THE WORST. STAY AWAY. - Sales Director Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Mar 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the people are great, knowledgeable and motivated but most of those have moved on.

Cons

Terrible management from top to bottom with a bloated layer of middle management that is nothing but professional meeting attenders. Completely exploitative in terms of always asking more of employees while continuously finding ways to take away salary, bonus, benefits, etc from them. Anyone who knows anything has left. Just an awful place to work.

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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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