Great people to work with, horrible senior management - too many vice presidents for such a small company - Employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers are wonderful to work with, some very bright people work here lower management are generally very good to work for

Cons

Way too many directors and above, not enough real workers to get all of the work done. (I've never worked at this small of a company with so many vice presidents). The people that are left and are actually doing the work are putting in way too many hours. A lot of the best people have left and many, many more are looking. If you're thinking of joining this company, only do it as a last resort, unless you enjoy working evenings and weekends...

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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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