Issue with filing GC-PERM - Senior Consultant Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
27 May 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Better than other Indian companies in terms of work culture

Cons

If you come from offshore and stay for 1 year you can apply for GC under EB1 even if you are not international manager back in offshore as looks like noone checks the credentials. However, if you join onsite you are screwed as they have stopped GC processing under the name "PERM Redesigning process" as most of PERM filed in 2012 and 2013 got rejected (Look for DOL site where you will find rejection numbers approx 10 times more than any other company in the list next to CTS) You will not get updates from GIT on restarting PERM filing or any point of contact to reach. The exception approval from top-most in your division also does not work. You are just killing your career if you join onsite... I hope if this review is published like others already published will give you clear idea on what not do...

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