Finding New growth avenues - Senior Associate Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Jan 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent Pay, Sometime good onsite opportunity No restriction on timings of the day

Cons

Performance appraisal methodology is biased and not transparent Some real bad project managers who have been hired due to market and lack management skills Internal systems are not integrated, common you yourself are an IT co Onsite HR policies are not well defined Onsite / Offshore training not provided in transition period Job expectations not defined for associates No formal induction at onsite, learn yourself attitude No formal structure or process for associates coming at onsite. The accomodation should be affordable and taken care by the company that is not the case

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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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