IBM or Accenture? TCS or Infy or Wipro? Satyam or Patni or CTS?
Many of us would face this problem. All these are big brands in India (or world) today. They cannot be compared on the basis of brand value. Though globally Accenture is into pure consulting and IBM is more into technology services, in India both carry out the same work as Infy or TCS. We will rule out the brand option completely though you can stick to Indian brands, which are well known names in Stock Market. Your would be father-in-law must have heard about Infy or Satyam, I mean getting a good bride/dowry may be easier for a Infy guy 
Coming to Salary more or less they are equal and when it comes to salary the bigger question is location, money wise Infosys in Hyderabad would be a better option than
IBM in Banglore.
July 5, 2007 at 11:45 am |
The article certainly useful and gives directions to somebody who is fresh from college and has unrealistic expectations from bulk companies. Thanks a lot to the author.
July 5, 2007 at 1:52 pm |
The article certainly useful and gives directions to somebody who is fresh from college and has unrealistic expectations from bulk companies. Thanks a lot to the author.
July 23, 2007 at 3:49 am |
Very realistic analysis. You really know about the Indian software scenario. Kudos!
July 23, 2007 at 3:57 am |
Hi..i am an accenture employeee and can tell u that accenture gives good shift allowance and to an extent they consider ur choice of the kind of work u want to do.
August 18, 2007 at 5:21 am |
I am very impresed to get the information.
thanks
August 19, 2007 at 5:36 pm |
the article is great..but how would you compare TCS with IBM? both seem to be more or less same
August 23, 2007 at 9:39 am |
i guess Accenture is the best ….. as i could read the cultures of Accenture , Infosys and IBM ….. no one can match Accenture , but its a silent performer …. u need much knowledge to understand about accenture.
October 9, 2007 at 8:50 pm |
I have a possible opportunity with Satyam in Irvine, CA, US. As a US citizen working in a U.S. location how should I consider this opportunity? How would it compare to working in Satyam in India. They would want me to start without giving two weeks notice to my current employer (in fact, the start date is 10/12 – giving one day for an interview, one day for a decision and Friday be on the job). Culturally, would this be acceptable in India? Is this the company trying to push things or should I think that the recruiter is being pushy? I like what I see of the company from research but I want to make sure I have enough information for my decision – I don’t want to get hired and be out of a job in three months.
October 10, 2007 at 4:57 pm |
From what i know about Satyam it even chases its employees to court if they leave the company during bond period. And its the norm to have a 1 month notice period in every company in India. Some ask companies even ask for a longer notice period of 2 months.
I think they are looking for an urgent opening still you can bargain for 2 weeks time if they are willing to take you.(my personal opinion)
October 20, 2007 at 3:20 pm |
ACCENTURE IS GOOD IN ALL ASPECTS
October 29, 2007 at 7:52 pm |
Hey..
I have an offer from Infosys and IBM global services,and am very,very confused between the two.Graduated in June ‘07,and got a joining date in november for IBM and Infosys.However,IBM has postponed its date to the end of december and Im worried that its too late.Can you kindly advise on what to join because Im very worried!!
October 30, 2007 at 6:37 pm |
You can join Infy, they ask you to sign the bond after few days, if you dont like it by then, you can still have the chance to join IBM.
October 30, 2007 at 9:14 pm |
Can you tell me after how many days they ask us to sign the bond,approximately?
October 30, 2007 at 9:17 pm |
Can you tell me after how many days they ask us to sign the bond,approximately?You know a lot about career growth and its prospects..can you please tell me how I could advance my career depending on which company I join?
October 31, 2007 at 5:17 pm |
The bond is signed within first 2 months, i believe for good career growth you should work hard and work on something you like to do.
November 30, 2007 at 4:53 am |
Hi,
I hav 3.5 years of experience in java/j2ee.I have 4 offers from different organisation.offers are from iflex,satyam,ibm,techmahindra.I am very much confused which organisation to join.I am looking for long term commitment to the company.Can you please suggest which will be better in terms of growth,work culture,career.
