A strong company with great potential but where Senior Management needs to shape up and listen to those in the field. - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
May 26, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

+Great company to get some solid professional and all round grounding +Good to stay for a couple of years and then move on +If you are not based in US or India you will never make it to the top

Cons

+No personal life - you become tied to the company +The company is not really that strategically minded. +There is an inner group who look after themselves and those outside who despite having real stregths do not get considered for career progression. +The individual gets lost in the bigger picture - you become a number. +Too many Senior Management in Continental Europe are self interested and are totally detached from the "troops"

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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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