Jun 02, 2015 11:23 AM
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I Joined UST Global as a lateral, this was my third company. I had worked in MNC & Small sized company before so I know who management works(and supposed to work), but UST went beyond my expectations.
I joined in Bangalore Location but they changed my location to TVM saying no projects in Bangalore. When I was interviewed I was told there are plenty of projects started/coming up and they want to me to join ASAP. I shortened my notice period and joined just to find out, they have zero projects.
I was on bench for almost a month, during which I got few calls for only support works or other technology works n no development works. And if you say you are looking for Development work, the word they use is "Atrocity" for rejecting work. Seriously!
After joining, HR's will be assigned to you for contacting related to Project opening. No use, as they will never ever respond to your calls(they block numbers), mails, messages. If you go to meet them personally they will never be available. If available they will say we will contact you when we get any opening. Ya, why not wait for them to call? but the problem is bench time. If you are on bench for over 45 days you will be forced to put down papers. In turn they are forcing you to accept the projects regardless of if its your tech or interest.
I finally got a project which lasted for only 4 months and after that same drill. Finally I got another project but this time in Kochi location. Worked in that for almost an year. Though I was a mid level employee all the major responsibilities were given to me like talking to clients directly n all, as my communication was not having any slang problems and I was technically stronger than my seniors. First month they gave an appreciation certificate, that's the best they do to say you are working well. After that no matter how hard you work you will not be appreciated or even acknowledged.(Unless you are a pet of Manager and a Mallu)
They have weird Policies as well.
Bench Time - Accept they project they give else put papers in 45 days(Proof: It came in newspapers as well)
Performance Grading - Limited grades to each account so even if you are well performing you wont get good Grades, it will go to some pet's only.
Appraisals - It is supposed to happen by Feb so that hike can be given in April sal but it will happen only in April or May so hike will be in Sept or Oct
Hike - Its a MNC so nothing much, usual 10-15% but wont get soon, it will take 5-6 months.
Variable pay - its calculated based on a formula, your performance x account performance x companies performance. Anytime you see the internal office mails or events of UST you will notice them bragging about companies they acquired, cricket/football/awards shows they sponsored, new clients, new hiring and a whopping growth of 50-80% each year in terms of revenue but when it comes to giving hike or variable pay company is under loss. So even if your grade is good still your variable pay wont be full.
Variable Payout - It is supposed to be given in March but dont make any plans depending on it. coz in the last week they will come n say, boss, we wont be giving it this month n dont know when we will give it also. You will get it eventually after 3-4 motths
Promotion n Onsite - If you are Manager's pet you will get it in 6months itself else they will show policy saying you have to spend two years to become eligible for it. Basically forget about these things.
Transfer - According to their statistics, if over 75% of the employees quits in less than 6 months if the employee goes to any place other than Kochi n TVM. so you are stuck in TVM or Kochi only. If you want transfer, quit company
Language - Even in meetings(internal/onsite) they will use Malayalam. It doesnt matter if there are people who dont understand Malayalam. So if you dont know Malayalam you will feel its better to go for lunch n tea breaks alone.
Politics - This is Very High, as high as the Mount Everest. They will use you a scapegoat to fill their ego's. Beware of this.
Policy Changes - They will just notify you that things have changed, wont ask you. Some of them were, no cellphones, no internet, no office mails/ chat messenger, Delay in Variable pays/ salary, and everything that is needed for the employee.
There are still some more things to add but I guess you would have got the picture of the company. Please dont join and dont recommend it to your enemies also.
