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

2.0
28 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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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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