Fractal Associate Data Engineer reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(249 total reviews)
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Srikanth Velamakanni

94% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Associate Data Engineer employees have rated Fractal with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 249 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Data Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Fractal is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Data Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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249 reviews
4.0
Jul 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1. Flexible timings, 2. in-house trainings (Machine learning, SQL/ R/ Python/ Visualization, etc.), 3. financial support for most of the well known external certifications 4. free food 5. cab (used for office commute) reimbursements 6. Quick turnaround and support for all HR/logisitcs/IT issues 7. Consideration (to max possible extent, see cons) towards employee's work life balance 8. Amazing rigour of client deliverables (good for Fractal and clients but sometimes a con for employee)

Cons

1. Somewhat old laptops - although last I heard was there were upgrade plans 2. Being in a client facing role sometimes has its own problems - like tight deadlines, occasional overkill on deliverable quality/compliance - this causes a work life imbalance sometimes, but this is not a fault of Fractal, rather the nature of industry I believe. In fact, I feel Fractal manages its employees much better than any other analytics consulting firm in India. I wrote this in cons section only because occasional work-life-imbalance is a con, but it is not Fractal's ownership. 3. Middle management - This is a real con. Many a times I felt the pursuit of being-best undermines employee's stress. Managers unnecessarily over commit on timelines / deliverables. and that puts stress on all involved including manager! 4. Pay scale - I think this is biggest con! My payscale was ok, but I seriously felt my team mates were under payed (I do not / did not know their salaries, but they had long pending concerns over salary hikes). Apart from low salaries, there was no significant issues, but they left the company. For a company like Fractal, who has potential to lead Indian industry, this is really a petty thing. People are more important than money! AND you also make money, please keep your employees a bit more pampered. 5. All-in for clients - Fractal is consulting firm so it is expected to go all-in for clients! But, it also has a potential of doing in-house R&D, publications, patents. Again, as industry leader, Fractal should put more focus on R&D 6. No gym (at least in Bengaluru office) / shower facilities

5.0
Apr 25, 2019

One of the best companies

Recommend
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Pros

Appreciation for good honest work, people oriented, some of the projects are absolutely cutting-edge,

Cons

Middle management needs to improve & take ownership

5.0
Apr 4, 2019

Best place to work at

Recommend
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Pros

Lots of freedom, no one poking nose in your work, managers cant ruin your careers even if they keep any grudge, cool HR policies, work from home, helping colleagues during tough times, In short its like second home and doesnt make you feel very formal or unknown to anyone.

Cons

some project issues for data scientists in gurgaon as most projects are lead by ppl in mumbai/ bangalore, it might get better soon. Next in cons is, its very hard to leave this company once you become a fractalite, you wont feel like quitting you job for any money out there.

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