Unstable, Unprofessional, and Unfortunate - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Feb 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you get into the right group you can get incredible experience and exposure to some cutting edge tech There are a ton of nice people who work there

Cons

The "nice" people are not technical people Many managers have ascended to their position through luck, attrition and/or politics... there are very few good managers The Cognizant acquisition has brought a new layer of untalented resources into the mix Cognizant's only objective is to land more bodies into the cubicles of TriZetto, whether they are needed or not You will spend a bulk of your career painstakingly writing Desk Level Procedures (DLPs) so that the aforementioned untalented resources can push the right buttons... which they will still get wrong.

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