Worked here for 4.5 years.
Well i joined Patni Computers System and within a year of joining, this company was taken over by iGATE.
Patni had a very good work culture and there were no strict timings, even a swipe of 6 hours was considered as full day.
The campus which was famously known as PKP (Patni knowledge Park) was the best in mumbai.
iGATE bought Patni and started enforcing its policies.
Phaneesh Murthy, the then CEO of iGATE was originally from INFOSYS and thus made Patni's policies similar to INFOSYS (Less Employee Friendly).
In iGATE it was mandatory to complete 45 hours swipe every week.
Within 1 year Patni was dissolved completely and a new brand iGATE was formed.
In iGATE the ratings given during appraisal were, 1 - Needs Improvement ,2 - Meets Expectations, 3 - Exceeds Expectations and 4-Outstanding. However since they followed bell curve methodology most of the guys were given 2 rating.
Normal increments were in the range of 7% to 11% but in case of promotions the increments given were around 20% (sometimes 14% and 27% was also given). It all depended upon your current CTC (Low CTC = High Increment and High CTC = Low Increment).
iGATE had taken a huge loan from Apax partners to buy Patni. Apax did not get the said amount within time and hence they converted their debt into shares and sold it to Capgemini at 4 times the normal price.
Thus finally iGATE became Capgemini.
During this time they were looking to keep the cost as low as possible and thus fired many employees from iGATE. They were also forcefully giving 1 Rating to many employees so that they will get 0% increment.
This was the time many employees started looking for jobs outside and i was also one of them (I switched before it became Capgemini completely) .
Overall i would summarize as follows -
Patni - Best work culture (More like family).
iGATE - Little professional (More like Infosys)
Capgemini - Very Professional (Large Organization)
Below is the photo of PKP, It has all facilities in this campus (Shopping Mall, Gym, Swimming Pool, Library, Training center, Guest House etc.)
Well i joined Patni Computers System and within a year of joining, this company was taken over by iGATE.
Patni had a very good work culture and there were no strict timings, even a swipe of 6 hours was considered as full day.
The campus which was famously known as PKP (Patni knowledge Park) was the best in mumbai.
iGATE bought Patni and started enforcing its policies.
Phaneesh Murthy, the then CEO of iGATE was originally from INFOSYS and thus made Patni's policies similar to INFOSYS (Less Employee Friendly).
In iGATE it was mandatory to complete 45 hours swipe every week.
Within 1 year Patni was dissolved completely and a new brand iGATE was formed.
In iGATE the ratings given during appraisal were, 1 - Needs Improvement ,2 - Meets Expectations, 3 - Exceeds Expectations and 4-Outstanding. However since they followed bell curve methodology most of the guys were given 2 rating.
Normal increments were in the range of 7% to 11% but in case of promotions the increments given were around 20% (sometimes 14% and 27% was also given). It all depended upon your current CTC (Low CTC = High Increment and High CTC = Low Increment).
iGATE had taken a huge loan from Apax partners to buy Patni. Apax did not get the said amount within time and hence they converted their debt into shares and sold it to Capgemini at 4 times the normal price.
Thus finally iGATE became Capgemini.
During this time they were looking to keep the cost as low as possible and thus fired many employees from iGATE. They were also forcefully giving 1 Rating to many employees so that they will get 0% increment.
This was the time many employees started looking for jobs outside and i was also one of them (I switched before it became Capgemini completely) .
Overall i would summarize as follows -
Patni - Best work culture (More like family).
iGATE - Little professional (More like Infosys)
Capgemini - Very Professional (Large Organization)
Below is the photo of PKP, It has all facilities in this campus (Shopping Mall, Gym, Swimming Pool, Library, Training center, Guest House etc.)
