Toxic managers and work culture - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
17 Oct 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Few extremely knowledgable team members, great learning opportunity.

Cons

Pathetic management who do not value employees. Refuse leave irrespective of how genuine the request is. Lots of favoritism. Don't give people equal opportunity. Managers are technically incompetent and try to impress clients by stealing team's ideas and presenting as their own, dissing the employees when they ask questions. Just run as far away as you can from this company!!!!

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Cons

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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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