Need help deciding on a job switch: Currently at Wells Fargo with a 3-day office schedule, but struggling with work-life balance as a mom to an 11-month-old. Got an offer from EXL for a Senior Consultant role in Decision Analytics for an insurance client (yet to know RTO schedule but it’s mostly gonna be 2days) What would you choose — brand + stability at Wells or flexibility + consulting exposure at EXL? Honest pros & cons, please!

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Exl is chaos now a days.
It lost the charm that used to be there in earlier days.
Better work life balance in 90 pct teams.
2 days work from office and in that scenarios some teams got the relaxation also.

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The only pro of joining EXL would be good work-life balance during the initial months. I had joined as a Senior Consultant too and the first few months were a breeze. Things will start picking up once they notice your work.
The 2-day policy is more on paper than in reality. I know people in my team who’ve been living away from the office ever since Covid happened.
Coming to the cons now - Once they pull you in your work-life balance will take a severe hit. You’ll be expected to manage one or more resources, take interviews, prepare for client visits and also deliver 8 hours of client work at the least. There are no monetary perks or employee friendly policies. Work culture is rotten due to middle management who cannot stop kissing up to senior management and clients. There is literally zero sense of being part of a team. All of us work like machines even when the team is in office (the company wouldn’t even sponsor a pizza for us to bond over) and get back to our personal lives. They usually hire external talent at salaries higher than existing employees and then keep them at zero or <5% annual hike for the first year or two. The Promotion policy as opaque as it can get with the VP single handedly calling the shots. The performance reporting and management system is just a formality.

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The only pro of joining EXL would be good work-life balance during the initial months. I had joined as a Senior Consultant too and the first few months were a breeze. Things will start picking up once they notice your work.
The 2-day policy is more on paper than in reality. I know people in my team who’ve been living away from the office ever since Covid happened.
Coming to the cons now - Once they pull you in your work-life balance will take a severe hit. You’ll be expected to manage one or more resources, take interviews, prepare for client visits and also deliver 8 hours of client work at the least. There are no monetary perks or employee friendly policies. Work culture is rotten due to middle management who cannot stop kissing up to senior management and clients. There is literally zero sense of being part of a team. All of us work like machines even when the team is in office (the company wouldn’t even sponsor a pizza for us to bond over) and get back to our personal lives. They usually hire external talent at salaries higher than existing employees and then keep them at zero or <5% annual hike for the first year or two. The Promotion policy as opaque as it can get with the VP single handedly calling the shots. The performance reporting and management system is just a formality.

The only pro of joining EXL would be good work-life balance during the initial months. I had joined as a Senior Consultant too and the first few months were a breeze. Things will start picking up once they notice your work.
The 2-day policy is more on paper than in reality. I know people in my team who’ve been living away from the office ever since Covid happened.
Coming to the cons now - Once they pull you in your work-life balance will take a severe hit. You’ll be expected to manage one or more resources, take interviews, prepare for client visits and also deliver 8 hours of client work at the least. There are no monetary perks or employee friendly policies. Work culture is rotten due to middle management who cannot stop kissing up to senior management and clients. There is literally zero sense of being part of a team. All of us work like machines even when the team is in office (the company wouldn’t even sponsor a pizza for us to bond over) and get back to our personal lives. They usually hire external talent at salaries higher than existing employees and then keep them at zero or <5% annual hike for the first year or two. The Promotion policy as opaque as it can get with the VP single handedly calling the shots. The performance reporting and management system is just a formality.

Dont join pls.. find another company

If an extra work day is not much to bother and you can manage, go with wells fargo given the options

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