Cognizant reviews

The managers in this company do not take into consideration the employees benefit. It doesn't matter if you do real quality customer service, just the numbers should be met. Employees are put under an incredibly high stress level and their efforts are never cheered, they just get complaints if they cannot cope with the workload. Salaries are rather low compared to similar companies in the region. Eventhough serious problems were mentioned to HR in the exit interviews of many people leaving this terrible company, no changes have been done. Multiple employees left because they were freaking out at this place. I would suggest avoiding this company.

There are several things that need to be dais here. Even though Holacracy is supposed to be practiced, the management system can be considered as being Communism. It is supposed to flatten down the management, have the power shared among all employees, and allow all to have a voice. This sound nice, but in reality there is a lot of shadow management being done. For the masses it is preached a good life, with all sharing the entire "wealth" and benefits that come with it, while in reality, if you are not one of "the chosen ones" you are disposable, and your voice will be shut down if you speak. This is being done even with core values as "share, discuss, bring ideas to life" and "give and accept feedback". Oh, not to forget, as per the internal policies, you can't give feedback unless you requested approval to do so from the person the feedback is given to, so there is a core value that just flies out the window. The idea of all being shared by the community while the "chosen" few are considered several classes above is what made communism bad, and here is where the comparison stands. The mentality might be accepted in other cultures, but keep in mind that Romania is a country deeply scared by this behaviour, and it is still fighting to get rid of it in social life even after almost 30 year after the Revolution, so don't bring it into the professional lives as well, and actually live your policies and values. Progressing into the company is almost impossible unless you become a "besty" with the right person. Evaluation is not done on facts or on actual skills and the job description that you are hired for, but is something fully subjective, based on 2-3 feedbacks from colleagues that might know or not know your tasks, and is focused only on the core values that you are supposed to follow, even if the "non-existent" but always present management is ignoring. If you want a place where you can shine, improve your skill and actually be appreciated for what you know and you can do, this is not the place to do it.