Pros
. You've lots of avenues to learn (in most departments) and experienced colleagues. . Friendly and helpful colleagues overall. Less office politics compared to other companies. . Good ethical base - much of the culture from the Det Norske Veritas days still exists as a solid foundation which i hope is preserved . Documented procedures for everything! Well, an example of practising what the company preaches
Cons
. Work life balance goes for a toss with excessive travel - story of every auditing/consulting job i guess, but could expect better. Country management is fine as long as profits come in I guess . Favouritism and less value to merit - may not exist in your department, but the effect may still emanate from other departments . Excessive focus on targets? Well, some folks have to feel this pressure to a greater extent while others chill without achieving them/ fulfilling paltry targets (favouritism again). Let me also say, most of the emphasis on revenue is killing the quality of service being provided . Salary vs tenure - sad to say, loyalty and a longer tenure doesn't reward you here too! (Forget the paltry Rs. 10,000 voucher for a ten year service - which they forget as well!) . A lot of people do say the company is a bad paymaster and i can confirm this, right from the start. Benefits are meh too. . Beware if you're subjected to unsubstantiated performance improvement plans! Get out of the toxicity asap, or hold on and fight if you have the bandwidth. It seems this 'novel' way to force out people has seeped in here as well. I received one after completing my targets for the year and receiving good ratings in previous appraisals.