A shamefully integrated business unit of an otherwise reasonable company. - Senior Consultant Capgemini Employee Review

1.0
Mar 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Capgemini UK Plc is a great company and I know many of the allocated resources there to be happy. Having communicated with operations within I would say 'go for it'; Capgemini are a great company. This entry pertains to Financial Services Global Business Unit, of which I have nothing positive to say.

Cons

I have been a part of Capgemini, FS GBU for over a year now and have enough experience to confidently advise as to the following. Capgemini is a good company to work for, however FS GBU is significantly at odds with this statement through poor integration. FS GBU is predominantly an Indian business unit having been constructed from personnel absorbed through the take-over of Kanbay some years ago. Whereas personnel globally are all perfectly decent people, the company ethic is blurred and marred through a lack of integration mechanics. I am a staff member from the UK and am speaking as such. I am in direct contact with the lion's share of FS UK personnel and can say with confidence that not a one of these is proud to work for Capgemini, FS GBU. Communications are inappropriately focused; management of personal development is targeted on specific locations; remuneration is based upon an under-resourced IT function and subsequently ineffective; operations are managed on the principles of one locations legislative culture without any education being provided to assist. I am already starting to rant, a habit which has become a standard part of the working day to colleagues I communicate with regularly. I would like to offer something positive, however at this time my advice is as follows: work for Capgemini, they are a great company, but avoid FS GBU like the plague.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

Honestly can't believe the audacity and entitlement of the middle management at this place. For example, last year everybody got about 3% merit raises (not at all keeping up with inflation but still something). This year, they were working with the same pool of funds to work with for raises, but made a "business decision" to consolidate the raises to only management. The rest of us got nothing. And the TOLD us they kept everything for themselves. And in addition to that, they twisted the knife by COMPLAINING to the whole department on a department call that their bonuses weren't enough. Just tone-deaf and careless mostly.

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