H1B scammers and casteism-racists - Assistant Vice President Citi Employee Review

1.0
19 Feb 2025
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Pros

You will be fine if you are white or black or a top caste Indian

Cons

You will be shocked to see how many Indian managers belong to top two caste communities. My guess is at least 95%. Prepare to face racism, discrimination based on the language you speak, regional favoritism and even the type food you eat. At least 80% of internal HR job postings are fake. They are posting to cover their axsxs if labor department or immigration team audits them. Most of them are fake positions and they are targeted to hire unqualified H1B visa candidates with fake experiences and mostly have fake college degrees. It's so bad. Many tech managers are compromised and some even take unaccounted gifts/cash in several forms and there is a rumor that many of them take cash (sometimes overseas like India) to evade taxes and many managers have shell companies or through friend's consulting firms. Virtusa, Wipro, l&t, TCS etc.. rule Citi. These consulting firms mint money on dummy resources and fake projects. It's so so bad!

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5.0
19 Jan 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, nice campus, on-site cafeteria with many options, on-site gym (fee is approx $15/mo). Nice/newly renovated buildings, with nice amenitites (break room, jump in/out offices for privacy). In general, work-life balance was good, especially being able to work remotely (additionally) as needed.

Cons

They tend to do re-orgs fairly often (every 1.5 years or so), so it can be hard to get promoted within your current role, you should plan on applying for other roles within the firm, at the level you are looking to be promoted to. Must work in office at least 3 days/week starting in 2026, used to be 2 days a week from 2021-2025. Which means parking will be crowded if you don't get there by 9am. Work stations are not reserved, so if you don't get there early enough and if you don't have a co-worker saving you a spot, you might not find a seat in your work area very easily.

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3.0
29 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and work/life balance if you're on the right team.

Cons

Having a bad manager dictates everything about your job. You will see no upward mobility or compensation improvement if you are under a poor manager.

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