Local? Move on- those negative reviews are true! - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
27 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The life insurance/benefits policy is a good deal vis-a-vis those of competitor firms Employee engagement events (admittedly, employees staffed on projects have little time for these and they seem to exist to keep the Corporate teams engaged, as another reviewer has rightly suspected too!)

Cons

Highly political environment- ratings depend on whom you know than the quality of your work. The rating process itself is poorly designed, inefficient and fraught with loopholes that allow political managers to tweak the system to their advantage. Your projects are likely to be back-end implementation work on technologies from the previous century. Little to offer by way of opportunities to learn or upskill. The firm's policy of being unconcerned so long as you're being billed doesn't help. Huge cliques of non-locals (this is the IT industry after all, be warned!). Expect slow promotions, rigged non-transparent appraisals that favour certain favourites- belonging to a certain ethnic group may work in your favour. Local graduates are hired solely to meet demands laid down by authorities and shouldn't entertain hopes of a flourishing career, unless they keep their heads down and do all that's asked of them.

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5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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2.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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