You feel like a little screw in the system - Frontend Developer Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Oct 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Higher than average salary - Interesting clients for projects

Cons

- the worst is they don't encourage you to perform best, but rather do even less than expected just so your colleagues would like you - your manager most of the time doesn't work closely with you - You have to be a bootlicker to get good opinions from colleagues to advance - Highly bureaucratic organization - Salary increases are insignificant and don't match the effort or impact

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5.0
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Pros

Work life balance and flex Fridays

Cons

Lower salary than market average

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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