A body shopping company with a far from "consulting" mindframe - Systems Analyst Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Aug 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits. Low work pressure. Onsite opportunities.

Cons

Although Cognizant calls itself a Consulting company, it only does body shopping. Their only aim is to send more work offshore at a cheaper rate and reap great revenue from the client. The quality of work is terrible and employee satisfaction is the lowest. Compensation is the lowest in the industry and work culture is disastrous.

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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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