Very dysfunctional company with middle & upper management only focused on empire building & not on empls or customers - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
20 Feb 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Those doing the real work were knowledgeable and caring.

Cons

No real organization, planning and team building. Lots of lip service about being employee and customer focused but talk isn't backed up. When management doesn't get the results they want, they're quick to stab people in the back by putting the blame on individual contributors even though management didn't develop plans for a successful project. So this is a hostile environment.

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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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