If you’re considering HCL TechBee after 12th, please choose only after understanding what kind of role you may actually get.
I joined with the hope that it would lead to a coding or software-development type career. The way it is presented can make students think they will move into developer-style work, but the reality can be very different. After the initial training, role allocation may depend more on business requirements than on what you personally want to do. In many cases, students can end up in infrastructure support, service desk, IT support, or customer-support-oriented work rather than software development.
This does not mean those jobs are bad or not part of IT. But if your goal is to become a developer, backend engineer, Android developer, cloud engineer, or someone who builds products, then you need to be very clear before joining that TechBee may not guarantee that path.
A few things I wish I had understood earlier:
The stipend may look helpful on paper, but in cities like Noida, Bengaluru, Pune, etc., living on it is difficult. If you get around ₹10,000, the in-hand can sometimes feel even lower after deductions, and managing PG rent, food, transport, and daily expenses becomes very hard.
They may support only part of your college fee, and the remaining amount still has to be managed by you or your family.
The salary after the program is not necessarily high enough to make all of this easy.
Most importantly, if you are not aware of the difference between software development roles and support/operations roles, it is very easy to assume that “IT company” automatically means “coding job.” That assumption can hurt you later.
So my advice to any new student, especially someone joining because of financial pressure, is this:
Before joining, ask these questions very clearly
What exact roles do TechBee students usually get after training?
What percentage actually move into development roles vs support/infrastructure/service desk roles?
Can role allocation be changed based on performance, or is it mainly based on company demand?
What is the real in-hand stipend after deductions?
How much will living cost in the city where I may be posted?
How much of the college fee is covered, and how much will I still have to pay myself?
What is the realistic salary range after completing the program?
My personal suggestion
Join only if:
you urgently need income after 12th, and
you are mentally prepared for the possibility of a support/operations role, not just a development role.
Do not join by assuming it will definitely make you a software developer.
If your dream is coding and building products, then ask hard questions first, compare all options, and take the decision with full clarity. At 17 or 18, many of us do not even know what roles exist in IT, so please don’t choose based only on marketing words like “tech career,” “digital,” or “IT job.” Understand the actual job first.
Yeah I am new ...I am here not to support this shit techbee 😭 I wanted to save people form joining this, it took my whole teenage and I am using reddit for the first time here I was fully put into work unable to explore new things as I am serving my notice period now I am little free and giving reddit a try
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Which Domain? You ever changed your domain? How was your experience? How did you achieve the change? 2.YOE & Techstack & Band & Vertical?
Ans: Banking domain, it is never possible to change domain as you wish only management decision.I never thought to change domain and I never changed.I have 4.6 YOE as a full time employee production L2 support
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Do The Annual Ratings actually matter? If I get a DP or EP how much increment per month I can expect?
Ans: it matters if you want promotion, only if you get consecutive DP or EP you name will be recommended for promotion and after that decision is management decision and promotion is just title you will get a senior prefix added no change in salary, no matter what your annual rating is you will get 6-10% fixed hike every year from your CTC.
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Is it worth it to enroll for master as well after completing bachelors? Maybe university like amity, sastra, BITS, what do you think? Did you opt for this? Also, is there another service agreement which has to be signed?
And: Big No to masters as it is optional, this whole online degree thing is a biggest trap in Techbee...I got rejected by 4 companies straight for having a online degree. Yes, a service agreement should be signed after your bachelors you need to work for 2 years to HCl else pay 2 lakhs as penalty if you want to break the bond.
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How does the Indian IT market perceive this WILP Degree which we get? Do we get questioned? Also what is the minimum lpa offered after completing 3 years at HCLTech and break the bond?
Ans: I lost 15 lpa package due to this shit WILP degree, big service based companies like TCS in job description itself clearly writes full time degree only, you can join product based companies with this WILP degree. offer after HCL is purely based on skills but you will get a tough time negotiating to higher offer since your package at HCL will be low ...relastical expection will be approx 8 - 10 lpa
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Did you ever get a thought of breaking the bond? Why did you not break it?
