It's hard to find words to explain how bad this company is.
- They try to cheat you on the salary. When I was recruited, the salary was below my expectations. The recruiter told me that it was possible to get "a fast promotion". What a fake promise. Needless to say that after I started working for Capco, a promotion was never mentioned again. Even the salary increases were abnormally low (less than 1% per year), despite being on project and billable for Capco.
- Capco is not a consulting firm. It's a bodyshop for HSBC, with an extra-thick layer of marketing BS to make it look like a consulting firm. You will be sold to HSBC to fill in the least interesting roles in HSBC (the roles for which they find nobody). You will stay there until HSBC doesn't need you anymore, and after that Capco will fire you.
- Most projects are messy, because the Capco managers sell messy projects to make their sales numbers, and Capco just cares about sales numbers and doesn't really care about delivery quality.
- Many Capco managers have no people management skills. They have been appointed just because they have certain relationships or because they are good at boot licking.
- You will be constantly flooded by emails, messages, mandatory trainings, asks and requests from both HSBC and Capco.
- In addition to your client project, Capco asks you to work and participate in Community Activities (ie internal projects and initiatives). It is true that this is an opportunity to meet and connect with your Capco colleagues, but unfortunately 90% of these projects are BS. People launch superficial initiatives to promote themselves and lick the boots of Capco leadership.
- Capco APAC leaders say that the company is growing by +30%, but Capco has been firing lots of consultants in 2023, so I don't think the company is doing well now.
- Performance reviews and promotions are BS. All based on relationships and boot licking.