An Ego-Driven Void Consuming Talent - An Ego-driven Void Consuming Talent Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Feb 27, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people are highly talented and friendly. The main office environment is great. Some client sites, not so much.

Cons

The talent is hindered by traditional consulting type-A personalities (hiding in hoodies or brogues) who swagger around saying lots of deep insightful words, but deliver little and spend lots of time playing at politics to protect their jobs. Try and challenge them and you'll find yourself with a P45. If they loose a client due to incompetence, you'll also find yourself looking elsewhere. This is less a factor of the recent Cognizant takeover (which has caused typical) disruption, but a problematic leadership sub-culture that has developed over recent years. I hope it gets addressed and protected from the arrogance-driven culture that is a feature of every large consulting firm.

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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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