Worst Company - Software Developer Pericent Employee Review

1.0
Jan 26, 2019
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Pros

They don't have any pros, only cons they have.

Cons

They have a agenda, they simply hire people and then ask to leave without paying a simple penny. In every 3-6 months they change their whole staff by asking them leave. There is no opportunity to grow.

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Pericent Response
7y
Thank you so much for your feedback! Pericent always gives chance to a lots of new fresher people coming out from collage, and believe that it would give them a chance to build the carrier and also help us out. And, we give chance to a lots of people who want to perform, but there is time limit to demonstrate your talent and attitude. You well know that our approach is tough, and we strongly believe that hard filtering gave us awesome and good performing talent. We have team working with us since couple of years. We are not sure about you, but I feel that you might not be able to manage to demonstration of you talent within the time limit. Anyway, all the best for your future endeavour, hope that you will get another chance ahead! Cheers

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5.0
Apr 24, 2026
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Pros

"Great opportunity to work on real-time projects and gain deep exposure to backend development and server-side management. The work culture is professional, and it is an excellent place for anyone looking to strengthen their technical skills in a corporate environment.

Cons

"The workload can become quite heavy during server maintenance or critical deployments, which sometimes impacts work-life balance. Certain internal workflows and communication processes could be streamlined for better efficiency."

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Pericent Response
1mo
Thank you for this — and for the specificity. "Real-time projects, backend development, server-side management" is exactly the kind of work we want every engineer here to be able to name when describing what they do. Not theoretical. Not training exercises. Live systems, live clients, real consequences. Your cons and your advice to management are three of the most constructive pieces of feedback we have received in a public review and I want to address each one directly. On heavy workload during server maintenance and critical deployments — this is honest and accurate. Go-live periods and production deployments for enterprise clients carry genuine pressure and that pressure concentrates on the backend engineers who own server stability. We are working to make these periods more predictable through better release planning and earlier staging environment testing so that the intensity is bounded rather than open-ended. It is a real area of improvement and we are not done yet. On streamlining internal workflows and communication — agreed. As we have grown, some of our internal processes have not kept pace with the team size. We are formalising sprint documentation, communication protocols, and cross-functional handoffs this quarter specifically to address the friction you are describing. On structured technical training and transparent appraisals — both points are taken seriously. We are building a formal technical development track for engineers at every level, and we have committed to making the appraisal framework — KRAs, performance criteria, promotion thresholds — visible and documented for every team member before the next cycle. You should not have to guess what growth looks like here. That is a fair expectation and we will meet it. Less than a year in and already contributing to production systems at this level — that trajectory is exactly what Pericent's engineering function is built to produce. Keep building. — Sanjay Sharma, MD · hr@pericent.com
1.0
Feb 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They just don't have any.

Cons

1. Easily the worst professional experience I’ve had. The management is clueless, the work culture is toxic, and there is a total lack of basic ethics. The management thrives on chaos and has zero respect for employees. It’s a high-stress environment with zero support. 2.Policies change on a whim, and there is no clear communication. From hiring to daily operations, everything is disorganized. They don't value your time or your talent. Instead of focusing on growth, passion, or productivity, the CEO is more interested in office gossip. He values rumors over results and doesn't respect the hard work or passion employees bring to the table. 3. The 'Bait and Switch' on Roles: They will never give you a clear JD. After joining, they’ll dump random tasks on you that have nothing to do with your expertise, claiming 'you have to do more than just your job.' They have zero respect for the dignity of your specific position. 4. Expect to sit through 'meetings' that are nothing more than the CEO, his wife, and the recruiter sitting across from you to badmouth other employees. It is unprofessional and incredibly awkward. 5. There is no 'official' or 'formal' environment here. It’s a high-pressure, gossip-driven workplace where your skills go to die.

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Pericent Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to write this. We respond seriously and on the record. We do not recognise the company described in this review. PERICENT is a 20-person enterprise software company building docEdge and bpmEdge — products in active deployment at enterprise clients across NBFC, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Government sectors. Our team operates on documented sprint cycles, written offer letters, signed employment contracts, and formal HR processes. None of that is consistent with the characterisation of zero structure or zero ethics. On role clarity: every person who joins PERICENT receives a written offer letter with designation, KRAs, and reporting structure before Day 1. In a 20-person startup, every team member does contribute beyond a narrow job description — this is true of every company at our stage and is discussed transparently before joining. On meeting conduct: the specific characterisation of how meetings are run at PERICENT is factually inaccurate and we address it directly here. Meetings at Pericent are sprint reviews, pipeline discussions, and client planning sessions — documented, structured, and purposeful. The strongest organisations are built through honest internal conversation — not anonymous public reviews written after departure. If you have a specific, documentable grievance — a payment dispute, a written commitment that was not honoured, a policy breach — we invite you to raise it formally at hr@pericent.com. Every written complaint receives a formal written response. We wish you well in your next role. — Sanjay Sharma, MD · hr@pericent.com
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