for that. However even that process they bait and switched 3 times offering higher amounts over the phone and then going back on their word and offering less and less each time until they finally sent me an offer letter. The entire company is inept at communication at any and all levels. You will never get a raise and any time you have any kind of issue or need management/HR to do anything for you results in being ignored. Additionally they will add and add to your roles and responsibilities and ask for the impossible and unreasonable. They get contracts by underbidding other MSP's and then hiring as few people on site as possible and refer the rest of the work to overseas workers that will never do any work and always kick responsibility back to you. If you ever get lucky and they are forced to actually do their job they show that they clearly have no idea what they are doing or talking about. All around a terrible company to work for. If your job role is getting outsourced to HCL, fight for a good salary up front because they will never give you a raise and try to look for another place to work as soon as you can.

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