Low salary and raises. Company culture is going down the tubes since being bought by Infosys. The individual employees are all great and trying to maintain the image of the good culture, but Infosys has dragged the real benefits through the mud and removed many of the great things that Fluido used to do. For example, there used to be a yearly Christmas bonus, that was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic and the difficult times the company faced as a result, but it was never brought back and there has been no explanation as to why, despite COVID being over and the company raving about having great years, breaking records and acquiring new deals.
The company uses a combination of salary and a monthly "bonus" as a pay structure, which many other consultancies do in Finland. Fluido counts this bonus as an integral part of your monthly salary, so you will get a lower actual salary and the bonus is then meant to increase your pay up to a competitive number within the field. So, if you would get 4000 euros per month, you might get a guaranteed salary around 2700 and a variable up to around 1300. The problem here is that it's not actually a "bonus" then, since you could have potentially no bonus in a month and then you only get 2700 euros pay that month, which is pitiful for a software developer, and the way the company talks about the bonus in salary negotiations is always "well with the bonus you could make X amount of euros". This is based on billable hours, so there is no guarantee that you will ever get the bonus, but it's unlikely you would receive nothing.
Then, your yearly raises are only based on the guaranteed salary, so the company can also give you lower raises each year than you would get if you actual salary was that 4000 euros that you might get elsewhere. It's not a good pay structure and companies should get rid of it, since it's basically just predatory. Fundamentally, it is a fixed salary with an hourly salary, but you only get a raise on the fixed part. A real bonus would mean you get a competitive salary and some smaller amount on top of it. Not that you get a measly salary and must get a good hourly portion to make even barely the market rate.
Many people in the company are trying really hard to continue the formerly great culture, and they put on events and do things for the employees, but Infosys is now also telling Fluido to cut costs and increase margins (as any parent company says) and it hasn't been good for company morale, which can be seen in surveys in the company. It's disappointing also to see the company talk about all the great things they do for their employees but if you watch their social media it's the same 5-10 people traveling around the world doing great things and none of the rank-and-file members anymore. It used to be that there were opportunities for average devs and consultants to travel and visit other offices or events, but not anymore.
