Cognizant reviews

Much of mid/senior (VP/SVP) leadership is a textbook case of the Peter Principle. Very expert but narrow understanding of the market, little/no strong management or mentoring capacity. Some verticals have leadership that is a fraternity culture on a good day. Others are professional slide jockeys and have not brought a dime into the company while creating significant distraction. Work/life balance is terrible. However, comp is decent in many areas. Negotiate a high starting salary- they can afford it and you'll never get it as a raise. I left because I had a bruise from beating my head against a brick wall.

1 No good projects. All are call center like L1 support projects that offer little scope for career advancement. 2 The company's Indian offices have become flabby overtime with a large tranche of mediocre middle managers. Most of the company decisions come from there. These guys just know to talk fancy jargon and give speeches about strategy but have little or no competence implementing them. They are also extremely clannish and seem to protect and promote their own people. 3 Lazy junior HRs who are incompetent and do not care for the employees. 4 Onsite travel opportunities provided only for sycophants and yes men and not to people who actually work. 5 Useless people enter the company through referrals. Some of them are so bad that it surprises how they got past the HR screening. All in all, it is not recommended to stay in this company for more than 2 years. A good place to start if you are a fresher just out of college looking to make some money, but not good in the long run.