What it does: Tech Mahindra specializes in 16 business process outsourcing and IT services across different clients in 12 industries.
Best known for Tech Mahindra is part of the Mahindra Group, a US$21 billion multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India.
Staff stats: more than 121,000 employees in 90 countries
Financials: INR378.55 billion in revenue as of March 2021
The good bits: Tech Mahindra offers a generous compensation package with benefits that focus on four aspects: Financial Support, Flexibility, Insurance, and On-the-Job Support.
The not-so-good bits: There’s an employment bond policy for freshers, with the actual amount depending on the role. Some insiders estimated the cost and duration to be approximately INR100,000 and two years, respectively.
Tech Mahindra originally started in 1986 as a joint venture between Mahindra & Mahindra and British Telecom. It initially provided services as a technology outsourcing firm, eventually expanding into a multinational company with 16 specialized services such as:
5G technology
Artificial intelligence
Blockchain; and
Cybersecurity.
Its track record for more than 30 years involves partnerships with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 clients. Tech Mahindra claims to be among the Top 15 IT service providers in the world.
The company also operates at more than 45 offices across 15 locations in India, including its headquarters in Pune.
A new hire will initially work for 9 hours for the first six months, usually between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Insiders said that there’s a strict protocol for punctuality during the nine-hour work schedule (eg on-time breaks).
Tech Mahindra has also restructured its HR policies to improve its diversity-and-inclusion efforts. The most prominent changes involved equal support for same-sex couples.
The company provides same-sex couples with 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of adoption plans and three days off for bereavement purposes.
New parents, regardless of their gender, can spend time with their families during the first year of parenthood. The ‘Work From Home’ facility will help them to balance their work and personal lives.
Whether it’s welcoming a new baby or a sexual reassignment surgery, Tech Mahindra has worked on new policies to support each employee’s life-changing decisions.
Tech Mahindra’s biggest competitors include Hexaware Technologies, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, and Wipro.
Tech Mahindra drew flak in 2017 when an HR representative allegedly asked an employee to ‘resign by 10 a.m. the next day. The incident caused a firestorm on social media, inadvertently exposing how the industry handles the retrenchment of employees.
Tech Mahindra Foundation takes care of the company’s corporate social responsibility efforts. Since 2007, the foundation has focused on the following sectors:
Corporate volunteer work
Education for young girls and disabled people
Women empowerment projects (eg skills training)
Women and people with disabilities account for 50% and 10% of Tech Mahindra Foundation’s beneficiaries, respectively.
Freshers with self-discipline and determination will likely succeed more than their peers if they decide to join Tech Mahindra.
The company may not be the best in the industry for a high-paying IT job. For someone with a positive mindset, however, Tech Mahindra’s benefits and revamped HR policies can offset below-average salaries.
Insiders said that freshers can complete the application process at Tech Mahindra in one day, but it takes several hours. The screening may take up to four selection rounds.
This round focuses on seven sections with 75 questions. Freshers should complete the test within one hour. The topics include arithmetic skills, English fluency, and quantitative ability.
Applicants will need to write an essay about a picture that will be shown during this round. They must complete a 200-word essay within 15 minutes.
Candidates for technical roles will answer questions about programming languages such as C, C++, JAVA, and SQL. A non-technical role will have a corresponding technical test related to the position.
The HR representative will ask routine questions about the candidate’s background, experience, and skills among other work-related information.
While Tech Mahindra can finish the hiring process in one day, there might be instances when the company takes up to 20 days to select the right candidate
Freshers who join Tech Mahindra as associate software engineers typically climb the corporate ladder by becoming software engineers and senior software engineers. Some individuals may start as trainees before they can become associate software engineers.
Senior software engineers can eventually work as project managers or senior project managers. Insiders said that a person can only be promoted after working for at least two years at the company.
Associate software engineers at Tech Mahindra earn INR360,000 per year, which is lower than the national average. A typical associate software engineer in India earns an average annual salary of IN$426,000.
Software engineers and senior software engineers’ average annual salaries are INR450,000 and INR800,000, respectively. While the entry-level salaries aren’t on par with the industry average, Tech Mahindra’s benefits package comprises four areas.
Lease breakage and repatriation allowance
Retirement plan
Salary advance
Advance, bereavement, and parental care leave
Flexible work arrangement
Paid time off and public holidays
Work-from-home options
Accident
Healthcare
Life
Travel
Communication expense reimbursements
Extended family support
Relocation expenses