Absolutelly useless company - Process Executive Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

some food from the client

Cons

- Managment are useless and dont have any perspective about Human Relation. - Team Leaders and QA's are choosen by favouritism and frienship, not by knowledge. So, they are not the best option for the positions. - If you think you will have a fast grow in the company witouth "liking boots" of managment, better not come to this company. - Most of the Leadership (around 90%) are not native in the language they should work, so, as per knowledge of all and as per descrimination, they just choose Polish People even if they dont speak and understand correctly the language. - by the law you should have time to relax when you are working, but forget that in that company.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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