World's Worst Employer - Project Manager Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Nov 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None at all to be jotted.

Cons

Extremely unethical in every aspect of professionalism. Does not comply with even what the management & Human Resources promises in writing. I have several proofs . No matter how many appreciations you get from end-client, eventually you will not be able to get a good rating until you get into the political & filthy games. Upper Management is more race and region oriented , extremely biased towards new joiners. Even after several escalations and showing proof of political games, no one listens and eventually the resource is targetted with horrible rating. Extremely unrealistic in expectations, the higher management is non technical and will expect to derive E=mc2 every month without proper training or time.

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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* They train new grads, so you get a lot of valuable training * Depending on the projects, it has the potential to have a good life balance *Hybrid and Remote opportunity Will recommend to get your foot in the door

Cons

* Pay is not very competitive. Needs improvement * Depending on some client projects, the work-life balance can also be very bad * The culture is horrible, the outlook and appearance of the company is so different than what is on the ground—cutthroat culture, pushing culture. * Sometimes it enables a rude and disrespectful culture * Career growth is very minimal * tend to hire lots of indians, and an indian dominated culture/circle can make a non indian feel left out

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