Good for technology Bad for MBA grads - Senior Consultant - Business Consulting Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Nov 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good marketing and branding activities to make the company look good from outside. Global opportunities to move around across the globe.

Cons

There is no business consulting nature of work. Most of the consulting guys have no exposure to business consulting and do not have the capacity to handle clients. They are paid less than tech consultants.

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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* They train new grads, so you get a lot of valuable training * Depending on the projects, it has the potential to have a good life balance *Hybrid and Remote opportunity Will recommend to get your foot in the door

Cons

* Pay is not very competitive. Needs improvement * Depending on some client projects, the work-life balance can also be very bad * The culture is horrible, the outlook and appearance of the company is so different than what is on the ground—cutthroat culture, pushing culture. * Sometimes it enables a rude and disrespectful culture * Career growth is very minimal * tend to hire lots of indians, and an indian dominated culture/circle can make a non indian feel left out

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