Dying star... - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
15 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It used to be customer-focused, employee-friendly IT Services player with a strong market position and ability to attract talent. Offered global mobility and career paths to talented individuals.

Cons

Struggled to navigate the "digital" wave and failed to transform itself by recognizing it's own strengths and market needs. Allowed obsolete engineering leaders to drive business and manage digital talent. Pretty much pushed out great internal talent by archaic people management practices.

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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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