Not as good as they project - Associate Consultant Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Jan 26, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

1. Cognizant consulting is treated as an elite division within company 2. Ample opportunities for people to travel for onsite work 3. Better pay structure compared to other similar companies such as TCS, Wipro, Infy

Cons

1. As in other big organizations there is lot of bureaucracy. 2. Management have their own favorites who get promoted every time and get all the available opportunities. 3. What is promised at the time of making job offer is never adhered to and they would allocate you in any division irrespective of your background.

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Cons

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Pros

Cognizant can be a great place to work at. You have to be self-motivated and driven. You won't often be given a script on how to do your job well. But if you are willing to search for new opportunities, you will find success.

Cons

Just like many other tech companies, layoffs are happening all the time. This often brings many projects to a complete halt. Management never communicates when someone is laid off. And when they are laid off, they often never back fill positions, leaving existing team members working the equivalent of three jobs at once. Most teams there are skeleton crews, ensuring that they cannot reach their full potential.

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