December 11, 2007 at 12:25 pm |
Your was a very well written and informative article. One line however seems to be pretty wrong now – “Work culture or HR policies are better in IBM “.
I have a BE degree in Comp Engg from Univ of Pune. My Date of joining was initially postponed to Nov’07 , then to dec’07 and now to 1st July’2008!!!
IBM is managed pretty badly in India. They have played with the careers of hundreds of fresh engineers from Univ of Pune , Univ of Hyd , Jadavpur univ and atleast 3 NIT’s.
People talk of a hiring boom by IBM but truth is that it can not manage the employees its hiring in droves now.
Guide to future ibm aspirants – “Avoid it if you can “.
December 11, 2007 at 12:27 pm |
Do check the IBM 2007 recruits community on orkut of you doubt the veracity of my statements.
More on this will appear on national media next week.
December 23, 2007 at 8:48 pm |
i am working with infosys right now.i m a B.E passed out from PESIT Bangalore which is one of the top colleges in karnataka.But the kind of work I do is something non-technical.It is all support kind of work.I have been here for jus 6 months and want to apply somewhere else.If I break their bond without informing them,will it be a problem? coz they really are nt caring about our careers there.plz sum1 help me
December 23, 2007 at 8:49 pm |
some1 plz help me…i m in crisis….
December 24, 2007 at 3:34 pm |
read this one about pros and cons of breaking bond,
http://www.jobsamiksha.com/resources-mythbuster-confessions-of-a-bond-breaker.html
but i would advice not to break unless it is very bad, please mail us if you want to know more (info@jobsamiksha.com)
December 25, 2007 at 4:49 pm |
First of all let me tell you that the analysis here is very realistic.
I have worked in Accenture and Oracle. Let me tell you services companies in general require low end skills and pay less CTC comparatively.
Accenture recruits in bulk and you won’t find colleagues over there who you can be proud of.
I believe Infosys/Wipro/IBM/Accenture is the right order when you compare services companies in general in India.
December 26, 2007 at 5:45 pm |
IBM India is one of the worst company for technical people. People managers will treat employees as slaves. If he likes you will grow else u will never get hikes. Please please note that IBM CTC contains performance bonus say for example 4 lacs salary u will be having 30-35k as a performance bonus. Best performer may get 40%. No technical knowledge needed to work in projects and SSLC guy can complete the work.
Before join IBM read this http://www.jobvent.com/companyBrowse.php?CompanyID=21&searchType=company&searchText=ibm
Note : I have 3 Years exp in IBM
January 19, 2008 at 5:14 am |
Hi,
I have got into Accenture Analytics team at Langford road , need to understand the work pressure there during projects, work timings,flexibility . Heard it makes u work hard, do we have sure shot off during weekends or we may land up working during weekends as well.
thanks
Chandru
June 14, 2008 at 3:51 pm |
i think so you could not give that much of knowledge as much a person wants so i’m not satisfy with your view sorry to say
September 30, 2008 at 12:21 pm |
I would like to share my experience at IBM Kolkata. I worked in IBM Kolkata.All of a sudden my manager started telling me to improve my performance & wanted me to report to two other people (one junior to me and one of my levl.)simultaneously.Then it was hell, the people who came in as my managers stared scolding me in languages which only slum dwellers will use.My customers were all praises for me but my manager kept telling me that my performance is going from bad to worse.Once in a meeting he also told me that i am fortunate that i could talk to him in person, otherwise people managers are kicking employees out of the co.When they want to kick people out they make such situation that you will have to leave
October 21, 2009 at 4:28 pm |
Feedback about Accenture-
Accenture is a very good company in terms of job stability. Despite of market situation, I believe very few/no people were fired. However majority of the projects are support projects. HR policies are good. Not much work pressure (basically depends on project to project).
Good company for long term.