Cognizant is bad for America - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Sep 27, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There really are none I can think of.

Cons

Cognizant is an acquisition company. What they did with TriZetto was to buy them, remove all the female management they could get away with, and then systematically reduce the rest of the American workforce quarter by quarter. They are an absolutely parasitic entity of a company, and not good news for any US based companies they purchase. You will be bought, you will be replaced. They refer to layoffs as being "benched", whereas you have 5 weeks to accept any internal jobs that are offered you. Here is the rub, they offered me only jobs out of state, which I specifically said I cannot take. With that, I exceeded the maximum number of job rejections and they skate on the final week of paying me on a pre-planned technicality. This company is bad news for American workers.

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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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