Cognizant reviews

Whole company is dedicated to only one client. After acquisition original founder is now full time employee of that client, while other founder was already ex-employee of that client and still driving entire Arrow for them. Hence everything is defined and controlled by that client. High degree of favoritism, silent politics & bias management standards. Selected six seven people are controlling everything. Some of them are not even under leadership position. You will be valued base on your look and relation with these few people rather then you skills and contribution. There is no official HR or finance department or any HR policies. Office assistance have more insights of any matter and higher decision power then anyone else. They take credit on successive outcomes done by others while their own failures and bad decisions are thrown on someone else resulting in constant firing or lay off of people who actually worked hard and contributed for projects success and company growth . They know and control many numbers of projects which even project mangers dont have an idea. Since this is typical staff augmentation company there is no room for growth offered to employees. If you grow in any aspect then they develop concern that now they need to pay you more so or offer higher position, so mostly you will be fired or will be put in situation where you will walk out yourself. Constant travelling and very high workload.

If you are not from India, promotions and job security is unlikely. Bonus cut by more than 50% from last year, even though we were the Number 1 business unit company-wide. Pay is below average for most roles Slowly cutting onshore staff and replacing with lower paid, less experienced, lower skilled workers. Trizetto was acquired by Cognizant 3 years ago. Since that time, teams have been decimated onshore and many jobs have moved offshore. Many decent people placed on the bench last year and replaced with offshore resources or offshore employees being brought over to replace onshore resources. Teams are not fully staffed leading to delays when responding to customer needs. CIS cares only about bringing over less experienced and skilled workers on visa programs. Promotions are about if you are from India. Experience, skills, not taken into consideration. During a recent "Townhall Meeting", SR. Management bragged about the diversity in the organization on one slide, then one the next slide showed the "new management" structure. This was dominated by 16 Indian males, 3 white males, and one Indian female. Promotions are yearly. They have no problem giving you more responsibility without actually promoting for several months, sometimes up to a year, then pulling your promotion when the time comes. HR is a joke in Englewood. Known throughout the building as spineless and worthless. Make a legitimate complaint or question anything that was done and be prepared to suffer the consequences, most likely benching. There are some very good managers in middle management roles who try to be fair but are forced to make bad decisions by SR Management. PTO is "unlimited" but depending on the customer you are working on, you can expect 60-80 hours a week and less than 1 week off. Recognition and awards are dominated by offshore or onshore Indian employees. Published lists of awards are sent out quarterly, with 90% being offshore or Indian. Favoritism is also rampant. Indian Managers look out for Indian employees, especially those they know and favor. They have little to no respect for onshore employees and have no problem making that clear. Overall, if you want a fair, balanced company that truly cares about employees this is not the place to work.