Going downhill fast since Cognizant buy out - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Oct 15, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO, remote capabilities but that soon may be going away. A lot of smart colleagues onshore and some offshore as well.

Cons

Big restructuring that will negatively impact US based employees. Attitude that US based employees are expendable and that they can merely plug in an offshore resource to do the same job when health plan industry and intimate software knowledge has been mostly developed by US long term employees. Clients already complain a lot about the lack of knowledge and accountability of offshore workers.

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Cognizant Response
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To clarify the comment regarding unlimited PTO, it was announced on September 22nd that the unlimited PTO policy is staying intact for all current TriZetto employees. Also, we implemented a Flexible Work Arrangement policy in the Spring to allow for more flexibility for employees to work remotely.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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