Worst place to work - Associate Director Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not anything I can think of.

Cons

Full of incompetent middle management who have been with company since they started their career ( Many more than 20 years) - Just because they belong to one region/language - Tamil. They wont let others to work. If you are Indian and not Tamil -- don't even think of joining this organization

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* They train new grads, so you get a lot of valuable training * Depending on the projects, it has the potential to have a good life balance *Hybrid and Remote opportunity Will recommend to get your foot in the door

Cons

* Pay is not very competitive. Needs improvement * Depending on some client projects, the work-life balance can also be very bad * The culture is horrible, the outlook and appearance of the company is so different than what is on the ground—cutthroat culture, pushing culture. * Sometimes it enables a rude and disrespectful culture * Career growth is very minimal * tend to hire lots of indians, and an indian dominated culture/circle can make a non indian feel left out

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