Horrible place to work - Quattro - Programme Analyst Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
May 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is hard to find any to be honest. The first 8 months were good, but after it got a nightmare.

Cons

After manager change the entire team is not getting any support from the new responsible ones. 2 managers joined and it seems to be the biggest fail for a company. Tons of promises are not kept. Management and team leaders are only concentrated for their own good. No help when the company fails in paying salary. No help in missing holidays. No help when a team leader is harassing people. I asked for a move to a different team - it got ignored by the new management. I asked for protection against the TL who is screaming on me - it got ignored by the new management. I asked for support to receive a feedback - it got ignored by the new management. The worst one is a manager from Dublin - Promises and lies spread among the team. Nothing kept, no motivation from this person who is rude all the time (and this in such a function). No sport events, no incentives, no structure, no plan for the future.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

A potential inroad into large client companies (Leave Cognizant ASAP) You aren't unemployed.

Cons

It's a body shop. Clients will view you accordingly. Contractors cannot be trusted with most tasks. You must be siloed (No room for growth) so you don't break anything. Your actual job is to fulfill gaps in the client's grunt work even if out of scope. If you don't, the hammer falls from client and Cognizant. Wages well below industry standards. 1% annual raises only exist because legally they must exist. Takes full advantage of H-1B slave system, where employees' families and homes will be thrown into a furnace if you aren't keeping Cognizant happy no matter what. Employees are complacent in their slavery. Management is just happy to get their extra crumbs and will reinforce the bad culture. C-suite is opaque. If you are familiar with India's caste system you will understand how "lessers" are treated. This also happens in a literal sense, you aren't totally safe just because you are the favored skin tone. Takes full advantage of modern white collar culture. "Your racist actions aren't actually racist if you aren't Caucasian." Expect the uphill battle to be even more steep if you're not Southeast Asian. You will hunt for your own work most of the time. Cognizant is not helpful in any regard. They exist to skim off the top and nothing else.

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