Once a Titan called Odecee, now a Dodo Bird called Cognizant - Senior Software Engineer Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Jul 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get a computer and mobile phone, although they will be hand-me-downs as they will not allow people leaving to purchase their laptops and will redeploy hardware were possible. You will be using a second hand Macbook Pro 15". At the time, they gave a paid day off on your birthday, a legacy from the Odecee days but I don't think it will last much longer as it sets a precedent for the rest of the global operations.

Cons

You will get no tools to do your job. USB-C dongles are next to impossible to acquire, It took me a year to get an IntelliJ License. A lot of lunchtime back to base tech presentations get canceled, but when they do run, you get very average sandwiches that you would never purchase yourself and hence not worth giving up a lunch break for. No career path. You will see all your new friends leave for better jobs. Pay is nothing special. You will not be valued as an individual, you are just a commodity.

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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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