Cognizant reviews

I worked originally for Levementum, which was acquired by Cognizant. After 2 years, the entire culture of Lev was stripped away and replaced by Cognizant. I was an individual contributor, but well ranked in my position being a senior, a leader on multiple accounts, and a mentor to my team. I saw the environment crumble from the stress and demands of Cog. The hours we were expected to work was astronomically high compared to all consultancies that we competed against, the clients that we had deals with had no protection for myself and teammates - things were underscroped, over promised, and incorrectly sold. This provided a difficult experience for clients - they had expectations for what work they were sold, but the moment work began, it was not aligned with anyone's expectations. All managers were throwing in the towel. No one could fight anymore to protect people, and when people leave, we had no say in how to interview for actual talent. People being hired had no skills that they promised in interviews, and Cognizant refused to allow exercises to ensure we were hiring correctly. There was no onboarding either, so many times I'd assist new hires who were supposed to be technically more advanced that I on accounts when they should have know already what to do, or would have gotten up to speed during an onboarding.

Don't expect a raise or a fair evaluation. Even if you did a fantastic job, if others did too then they 'rate on normalization or the curve' and only so many are permitted to get an excellent review. This is very harmful as two years in a row my supervisor rated me at an EA rating but I got bumped each time to a EM rating and then do not receive my full bonus. This is extremely out of date in rewarding associates for their hard work. We have lost so many in our workplace because of this reason. They went elsewhere after many years and seeing no reward.