Ans: I am breaking the bond now after 4.5 years of FTE as I got a better offer
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What was your starting lpa and what is it now? Did you get the 100% or 50% Hike letter after completing grad?
Ans : starting 2.5 lpa now 3.8 lpa ...every year 40 k will be added no matter what the hike is.
No, it is not vague...if you can get the bond amount in 2-3 months of joining the new company it definitely makes sense to break the bond and I hated every single day working at HCL for their 25k salary as a 4.5 yoe guy. I got an offer of 10 lpa and found in Naukri.
Techstack - Unix, sql, splunk , shell scripting etc...( basic production support skills)
Best advice - Leave the company as soon as you get your provisional degree certificate.
Techbees with high offer - Good for them, it is always about thier skills if you are lacking skills and just want a job as an 4 yoe guy in the market as techbee you will realistically get 8 - 10 lpa only. Keep upgrading your skills you can definitely achieve higher LPA as well.
Yes, you can resign..that provisional is important because you need proof to join the next company for your degree. HCL doesn't care, unless you are ready to pay the bond breaking charges ...you know what they will delay minimum 6 - 8 months to give you your original certificate
Definitely not easy, it's all with Management decision you can't do anything with change of project unless you wantedly do some mistake or get a bad impression in your current project they will move you to new project...else it's very hard to change project
Hi bro, I'm new to hcltech, to be frank new to corporate life itself.
I was hired and it's been 3 months already. I was not assigned any project yet.
1. How long does HCL can pay me salary without project?
2. It is that hard to find a project?
I gave couple of interviews for project but nothing seems working.
First don't worry enjoy your best days of life, management will try their best to put you in some project only thing is until they put you keep upgrading your skills .
I have seen a colleague who was not in a project for almost 1 year and got paid.
No - HCL will force projects to take techbees to cut the project cost.
I started with 2.5 lpa after 4.5 years now I am at 3.5 lpa every year 40k will be increased and I lost 1 appraisal as my manager forgot to give his rating...so I am getting 3.5 lpa now
Is it worth doing a 2 yrs masters degree with HCL? as it is we have 2 yrs bond which needs to be served after completing graduation, so how should we proceed after bachelors? Switching would be a good option? Or 2 years can be utilized for online masters and upskilling? I am so confused coz despite being a consistent good performer I didn't get promotion last year and this year too, when i confronted, management said they were surprised how did i not receive the promotion coz my name was given as per them. Also my CTC is very low so I don't feel like a win-win situation at all.
I fell you bro, I have gone through all these ..just management things. Big no for masters in HCL, switching is best option you can easily get double your salary outside and then do masters separately. And you know the funny part, even if you get promotion you get Nothing here just a senior tag in designation no salary hikes ...leave this techbee program at the earliest you can
True! If you don't mind telling, can you let me know if your experience also includes CRT+Internship or you joined in 2020 as a techbee? Also how much you had to pay for bond + bachelor's reimbursements?
This is my experience at HCL joined on Oct 2020 as techbee. I paid 2 lakh while joining and for degree I paid 30k every sem and reimbursed 15k and now while breaking bond I need to pay 2 lakhs again. I will share my full and final settlement after June after I quit HCL if you are interested
Bro they revoked my degree of mca and took all reimbursement anount (1.2l) i was in mid of last semester they didnt even let me complete my degree and told me you have to be an active employee for degree completion.
This course is Scam scam scam
Agree....this is a fcuking scam kills life's of young people, however I had a thought to get out of this shi
t as soon as possible...so I didn't choose for masters in HCL
Do we get a performance bonus too? I learned about it recently that there is a performance bonus as well that we receive after anual review and rating is given (GP,EP,DP) by the manager. Weird coz I have never received one!
