Good Startup With Gotcha Job Descriptions & Predatory Recruiting - Anonymous employee Cognira Employee Review

2.0
11 Sept 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a startup so you can be next to the CEO and department head and voice your opinions. The pay and benefits package are competitive. They have a welcoming culture and take the time to get to know you.

Cons

Upward mobility is a joke! They have employees with +10 years of experience making the same salary as I made as a fresh college grad. YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH EXTREMELY OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY & ITS SINK OR SWIM! As I was recruited the pitch was for an analyst position. If I would have stayed I would have become a glorified "wix developer for excel" where your marketability is isolated to a handful of fortune 2000 retailers that use ORACLES proprietary RPAS (Retail Planning Analytics Software). On top of that because it is a startup the management doesn't give a hoot about building within. So ... if you have any career ambitions outside of this company & it's outdated tech. DO NOT WORK FOR THIS COMPANY IN THIS ROLE.

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5.0
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Pros

For two years before working at Cognira, I felt understimulated and unimportant. In this role, I get to impact a broad area of the business and it feels like there's always something important that requires my attention. (I mean that in a very good way.) I am entirely trusted to get my work down and have never felt micromanaged here. Additionally, the team in Tunisia (especially the POPs team!) is wonderful to work with and I so appreciate the collaboration we have on creating a consistent employee experience all across our 5+ countries.

Cons

The time difference between offices means there's only a small overlapping window for communication each day. Cultural and generational differences between our employee base can make it challenging to interpret someone's meaning precisely.

5.0
16 Oct 2025
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Pros

Nice collaborative atmosphere. I learnt a lot during my time here.

Cons

Unexpectedly let people go during my time there but that is the nature of a scaling start up.

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