Don't live up to their own values and promises - Consultant Capgemini Employee Review

2.0
Jan 21, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great colleagues and staff association

Cons

'Honesty' is one of the values of Capgemini, but this is the most dishonest company I have worked for so far. They try to push people towards working overtime without pay, and some employees had to fight for their right to get their transport paid even though it's in the contract. All this while they have this internal promotion campaign with the motto "Live your best worklife". For a long time the managing director of Denmark and COO for the Nordics, Claus Rydkjær, bragged about how well we were all doing, and how many people they expected to hire. His actual actions didn't show success though, and we also saw people being laid off instead. We were told that there wasn't a market for the profiles that were released, but in reality the company had changed their strategy in a direction that made it difficult to sell consultants under those premises. When asked he still blamed it on the market of course. In the end you're just a number to this company. No matter how good a job you've been doing you're only worth something when you're on a project. Claus seems to only care about his own interests and doesn't take in critical feedback. Capgemini has a survey tool for anonymous monthly feedback, but instead of taking feedback seriously he tends to turn it into a discussion. In addition, on at least two occasions, he has tried to figure out who gave the feedback. When writing this review, I stumbled upon an article in the Danish newspaper 'Berlingske' (I'm not allowed to insert a link, apparently). It tells the story that the HR representative and 'her colleagues' were allowed to work abroad for 45 days a year in 2022. She might have been allowed as she was worryingly close to Claus, but it's a downright lie that her colleagues had this permission. This is just one example of the lies this company pulls to look good.

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Cons

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