Good company to grow engineering skills - Systems Engineer Cognizant Employee Review

4.0
Mar 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Receptive to suggestions, a good employee can push to change workflows with enough effort, new technologies

Cons

Mostly no management. As an employee you work directly with the client, making the workload pile up for some people and be almost inexistent for others. Having to book time for each task or small little thing you're working on.

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Cognizant Response
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Thank you for your input and taking the time to share your experience at Netcentric. One of our most important core values is “give-and-accept-feedback”. As you already know, Netcentric is run and powered by Holacracy. It is not your typical organisational structure and it might not be for everyone, so it takes time to learn it and own it for yourself. But, once you do, it opens up new opportunities to grow within the organisation, it adds a whole lot of transparency too. We value all of our employees' thoughts, so please always feel free to reach out to your advocate or Talent Management team with your feedback and concerns.

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