If you are ever approached by Indian companies in either Europe and USA, be warned. Most of their roles are placeholders. They advertise for scam jobs. Most of the work will likely be carried out in India on the cheap. The jobs they have in Europe and USA are mostly for window dressing for client engagement. Avoid at all cost. Unless you want to be stuck in an unhappy job with zero work/life balance within a terrible organization.
Things to notice:
- Job descriptions that have catch all with a lot of excessive keyword stuffing
- Interviewers are very passive, and at times aggressive, and not actively engaged
- Interviewers that are overlooking the technical details when you ask probing questions
- Interviewers that are clearly indicating that 'you won't be doing this'
- Interviewers are very high-level about most things
- Compensation is often brought up in every stage in an attempt to reduce and to ask you how flexible you are
- Through the stages you will find out that the entire process is a scam to fill roles as placeholders
- Through the stages you will find out that the role is not what is advertised, in fact the job title likely does not match the job description
- Check the reviews, most likely other candidates have also been treated badly through the process
- They often will seem in a rush to hire that is because they have likely not secured the funding for the project
- Most Indian companies have significantly lower payscales that are below local market rates
- Their entire process will be riddled with unprofessionalism
- At times, the HR and interviewer engagement will also be quite rude and unapproachable
- Be very careful to spot the deceptions, indian companies are notorious at lying both to clients as well as to the general public
- Non-compliance issues with processing and storing of your personal info (some may even share your personal info with third-parties)
- There is a reason why people talk so badly about indian companies in social media discussion boards, simply put huge number of people have had bad experiences
Sample companies that often advertise scam jobs on job boards:
- Tata Consultancy
- HCL
- Wipro
- Infosys
- Mindtree
- Mphasis
- Mindspace
- Tech Mahindra
- NTT Data (although, a japanese company, specifically their indian heavy departments)
Increasingly, outsourcing means more and more companies are advertising scam jobs. Some USA and Europe companies that also have big indian hubs that advertise fake job ads:
- Accenture
- KPMG
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- CapGemini
- Sopra Steria
