The IT sector in India is growing in leaps and bounds with several domestic and international companies establishing their footprints in the Indian subcontinent. Among the IT companies in India, there are some companies which are most preferred by the employees and are regarded as best IT employers in the Indian job market. Some of these companies in the Indian IT sector include IBM India Private Limited, HCL Technologies Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services and Cognizant Technology Solutions.
IBM India Private Limited
The presence of IBM India Private Limited (IBM) in India dates back to 1992, when the company made a re-entry after an exit during the 1970s. Since then, IBM has focused on expanding its operations in India, with its regional headquarter located in Bangalore and offices in 14 cities including regional offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.
There are several factors that makes IBM one of the most preferred employers in India.
At IBM, an employee can enjoy flexibility in the sense that he or she can access information and perform work from anywhere and at anytime. This mobility program was launched in July 2003. A mobile work environment gives employees an opportunity to enhance their effectiveness by providing tools to use at any location, whether it is a customer office, airport, IBM mobility workstations or home.
IBM also allows you flexibility to manage your work hours, so that you also have some time for your personal life. Employees, in consultation with their Managers, can work in a special working hour schedule, provided this working hour schedule does not hamper or disrupt the department's working.
IBM also offers a range of personal benefits to its employees. These benefits include dental schemes, wellness programs, medical schemes, health screening, retirement and insurance program. In these coverage programs, you can also include your spouse or partner and your dependents.
The employee referral program at IBM encourages its existing employees to refer their friends and relatives for suitable vacancies within the organization.
All regular employees at IBM are entitled to 22 privilege leaves in a year.
HCL Technologies Ltd.
HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL) has partnership with technology leaders like Oracle, JDA, KANA, SAP, Intel and Microsoft from the time when India was considered to be a growing and strategic market. The various services offered by HCL include enterprise application services, custom application services, engineering and research and development services, enterprise transformation services and IT infrastructure management.
At HCL, employees are treated as people and not merely “human resources” and the company believes in what is called “Employee First”. For the development of each of its employees, HCL provides them whatever they need, be it guidance or fast track growth, or democratic empowerment or inner peace, to help them climb the ladder of success. The company has a “Five Fold Path to Individual Enlightenment”, which assures that the employees get recognition, support, knowledge, transformation and empowerment.
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Infosys) is involved in defining, designing and delivering business solutions driven by technology that help the Global 2000 companies to emerge as a winner in a Flat World. The company is one of the major IT job providers in India.
The various services offered by Infosys to its clients include custom software development, business and technology consulting, maintenance, systems integration, application services, re-engineering, product engineering, independent testing and validation services and IT infrastructure services.
Infosys is the pioneer of the Global Delivery Model (GDM). This model is based on the principle of taking work to that location where it will be most economical, where the best talent pool is available with minimum acceptable risk.
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services or TCS is also one of the leading companies in India's IT sector, known for its employee-friendly work environment. TCS is also regarded as one of the best IT employers in India. The employee friendly work environment at TCS lays emphasis on the talent, aptitude and interests of an individual. Employees are given an opportunity to function across different industry verticals, service practices, various technology platforms and functional domains.
In order to strengthen the bond between the employees of TCS and their families and to provide them a platform to exhibit their hidden talents and aspirations, TCS-Maitree was set up. Maitree is a part of the company's work-life balance programs. 'Maitree' promotes fun, cultural activities and events and community development projects.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant) has joined the ranks of Fortune's “Most Admired” Companies. Various opportunities are available in the areas of Mainframe and Client-Server Technologies, Testing Services, Microsoft Technologies, Internet Technologies, EAI/EDI, ERP, Data Warehousing and Databases, IT Infrastructure and Business Analysts.
Cognizant offers a host of facilities to its employees. Some of these facilities include:
Cognizant provides employees comprehensive medical and accident insurance and the premiums of this coverage are paid by the company on behalf of the employees;
An associate who has successfully completed 2 years of service in the company becomes eligible for a free check-up once in every two years;
The employee referral program encourages the employees to refer their friends and relatives for suitable vacancies in the company;
Cognizant reimburses expenses incurred by employees towards examination fees, tuition fees and purchase of books up to a maximum of Rs. 5,000 per academic year for pursuing MS at BITS, Pilani;
Cognizant provides kit allowance to its employees for an overseas assignment;
Employees can use 6 days of medical leave every year;
Employees are eligible for a vacation leave of 12 working days per year. The vacation leave can be carried forward for 1 year.
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