Horrible place, avoid at all cost!!! - Paralegal Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
May 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back environment. Free lunch on Friday at Teaneck, NJ location.

Cons

So, so many. Management is horrible; they need training. Cutting throat environment where people will stab you in the back to get ahead. A lot, and I mean - a lot of favoritism. Quantity always takes precedence over quality. If you're a quality person, definitely not a place for you as you will be highly disturbed with the mess you'll encounter. You won't be valued for your high morals and professional work ethics. As a matter of fact, you will be punished for it. Some managers are the worst I've seen in the industry, highly unprofessional, not very knowledgeable, but are rude and disrespectful. If you're not Indian, you won't be company's favorite, guaranteed. They favor Indians. You will be undervalued, underappreciated, and mistreated. And their salaries are below market. All in all, very bad place. You'll hate going into work every day. Promotion is impossible to get.

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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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