Take what you can - Process Executive Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
May 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you work in a project with sensitive content there's a fair amount of wellness time (time not spent on productivity), international environment. Okay for brief periods

Cons

They told me in the interview there would be career progression openings every 6 months, turns out it's every year and a half. Most team leaders hate the job and it shows, they're good people but definitely ruined by the company mechanisms that don't allow any changes and keep the employees unhappy. I was hired to work hybrid and now it's 100 per cent at the office. Hr completely unresponsive. Payslips wrong every month. Whenever someone would try to talk about dissatisfaction they would be asked to not lower the moral of the team in the meetings and silenced with basically "it sucks but we're on the same boat so stick with it". Incredibly disorganised. Salary is a joke for a job where you work 7/7 on shifts and bank holidays. Don't do it if you have other offers!

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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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3.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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