Typical mid-tier consultancy environment - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
3 Feb 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Global presence - Lot of opportunities to move around and explore your interests - High corporate growth and stability - Strong executive leadership

Cons

- Like any consultancy, if you are in the lower ranks then you will be treated like a slave - Until you reach middle management level, salaries can be up to 50% under market standard - Poor work-life balance - Management withholds petty discretionary benefits such as reimbursement for late night calls with offshore, compensation for overtime, proper seating arrangements at client sites etc., causing unnecessary stress - Although it's a global company with HQ in the US, over 90% of the workforce is from India. This creates a peculiarly Indian work culture that is not for everyone. Others feel excluded.

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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
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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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