Cognizant influence eroding work/life balance - Manager Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
May 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great coworkers, unlimited PTO (for now at least, rumor has it this is changing), Denver-based location, decent benefits, still some semblance of "got your back" culture.

Cons

Acquisition by Cognizant is introducing an unhealthy work/life balance and a lot of burnout. Offshore calls are now necessary for project success. This means either early morning or late night calls and sometimes both. There isnt a good option for sleep and personal life because while we "need" to be on offshore calls our clients are paying us to be available to support them during their working hours. Add to the fact that the burnout on the project team is making successful projects more difficult to achieve and you have a recipe for failure and mass burnout. When things go poorly the company will just redirect everyone to a singular goal and make weekends mandatory; this works in limited crisis situations but not for extended durations. Many people are reaching a point of despair and hopelessness that is not driving a mass exodus but actually is driving steady turnover which will be dangerous over the course of a couple years. Those who have been with TriZetto for years will begin to disappear and be replaced.

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Pros

Cognizant can be a great place to work at. You have to be self-motivated and driven. You won't often be given a script on how to do your job well. But if you are willing to search for new opportunities, you will find success.

Cons

Just like many other tech companies, layoffs are happening all the time. This often brings many projects to a complete halt. Management never communicates when someone is laid off. And when they are laid off, they often never back fill positions, leaving existing team members working the equivalent of three jobs at once. Most teams there are skeleton crews, ensuring that they cannot reach their full potential.

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