Don't make the mistake which I did - Toxic Culture, Unethical, Fraud - Project Manager Brillio Employee Review

1.0
21 Aug 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are certain client projects which are really good and has a good amount of scope to learn.

Cons

The problem is with this company is immense. Here are the few cons due to which I feel joining Brillio was one of the big mistakes I did in my career. 1. Hiring and Offer: Being Project Manager I went through around 7 rounds of interview. HR did not even felt like doing salary negotiation instead sent me an offer which was quite less. When I declined they called me up for a discussion and finally, I got the letter. When I got the offer the CTC had a component called Variable pay. On my joining day, I received the hard copy of my offer letter and I realized the Variable pay amount has got increased a lot while the CTC stands the same. When I asked, I got an answer saying you are a good performer you will get the entire variable pay don't worry and sorry we had a system issue. This is an example of being unethical & fooling good people to get into the company. 2. Role: Brillio top management expects you to work as an Architect, Engineering Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager, Scrum Master, and maybe someday as a developer too even if they hire you as Project Manager. That says everything about their thought process. 3. Project & timeline: We have certain client partners or directors since ages in this company who are not capable of estimating the product development, but unfortunately, they are the one who goes and sets unrealistic expectations on the client after that grills the internal team to deliver and match that timeline. Even though a lot of people complained and left nobody took any actions against it. 4. Project Accountability: Brillio management holds the Project Manager accountable for project delivery. But at the same time, Project Managers are not enabled to take any decision instead there are many client partners or directors who will keep poking you again and again due to which you won't be able to work with mental peace. Managers and Client Partners from the USA are very rude and dominating in nature. 5. Top Leadership: Unfortunately, the top leadership team is terribly bad in setting the expectation to the people who are below them on what role they should play. They are equally bad on treating managers with respect unless you are with the organization for a long long time. When things go south due to their unrealistic commitments, they are pretty smart to put the blame on the folks who are new to the company. Also to get their work done they are very smart to make false promises and end of the year nothing happens. 6. Politics: Every company has politics somewhere the other but in Brillio the bar is very high. If you are someone who is passionate about your work and people this is not the place for you. 7. Internal Movements: Developers face this problem in this company, they don't care what is your expertise or skills. If you are on the bench or just joined, they will put you to anything just to fill in the place due to which attrition rate of this company is on the higher side. 8. Respect: If you are a Project Manager in Brillio, trust me you don't have any respect from the leadership team. Neither you are enabled to take any decision and always dependent on your supervisor even though you are a manager. 9. Hire/Fire: The motto of this company is Hire then Fire. The problem here they should fire many of the people who are sitting there for ages which they don't do instead their politics takes on to the new folks.

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