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    Bsnl Reviews

    Updated 21 March 2019
    301 reviews

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    Bsnl CEO & Managing Director R.K. Upadhyay
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    Pros

    • "Good work life balance and good environment" (in 21 reviews)

    • "Job Security as it is a government company" (in 31 reviews)

    Cons

    • "THE WORK CULTURE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED" (in 12 reviews)

    • "Slow in career growth as in most psu" (in 8 reviews)

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    1. "Excellent"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Faridabad, Haryana
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Faridabad, Haryana
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Job Security
      Work Life Balance

      Cons

      There is No Reward for performance

      Advice to Management

      Nothing Specific as this is a govt company

    2. "Good place to seek knowldge."

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Berhampur
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Berhampur
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Best environment to gain knowledge.

      Cons

      Poor career growth and hr policy.

    3. "Executive Engineer Electrical BSNL"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Executive Engineer Electrical in Tirupati
      Current Employee - Executive Engineer Electrical in Tirupati
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      India's largest,oldest national telecom company. Highly talented executives. Opportunity for learning. Good pay package. Freedom to take risk

      Cons

      No promotional prospects for talented ones. Company ailing with debts.

      Advice to Management

      Land bank and manpower---- If is considered as exclusive asset, which others are lacking and exploit them. Can become best government sector company.

    4. "Overall a good company to work for (If a few things are taken care of by the company)"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Junior Telecom Officer
      Current Employee - Junior Telecom Officer
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      1. Opportunity to work in variety of domains like OFC transmission. wireless GSM, UMTS, LTE etc, POTS, Next Generation Network, Broadband technologies, FTTH, MPLS nodes, Training centres, Administration, Marketing, Sales, Customer Services, Government projects etc.
      2. Opportunity to get transfered to nearby areas of hometown, as BSNL is present everywhere.
      3. Friendly atmosphere as long as you are working in the interest of the company.
      4. Opportunity to switch the domains.
      5. One can manage time for work-life balance. (not true for all domains)

      Cons

      1. Slow promotion process
      2. Self-motivation needed to work
      3. Less Salary compared to other organizations
      4. Government work culture sometimes (but it would change as young employees start taking the baton to move the company forward)
      5. One can get posting in remotest of the areas.

      Advice to Management

      1. Change of mindset among employee is needed, a more professional approach is needed.
      2. Dress code must be imposed as we are in the service sector.
      3. For employees working in the office, administrative work i.e, 10AM to 5:30PM job, auto-time stamping/ biometric attendance is required.
      4. For Sales and Marketing specialized recruitments are needed ( MBA, PGDM), similarly, for HR we need specialists.
      5. For technical work diploma graduates, ITI candidates must be recruited.
      6. Training centres need to upgrade.

    5. "BSNL best hai mere liye"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - SDE1 in Mumbai
      Current Employee - SDE1 in Mumbai
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Government job. Less transfer

      Cons

      High workload, still telecommunication competition make more workload.

      Advice to Management

      Try to get government support for survival

    6. "Best"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time

      Pros

      Less work load as compare to private...more holidays

      Cons

      No improvement through work as it govt sector

      Advice to Management

      Promote on work proforma not on work experience as like pure govt job

    7. "Technical Middle level"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sub Divisional Engineer
      Current Employee - Sub Divisional Engineer
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Good work-life balance, pension, freedom to experiment etc

      Cons

      The Govt is hellbent on closing / selling this PSU

      Advice to Management

      Management is helpless. Everything is decided by central govt.

    8. "Internship review"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      The training that I have undergone was really informative. I went through both theoretical and practical classes. I learned a lot about telecommunications and its aspects from professional mentors. The overall experience was good.

      Cons

      Nothing as such as cons for me.

    9. "JTO"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - JTO in Mumbai
      Current Employee - JTO in Mumbai
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Luckily if your controlling officer is good.

      Cons

      Many cons to give, but will mention few of them.
      1.pathetic work culture.
      2.if u work they give you reward, unluckily the reward is more work.
      3.no proper resource management.
      4.no coordination between departments.
      5. Very less perks and allowances compared to any other PSU.

    10. "Installation and maintenence of communication equipments- mobile, optical fiber"

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      Current Employee - Divisional Engineer in Kollam
      Current Employee - Divisional Engineer in Kollam

      I have been working at Bsnl full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Engineering field, technical exposure, introduction of new technologies

      Cons

      Industry relying much on non profit making land line business, large work force with poor dedication, lagging in actions

      Advice to Management

      Reduce work force, performance related pay, reduce spending on non productive fields