Good place to work, bad pay - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
31 Jan 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to work in US. Good exposure, many projects, good clients, good for freshers and people with less than a year of experience

Cons

Bad pay for everyone in US, no growth, lots of politics, use of gc to lure workers, bring in people who can hardly speak english and apply green cards for them under eb1A category while there are phds and brilliant masters people waiting in queue on eb2.

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Cons

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3.0
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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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