Pros
Work/life balance (depending on client) Decent healthcare benefits Friendly managers Good entry level positions
Kontras
Pay is very low Lack of career/skill growth No training prior to client placement No promotions or advancement Pretty easy to get a job here, but for a reason. Turn-over is high at a lot of client locations. The basic idea of HCL is, they recruit you and place you at a client location on day 1. From there it's sink or swim, on-boarding is done by another vendor, who usually has a full workload and no time to really train someone. To be successful, it's self learning and catching on quickly, as you'll be in production within 2 weeks. Clients can "terminate" you for any reason or whim and HCL doesn't reseat you (this has been the case from every person booted at my location). My advice, get a year of experience here then punch out for something better.