Do you think TCS should increase hike % to minimum 7%?

TCS has consistently provided 100% variable pay to its junior employees over the past few quarters. The company has also announced salary increments ranging from 4.5% to 7% for its employees, with top performers receiving double-digit raises.

Just trying to gauge the salary expectations if I get a promotion.

Cognizant gave 4.5% of the hike for 5/5 ratings.

I'm working at payU payment from 2 years and from last two years they are giving the increments in single digit, is the market is bad ? Last year I got 4% increment I was informed by my manager that company is not doing good same has happened this year again I got only 4% incriment. In my team I have seen people are getting 8-10% also and in other team few have got 12% also, however I feel even 12% is the highest still it seems too low. is this is happening everywhere or it's just payU?

I've 1 YOE, my current in hand is 8.3 LPA with a permanent remote option. What should be a minimum increment below which I should not even consider that option. I'm assuming whatever offers I'll get they are going to onsite and mostly in BLR/NCR . On a CTC of 12 LPA I don't think it will improve my savings considering the cost of living in metro cities and since I live with my parents so current cost is almost zero. In terms of work life balance and culture I'm happy with my current company.

I am moving to TCS with 3.5 yoe in Backend development . My skills are Java , Springboot and microservices . My current base pay is 6.5lpa. How much should I negotiate with TCS Hr .

TCS organises an internal exam called "Wings 1" by which the new joiners can double up their salary. (They get extra incentives, it's added as a separate item in Salary Slip). • No Fairness • No transparency , just hope so that you get stuck in the loop. So they organise this 3 times in a year so that they can cover the whole year. (Selling Hope of Getting Cleared Every Cycle). > A few months back they changed rules as most of the people were on the verge of clearing it. > There is no particular syllabus for most of the exams. > If you are on the verge of clearing Required Tracks, you will potentially end up getting failed in one of them for sure.(you'll never know why !) > There's no marking scheme. > The exam centres are 50-60KMs away. > You can't even see how many marks you scored. > The Result comes after a month, that too is sometimes delayed.(This is the same TCS which organises JEE etc exams). > If more people are clearing, they reshuffle marks (Happened in Earlier Cycle). > Even after so many obstacles if you clear it: if your manager gives you C band it goes away... they call themselves employee friendly 😂. Most of the new joiners get stuck in this cycle & end up losing their precious time. Someone should raise this issue. It should be in NEWS. *********If someone is writing article on this then i can share SSs of Dashboard in ample amount which proves my point........

Do not join TCS at the early stage of life with a low salary with expectations that it will grow after a year or two as promotions are very slow. If you are getting a role with a salary up to the mark go ahead but the promotions and hike totally depends on the project. As I know the hike at TCS is between 2% to 5%. Also promotions do not depend on your performance, even if you perform outstanding you might end up getting a 2% hike. Not worth it right. Promotions totally depend upon your behavior with your TL and manager. Even if the person does not work but does the chamchagiri of them it works. Once the project you are working in RAMPS Down the RMG people helps to ruin your life after that. RMG in Tcs needs proper training to allocate the manpower to proper process.