Growth made it loose its people values - Assistant Project Manager Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Aug 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Cognizant has excellent benefit package (not compensation). Has good choices of projects. Career growth is being given importance recently.

Cons

Because of growth lot of bureaucracy has come in between hierarchy. Appraisal process is just customary and no say or denial by an individual. Though has separate academic function the courses are not industry standard. At onsite no encouragement is given for external ceritifications.

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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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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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