Fidelity Investments

1. Great training program for fresh graduates.
2. Certain projects in certain Business Units give immense exposure.
3. All individuals are treated with respect, irrespective of the designation.
4. Great culture and work-life balance. Convenient for women.
5. Work-from-home and cab facilities are good.
6. 20% of the staff has been with the company for 10+ years, so great continuity.

I loved my stint at Fidelity. I was lucky to have great projects and managers.

1. Salary is a bit on the lower side for the quality of skills possessed.
2. Growth in terms of designation is slow.
3. On-site opportunities are diminishing year-by-year due to fund crunch.
4. 20% New Product Development and 80% legacy and maintenance work.
5. Life as a QA or Prod Support can be miserable and work uninspiring.
6. Great senior management and great junior devs. The problem is with the middle management.

1. Bring better projects to India.
2. Hiring 20 quality engineers is better than 40 average employees. Increase the quality of recruits and their pay.
3. Major concern is the manager level.

Most managers are uninspiring and have no clue about what to do. A SQL expert cannot be a manager for a UI project. Similarly, a QA/Mainframe guy should not be a manager for a high-priority Java or C# project. Their presence serves no purpose for the team.