Good company policies & practices on paper; Not so good in implementing it - Senior Associate Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Mar 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

* Good knowledge infrastructure in terms of books, digital resources etc; Their KLM system is good; * Centre of Excellent (CoE) concept is good. If you get into those teams (albeit with certain constraints), you can utilize it well. * Good sales/pre-sales/marketing teams. They win a lot of projects (Whether it is implemented is another story!)

Cons

* No work-life balance * Employee skill enhancement programs are there, but quality is bad. * Learning resources are good, but most of them find no time to learn. * Political teams; Most of the work is mundane and back-breaking. * Hierarchical management; Kind of functions like a government office sometimes * New centers like Coimbatore receive step motherly treatment from other centers like Bangalore, Chennai etc. * Senior and mid-level project management is not very competent. No understanding of ground realities and basic project management concepts. * Very rude HR team. Pretty bad compared to other companies. They don't display even basic etiquette towards others and work practices. * I have noticed that the company as a whole including the security guards is losing its basic manners. You don't see too many happy employees. Their employee feedback program does not seem to work. * Their recruitment is highly flawed. Lot of incompetence flows in to the company due to this loophole. * If you don't follow the dress code, you are made to stand in front of the security till you get your project manager to approve (forgive) your entry. You are required to send an e-mail stating the reasons why you wore slippers/jeans etc. What a corny practice!

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Cons

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It was a much needed check in a time of need

Cons

Management seemed uneducated. I dnt know about cognizant as a whole but their eligibility department needs help. They focus on the things that do no matter. They were at risk of losing this contract, so now it’s whatever they client says, they do…no push back including making us do disability cases, that we had no previous knowledge of. In the beginning I was getting OT like crazy. Then they stopped it talking about it wasn’t in there budget, and at times when we needed someone to work/stay late. They are not consistent and the other employees there, are looking for other positions, too. Not to mention, myself and another employee were the only ones there for the longest. It’s a mess.

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