Pros
A chance to mingle with, learn about and better understand the Indian culture
Cons
The Indian culture is not American culture... What an American expects and what an Indian expects are two different things. HCL provides a very Indian culture for everyone. Some of that culture includes sharing information that would be HR violations in an American culture. Because HCL is so big, many of the HR expectations we might have are ignored. I counted 30 HR issues in the first 30 days that I would normally talk to HR to correct. When I discussed this with my manager, he changed me to a manager in India who was on a 12 hour time difference from me. Finally there is not a diversity program in the company. If you are American, you are the minority in this business culture. Without a diversity program you need to become very familiar with Indian culture (a very community centric VS individualistic) to be happy and successful.