Manager Consulting - Managing Consultant Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
May 22, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Ample opportunities to work across projects and locations across world. Good exposure in terms of work.

Cons

Work environment highly polluted due to politics. Difficult to rise without blessing from leaders. A culture where achievement of others are used to promote own candidates. Salary hike are very poor and i had to think many times how to meet my basic needs inspite of superb performance in terms of client work satisfaction. Very poor work life balance. Extended working hours. Senior leaders not connected with client.

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5.0
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

The way the bench status is structured

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3.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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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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