Good Place to Start out or Get Back Into an IT Career in the US - Tech Lead Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
25 Aug 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to start out or get back into an IT career in the US Health benefits - good choice and low cost Generous paid leave with vacation, sick, jury & bereavement categories Lots of training & positions with travel available Work at client sites that include many Fortune 100 corps and household name tech companies

Cons

Compensation is below average for most positions (the ones that actually bring in the revenue) Bureaucratic & confusing review & promotion practices Pay raises are based on subjective, esoteric and nonsensical parameters instead of performance Industry leading turnover per position Industry & client experience has been a mixed bag with Cognizant, some prefer to put client site as our experience rather than Cog on our resume. Lives up to all the stereotypes in "If you can't do, teach, and if you're totally clueless, manage."

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
30 Jun 2026
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Pros

It was a much needed check in a time of need

Cons

Management seemed uneducated. I dnt know about cognizant as a whole but their eligibility department needs help. They focus on the things that do no matter. They were at risk of losing this contract, so now it’s whatever they client says, they do…no push back including making us do disability cases, that we had no previous knowledge of. In the beginning I was getting OT like crazy. Then they stopped it talking about it wasn’t in there budget, and at times when we needed someone to work/stay late. They are not consistent and the other employees there, are looking for other positions, too. Not to mention, myself and another employee were the only ones there for the longest. It’s a mess.

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