The place where I want to be and continue to grow at - Senior Software Engineer Cognizant Employee Review

5.0
Dec 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Apple software that you can keep, per policy, after its replacement time - Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home if you wish to and your project managers agree - Multicultural environment, great atmosphere amongst colleagues. Great offices with plenty of space and light - Diversity of projects for clients in a variety of industries - Chance to travel to other locations or onsite with the client, depending (but not limited to) your role in the project - Ability to implement cutting edge technologies and become and expert in AEM and other Adobe Cloud products - If you take ownership of your tasks, show engagement, passion and responsibility, you will be given accountabilities and trusted with leading roles - The ability to grow professionally and personally both vertically and horizontally, you can shift roles and be in direct contact with the client, becoming a technical advisor, a designer of software solutions, or focus in implementation, whatever you're interested in the most. You have plenty of career opportunities and there is a well though system in trial, that has already allowed people be promoted to the next level. - Holacracy has allowed us to extend that role shifting company wide, and you can express interest for any topic (technology or not related) and take ownership and accountabilities in that regard, and will count with budget to support you in improvements and getting things done. You definitely have a voice, you just have to use it - Holacracy allows us also to find a technological niche, and become experts at it, with company support. - A great amount of internal weekly events for knowledge sharing, that you can participate of by attending, or by being the holder of (regardless of your level) - Yearly company Summit, where Engineers can present to a broader audience, including external invitees and client - The benefit of attending an external conference of your choice, with all expenses paid by the company, every year. You will be supported to attend as many conferences as you wish, if you’re the speaker - Last but not least, employee benefits range from medical insurance, to gym pass, to free beverages and snacks, team building events and trips supported by the company, etc

Cons

- The current "Advocate" model, where employees are assigned a group of their colleagues, to mentor and help in their career path and with other issues or needs they may have, was not working for a while. However, at the time of writing this post, Netcentric is testing a new and improved leadership model.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

A potential inroad into large client companies (Leave Cognizant ASAP) You aren't unemployed.

Cons

It's a body shop. Clients will view you accordingly. Contractors cannot be trusted with most tasks. You must be siloed (No room for growth) so you don't break anything. Your actual job is to fulfill gaps in the client's grunt work even if out of scope. If you don't, the hammer falls from client and Cognizant. Wages well below industry standards. 1% annual raises only exist because legally they must exist. Takes full advantage of H-1B slave system, where employees' families and homes will be thrown into a furnace if you aren't keeping Cognizant happy no matter what. Employees are complacent in their slavery. Management is just happy to get their extra crumbs and will reinforce the bad culture. C-suite is opaque. If you are familiar with India's caste system you will understand how "lessers" are treated. This also happens in a literal sense, you aren't totally safe just because you are the favored skin tone. Takes full advantage of modern white collar culture. "Your racist actions aren't actually racist if you aren't Caucasian." Expect the uphill battle to be even more steep if you're not Southeast Asian. You will hunt for your own work most of the time. Cognizant is not helpful in any regard. They exist to skim off the top and nothing else.

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