Do You Like Getting Robbed AND F'd in the A at the same time? Cognizant Might Be For You! - Tech Lead Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
10 Jun 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-The people are great -Training is good -Good insurance -Work life balance

Cons

-Horrible pay -Monotonous, dead end work -Little opportunity for actual advancement or conversion to from contract to full time at your client site (their policies robbed me of a potentially VERY career advancing, lucrative opportunity at a major brand-name corporation, and I'm gonna be REALLY salty about until the day I die). -Managers keep merging teams together in a very unproductive fashion -Empty promise after empty promise from people who claim to have your best interests at heart, but are still managers in the end

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote role Constant on the job training Get to work with people internationally and in the Eastern US.

Cons

Roles can change all the time and sometimes without warning.

3.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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