Dishonest, inefficient, incompetent company - Data Consultant Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
17 July 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The office is nice, and that's where it ends.

Cons

Well where do we start? They bought two amazing consultancies and turned them into absolute crap. At the beginning their promise was that they would let these companies keep their own culture and processes, but soon Cognizant took over and gradually wiped off every single good thing about them. Shortly after, Cognizant got rid of those companies' brands and buried them entirely! On top of that, there is a huge disconnect between the management and the other staff, and they are very dishonest about the status quo. They promised everyone that they are attracting a lot of new clients, and everything is going well. Two weeks later, they sent a redundancy notice to a lot of the staff. To make it worse, they told those on the list that they have 10 business days to find a new client; otherwise, goodbye! Overall, they have created an environment of secrecy and ambiguity, such that the consultants see each other as rivals rather than teammates.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

A potential inroad into large client companies (Leave Cognizant ASAP) You aren't unemployed.

Cons

It's a body shop. Clients will view you accordingly. Contractors cannot be trusted with most tasks. You must be siloed (No room for growth) so you don't break anything. Your actual job is to fulfill gaps in the client's grunt work even if out of scope. If you don't, the hammer falls from client and Cognizant. Wages well below industry standards. 1% annual raises only exist because legally they must exist. Takes full advantage of H-1B slave system, where employees' families and homes will be thrown into a furnace if you aren't keeping Cognizant happy no matter what. Employees are complacent in their slavery. Management is just happy to get their extra crumbs and will reinforce the bad culture. C-suite is opaque. If you are familiar with India's caste system you will understand how "lessers" are treated. This also happens in a literal sense, you aren't totally safe just because you are the favored skin tone. Takes full advantage of modern white collar culture. "Your racist actions aren't actually racist if you aren't Caucasian." Expect the uphill battle to be even more steep if you're not Southeast Asian. You will hunt for your own work most of the time. Cognizant is not helpful in any regard. They exist to skim off the top and nothing else.

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