Once a Titan called Odecee, now a Dodo Bird called Cognizant - Senior Software Engineer Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Jul 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get a computer and mobile phone, although they will be hand-me-downs as they will not allow people leaving to purchase their laptops and will redeploy hardware were possible. You will be using a second hand Macbook Pro 15". At the time, they gave a paid day off on your birthday, a legacy from the Odecee days but I don't think it will last much longer as it sets a precedent for the rest of the global operations.

Cons

You will get no tools to do your job. USB-C dongles are next to impossible to acquire, It took me a year to get an IntelliJ License. A lot of lunchtime back to base tech presentations get canceled, but when they do run, you get very average sandwiches that you would never purchase yourself and hence not worth giving up a lunch break for. No career path. You will see all your new friends leave for better jobs. Pay is nothing special. You will not be valued as an individual, you are just a commodity.

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Cons

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Pros

It was a much needed check in a time of need

Cons

Management seemed uneducated. I dnt know about cognizant as a whole but their eligibility department needs help. They focus on the things that do no matter. They were at risk of losing this contract, so now it’s whatever they client says, they do…no push back including making us do disability cases, that we had no previous knowledge of. In the beginning I was getting OT like crazy. Then they stopped it talking about it wasn’t in there budget, and at times when we needed someone to work/stay late. They are not consistent and the other employees there, are looking for other positions, too. Not to mention, myself and another employee were the only ones there for the longest. It’s a mess.

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