Hard working people, deceiving leadership - Associate Project Manager Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
29 Jul 2015
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Pros

There are some very hard working people willing to go to whatever length is necessary to ensure team success

Cons

Upper leadership is deceiving (not all, there are some good people here including the chief executive however nothing is done to eliminate the poor management), especially to get you in the door, and once in be aware that higher promotions are much more politically based than other companies. Value of employees is judged by higher management using metrics that often times the employees have no ability to influence over and don't even consult the employee's supervisor (example, if you don't write the contract or have any say in it how can you be responsible for it not having good enough margins or utilization?)

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Pros

Work life balance and flex Fridays

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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