Better than nothing for now. - Associate IT Analyst Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Nov 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's better than being unemployed. My company was outsourced to Cognizant Tech Solutions, and we had to take their job if offered. Not really a fair deal but with tody's economy I had no choice. They are at least paying us more than we were making, but I wonder how long we'll actually be retained.

Cons

I'll be replaced in 6 months. According to others with inside information on Cognizant Tech Solutions, they will keep us a short time after they take over, but then will let us go and replace us with workers from India. Wish there was a better way to do business.

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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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