Racist - Pro South India ONLY - Software Developer Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Jun 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

** Please do not think I am writing below things out of just frustration, It is reality** IF you are not from south India- You are doomed !! Management is from South India and they always ( I MEAN ALWAYS ) Have their favorites from their community , State, Town, facial features , Girls, you just name it. If you do not know Tamil/Telgu , You are done. I have spent my prime time here and was never got promoted, because ( YES) just because I am not from the prime people of south India. Few of them can just hate you because you think Hindi should be the national language of India. Disclaimer - There are few very nice human beings I met from south India ( holds true for north as well but wanted to mention - you don't think I hate south India).

Cons

Stand In front of mirror and face yourself, and try to face your kids with the same face. And say to them be honest , If you can say that to them, I am wrong, or be ashamed on yourself.

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Cons

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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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