Fairly good experience - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Jan 4, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Among the IT services companies, their pay is better than average. - Generally good work culture - Good forward looking vision at the management level

Cons

- Promotions can be more aggressive for employees who show the hunger to succeed - They stick to very traditional models of service delivery and costing

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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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