Just Your Standard International Corporation - Senior Project Manager Cognizant Employee Review

4.0
13 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Chance to work with a wide berth of clients and industries - Plenty of teaching aides available - Lack of micro managing (likely due to sheer size of the company) - Relaxed hybrid/wfh options

Cons

- The company makes generic, blank slate decisions and "processes" that are easier to roll out to 400k employees rather than tailor them to what's actually needed or useful. They're not going to change because they simply don't care, but you can work on changing things....if you've got the time - Along similar lines as the above, because the company is international there are hurdles to overcome from miscommunication. Not necessarily language or cultural barriers, but things as silly as having to pay for checked bags on American airlines but not other airlines, so the expense team assumes that all bags are for free and then they repeatedly deny your expense report because apparently no one has told them we have to pay for checked luggage in the states. It's alarming the number of times I ran into something similar - Your manager could be located in a totally different part of the country. Getting face time with them beyond zoom can be difficult.

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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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3.0
17 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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