Pros: Job Security Varied Opportunities Training Good Work/Life Balance

Cons: Difficult to differentiate yourself. Pace of change and innovation can be slow. Not all roles have access to cutting-edge technologies.

Pros: Great opportunities and variance of work if you're willing to ask and work for it. Good initiatives to improve things, but few actually improve. Feedback, while statistically looking good ("did 6 management check-ins to connect with the people"), shows the people aren't really connected to anything other than "hi, you ok? bye" smiling execs. Extreme levels of knowledge in some pockets; plenty to learn. Recommended for entry-level folks looking for great opportunities. Tech innovation is increasing. Plenty of courses and exciting things happening.

Cons: Pay quickly falls behind market rates. Promotions knock pay off, so over time one will end up doing a senior role and being paid much less than an external recruit into the same job. The pay plan process, whereby pay is meant to be looked at by independent bodies, is "tick-boxed" by having a very wide range of pay, with people typically floating in a "thick middle bog." To get up the pay grade, you end up having to stay for 10 years, but by then inflation has overtaken you. It's common knowledge people have to leave to get their pay corrected, which is awful for Capgemini, as they are losing valuable, strong future leaders whilst retaining mediocrity. Need to decide whether to be a leader of the future or a "global jack of all trades" with lots of people in India who can do stuff cheaply. Most new joiners leave after a few years, taking away energy. Backfilled people take the energy of those who remain, repeating every 2-3 years. Promotions are painful. Even after doing a higher-graded job for many months, there's still plenty of red tape to choke on. Plenty of micromanagers at senior levels with extremely low levels of people/leadership skills. The same people keep being given people leadership roles after making their subordinates' lives hell. This is not addressed centrally, as each BU has its own HR process/calibration tree. Can't use HR to complain, as the person you are complaining about will be in your calibration or their mates will be, so it's career suicide, leaving you silenced and powerless. Too many people with their "foot off the pedal" and getting 3 ratings for mediocrity. High performers are "auto box 3s" if they get a mid-year promotion or change area. So, in most cases, they take their foot off the gas as the person next to them is practically snoring and getting the same pay performance rating. Many pockets of the same old faces, rotating and creating their old teams again. Making teams of people around you gives great 360 feedback if you are part of the crew. If you are not, you will get fewer opportunities, which means less pay/progression. Far too many ex-civil service folks in "Cap" clothing waiting for retirement with self-belief issues, leading to micromanagers and "cover my own backers." They are too expensive to get rid of, so this creates a flawed performance management system. Typically, time in role is valued more than ability. Need to be more like Accenture and cut some of the dead wood that haven't done their bit for years. With the size of the company, it's so easy to hide and do nothing.

Pros: Flexibility to take your career in new directions. Training and certifications paid for and actively pushed for.

Cons: After 19 years, I’ve seen lots of change, but never as much as the last 3 years. There’s a general sense that people don’t matter anymore. No matter what people are made to deal with, the answer is always that “It’s come from group,” which is the Capgemini way of saying the decision has been made and nobody challenges upwards. There’s been a big loss of transparency and trust, too. Change is often presented as being for the employees, based on their feedback. Yet, no-one is able to find a single colleague who wants the changes and directives to come. It basically feels like Capgemini no longer trusts employees, and employees no longer trust Capgemini.