Worst place to work - Associate Director Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not anything I can think of.

Cons

Full of incompetent middle management who have been with company since they started their career ( Many more than 20 years) - Just because they belong to one region/language - Tamil. They wont let others to work. If you are Indian and not Tamil -- don't even think of joining this organization

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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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