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3.0
Feb 20, 2009
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Pros

ethics, opportunity to learn Tata Consultancy Services was established in the year 1968. TCS is considered a pioneer in the Indian IT industry[4]. Despite unfavorable government regulations, like the License Raj, the company succeeded in establishing the Indian IT Industry. It began as the "Tata Computer Centre", a division of the Tata Group, whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. F C Kohli was its first General Manager. The legendary JRD Tata was its first Chairman and was followed by luminaries such as Nani Palkhivala. One of TCS' first assignments was to provide punch card services to a sister concern, Tata Steel (then TISCO). It later bagged the country's first software project, the Inter-Branch Reconciliation System (IBRS) for the Central Bank of India[5]. It also provided bureau services to Unit Trust of India, thus becoming one of the first companies to offer BPO services. In the early 1970s, TCS started exporting its services. TCS's first international order came from Burroughs, one of the first business computer manufacturers. TCS was assigned to write code for the Burroughs machines for several US-based clients[6]. This experience also helped TCS bag its first onsite project - the Institutional Group & Information Company (IGIC), a data centre for ten banks, which catered to two million customers in the US, assigned TCS the task of maintaining and upgrading its computer systems[7].

Cons

less salary .Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is an Indian software services and consulting company. It is India's largest provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services[1]. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange of India. TCS is part of one of India's largest and oldest conglomerates, the Tata Group, which has interests in areas such as energy, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, chemicals, engineering, materials, government and healthcare

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Large client base. Talented people, have "cracked the code" on offshoring development and support.

Cons

For anyone used to working in US-based firms, the culture and politics will be difficult to understand and navigate. Internal policies and systems focus on the offshore delivery center model. Roles in the US do not fit into that mold, and obtaining approvals for simple expenses can require weeks and insanely high approval chains given the size of TCS. I needed approval from a global division head (a CEO direct-report) just to pay for a short training course. Missions of different departments are not clearly defined, so overlap and conflict are common.

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