Cognizant reviews

4.0

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Cognizant has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 82,883 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cognizant employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 9, 2023

Most Toxic Culture

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Pros

I had some good-name client projects that helped me accelerate to a higher position /pay in next job.

Cons

I wholeheartedly look back at my career and regret working here. I was desperate for a job and had been looking for 2 months prior to Cognizant. I worked closely with manager, who consistently/daily yelled at me and told me how dumb I was, for every single matter. Other teams members and even some lower levels on client side got similar treatment to different degrees. HR was horrible and their junior made several big mistakes during my onboarding process. I toughed through it, hoping to come out stronger on the other side because my buddies tell me " 1 year in consulting is 2 years elsewhere." Right after I found a higher paying job later I started getting health issues left and right for the first time. I had massive Ptsd in next job and needed to also go to therapy on a weekly basis. I can't emphasize how toxic the culture was. They allow managers to work analysts to the bone and consistently spew negativity and toxicity onto them. The benefits are extremely minimal. Very little perks, minimal vacation days. Worst benefits of all 5 companies I've been at.

1.0
May 20, 2021
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Pros

The leadership is too busy playing around with their BFFS that they will never no if you are working or not.

Cons

-Girls Club ( if you are not in the inner circle then you don't matter) -I had 2 bosses there in my 10 year tenure that had extra marital affairs with subordinate employees. -Drinking to excess on the job is acceptable -HR non existent (they do not even office in the Malvern,PA Location) -Sr. Leadership who started at the Malvern location have wives who run competing agencies. (Can you say conflict of interest?) - In my tenure I have seen "inner circle" employees not show up for work for over 6 months. Then waltz back in the door like nothing ever happened. -The Malvern office is a bad high school party and it should come to an end.

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