One of the finest IT organization in terms of Culture and Opportunity to pursue what you want to do - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Apr 23, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Culture, Managers are one email/phonecall away....Good leadership i must say

Cons

Need to improve the performance mgmt cycle, sometimes politics at leadership level kills the mid level or junior level employees.

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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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