No work-life balance - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Nov 2, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The salary is decent, and the benefits are acceptable (for existing employees, anyway). New employees won't receive the same PTO benefits.

Cons

Because of the large offshore component (owned by a company based in India), calls are frequently scheduled for 6 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. It's also an incredibly meeting-heavy culture, with daily check-in meetings on projects with 30 participants, when smaller meetings and/or emails would be a better use of time. There are many days where you take a call at home at 6 a.m., drive to the office, work a 10-hour day, come home, and then have to get back on a call in the late evening. Workload is constantly heavy, making it hard to take time off. Between the workload and the schedule, there's no life balance.

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