HCL America Inc

Apr 6th, 2024

Mar 27th, 2024

I worked at HCL years ago. Google tagged me as going there recently because I still work in the building, just for a different company. This review is on my time there from 2016-2019, I believe. That being said, avoid hcl at all costs. This company exists in the US, purely as a visa farm. This is an Indian company. They run it, like an Indian company. I was on one contract, and the people in my area were great. It is the company overall that is the problem. There is literally no way you are going to move up thr ladder in any significant way unless you are Indian. Is that racist behavior? For sure. Is it racist of me to point it out? I am sure people will say so, but I don't think listing actual facts and events can be considered racist. After you accept that you will never get anywhere, despite the praise of your (non-indian) manager, you settle in to work. They do a whole variety of shady things to always keep you on your toes. My particular group, had them wanting everyone to clock in on a web page, in a virtual machine, that took 15 min to load. This basically meant that you had to be at your desk 15 min early, and not getting paid. We had to threaten to take them to the labor board on that. Then they backed down. We were also all hired in as "salary non exempt", which means we qualified for overtime. HCL changed everyone's documents, after signing them, to say "salary-exempt", so they did not have to pay overtime. They "graciously" paid half time for overtime anyway. So if you got 25/hr, they would gift you with 12.50 for an hour of overtime. Just insane. We turned them into the labor board for this, too, but I am not sure what happened there. Then there was a lawsuit judgement against them, where they were doing other shady things, and I got a payment for that ad long as I agreed to not sue. Overall, avoid working for HCL at ALL COSTS! I do not care if you are new to IT or whatever. These people do straight up illegal things, and your only hope of advancement depends on the color of your skin. Just disgraceful.
Feb 15th, 2024

Worked with HCL for 8 years as a fulltime. I have got chance to work with multiple clients and it was great experience working with them . Thank you HCL.
Dec 16th, 2023

Nov 26th, 2023