Are you a Brahmin, if you are then you can make this a dream company - Assistant Project Manager Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
13 Aug 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Relocation benefits at onsite compared to peers are good. Other than that nothing really.

Cons

* Pay is pathetic at onsite. * Promotion - Only if you are a Brahmin (north/south) * Management - They treat you like you are their unbonded slave. * Work - Company should stick with doing QA, they are pathetic in other domains. * Work & Life balance - NOPE forget it. Nightly calls Kills you and the Account Manager will expect you to be at work by 8.00 AM. * Work Culture - Highly political, ass licking / boot licking guys will survive. * Not a place for people with brains.

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Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

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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