An out of box startup culture - Software Engineer Pratishthan Software Venture Employee Review

Good people, project and learning

No cons as of now

Great people to work with; the team culture is genuinely collaborative. It truly felt like going to the office every day, which helped build strong working relationships. Good learning opportunities through exposure to real-world projects and responsibilities.

Organizational policies are significantly below industry standards and need serious improvement. Ad-hoc client office visits are not reimbursed. Only 20 earned leaves are provided, with no separate sick or casual leaves, which is very low compared to industry norms. Only 10 declared holidays in a year. Mandatory 5 days work-from-office. Exit policies are particularly weak and often feel unfair to employees. A rigid 3-month notice period. No relaxation or waiver on the notice period; employees must buy out any unserved period. Earned leaves are neither encashed nor adjusted against the notice period. Employees are asked to consume them, but during the notice period, managers generally do not allow taking all those leaves due to work handover requirements which is understandable from a delivery standpoint but unfair from a policy perspective. The justification given is contractual obligations with clients for three months; however, even employees working on internal projects (with no direct client dependency) are required to pay the full buyout amount. The most disappointing aspect is the buyout calculation: No due bonus is paid to the employee, yet the buyout amount is calculated by including the bonus component in the CTC. Ideally, either the bonus should be paid, or the buyout should be calculated only on the fixed/base salary (i.e., base salary ÷ 12 × unserved notice period).