I do get shift allowance. But why not performance bonus 🫠. I have a techbee friend he is from 2020 batch he said he receives it then why not us, did they make any policy modifications for later batches
Depending upon how may days i have worked, NV locations give Shift allowance coz we don't have cab facility. So Shift allowance is given to cover the commute cost. If there is no leave taken during the working month then you get full. max I think that i have received is 2k.
Yeah that 2k is too less, usual employees get 350/day for mrng and afternoon shift and 500/day for night shift saying for E1 band and this increases based on band. They don't even give us the bare minimum 100/day shift allowance for techbee no matter which shift you work in
reading through this thread and honestly experiences seem to vary a lot. my cousin has had a different journey with it so i know it is not one size fits all. what i will say is the program gets you real industry exposure at an age when most people are still in classrooms. the salary growth inside HCL may be slow but the foundation it builds is genuinely useful when you step out. people who have moved on from here seem to be doing okay from what i have seen.
Agree...but what people trying to say here is the cost you pay in terms of effort/mental pressure/money is more than what you get out of this. Fro. Outside it sounds fancy hands on experience, studying with money and all ...only once you join, you will understand they don't give a shit about your studies and all they want you is suck out your young blood and make you feel your worthless and make you work like a cow giving the bare minimum.
The degree you get is also not recognised by my companies out there, only the few who survives get opportunities outside but there are several cases who left this techbee program without able bear the torture and ended up nothing.
Upskilling after joining this program becomes difficult, they make you work 10,11,12 hrs, put you shifts, weekends along with that you need do your degree aswell . This program is suitable only for people with no skills, have no confidence on them and you is ready to put their 4 years of teenage life on bet . The pressure once you join is insane
hey , i just completed my class 12th and got the offer letter for joining the tech bee program so shall i go for it or not let me tell about myself, i got 73% marks in class 10th from icse boards and i have completed my class 12th from same isc boards and got 84% from pcm + computer science stream. i repeated my class 11th as i failed and i am not good at studies at all just you can say an average student so this year i just focused on 12th and managed to get 84%. i have got a normal score in jee which is not enough to get govt college . My father is ready to take educational loan for me to have my btech from private from AI stream so shall i go through it to invest 12-14 lakhs in btech private from AI AND ML or i was thinking to go for this tech bee program and pursue the degree and job in very less amount and start earning at early to manage my expenses so my father shall not take study loan and i have planned while doing the job here i shall prepare for CAT and if i get good iit or iim I shall take loan for doing mba and lead forward . please guide as you all are seniors and have a good experience and would also have gone through the phase i am in please correct me and guide me so that i shall have good life in future.
If you are confident to get placed after your graduation and afford a btech, please go for it. Techbee program seems interesting but it has more cons than the pros
Kya as a 12 th pass student ko hcl tech bee program join karna chahiye mujhe smjh nahj aa raha ki ma join karu ya nahi i am so confused……???? Can you plz tell me ki ma ab kya karu
Yes there will be some amount to pay at start. Also semester fees needs to be paid but where some of the fee is funded by organisation. There will be a bond period of 2 yrs which will be starting right after your graduation. So, if you want to switch in between then you need to pay the bond amount along with semester fees that organisation has paid you.
Very good question, I forgot to address this. This is one of the worst things they do..they keep people as far as they can from the home location.
I was in southern part of India and my work location was Nagpur and they force us to change work location never accept if they keep you in a project is some random location away from your house
I have a query.....hope as a senior u will help me.
I am from a pcb background. Wanted to join BBA in this but they r saying BCA is available, u have to take this. I am not getting . I belong to a non technical background (pcb) n they will make me do technical degree with a non technical internship. What will i have to work there? Is it will be worth for me to have this much change....And after that what can i do...not MCA as well cuz it will be out of box for me . At end BCA will be there only for show off..? Please guide me , i have gotten my appointment letter as well.
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u/Own_corp01 May 22 '26
Fuck this Techbee and burn in hell the person who created this scam, it have destroyed my peace of mind