Cognizant should be avoided at all costs - Senior Consultant Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
19 July 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You may get a chance to work with big name clients.

Cons

-For a tech company you would expect to be using top notch systems, this is very much not the case. Everything about Cognizant feels incredible dated and behind the times. Every process from billing time, to requesting PTO to contacting IT support is SLOWWW and inefficient. -We give our clients advice that we as a company do not take ourselves and it is very disingenuous. -Culture is non-existent. Nothing more can be said about it. -There are no incentives to stay long term. It is very difficult to get promoted, and often promotions are given without a pay bump. Long term employees get the same, bare-minimum amount of PTO as new hires. -Do not work here unless you are looking for a job that will treat you like a data point, rather than a valued employee. Cognizant has no interest in retaining employees because they know they can replace you with a cheap, off-shore employee at any time.

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5.0
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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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