Photon reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(2,827 total reviews)
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Srinivas Balasubramanian

86% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Photon has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,827 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Photon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Apr 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

1. You get to work on several tasks as you have to do 10 people's work by yourself... so you can learn a lot 2. If the management likes your work, you will get the opportunity for onsite travels 3. It is more like school where the management asks you to take notes in a notebook with pen and all and not on laptops

Cons

1. No cafeteria 2. No hikes - every year they come up with some lame reason not to give hikes or bonuses 3. You will get stuck to the same project for 3+ years although u do nothing in that project 4. There is no policy that will be followed here properly. Most of the policies will be bent according to the management needs... others will be just broken. 5. No WORK-LIFE management possible here. You will be asked to work 24*7 most of the times due to the workload and timelines

1.0
Oct 12, 2020

Pathetic experience.

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Pros

Nothing. In my entire stint there, I couldn't even find a single good thing about the beware, the slight increase in your CTC which they offer is not worth joining and the frustration you will experience once you join.

Cons

Management - Old clueless people, (reminds me of those shown in movies as govt employees). Till you resign,no one listens. Good at shouting .That's all they are good at. Policies - One of the worst/outdated you could find in IT sector. All policies favour the employer . Recruitment- They rarely get people who are qualified for the role. I have seen many people abscond, within one to two weeks of joining. Because of the lack of quality around you, you would give up. Support structure - Worst of the lot. No amount of emails,phone calls or tickets or direct chats will get you any sort of help. Makes it worse if you work at places which is not Chennai. Even on the last day, they would make you run a lot.

2.0
Sep 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

salary are technologies are in par with market

Cons

No work life balance, forget about washroom even to drink water you have to go out and time will be counted for the same, you have to stay inside premises for 8 hrs. no coffee/tea available in office, no medical insurance for family by company you have to pay for your dependence, i am working in Bangalore office and co-ordination with Chennai team is horrible they have a different level of attitude, to get response from them is huge task, Entire day in the office you will feel irritated either because no proper response from your team mates who are in Chennai or for restricting yourself to sit in front of PC for completing 8 hrs you'll have no freedom, if you go out for tea or some short break rather than enjoying your break or refreshing yourself you'll be thinking of time. most of people working here are not happy about the work culture, before joining just think you'll be in this situation everyday, make a wise full decision

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