Cognizant reviews

No respect for employee contributions, abysmal salary increases (Cognizant generated billions in revenue, but it wasnt as many billions as they should have, so company wide salary increases were 1% for 2024. Constant threat of layoffs, and secrecy regarding these. They do not want to risk losing worker enthusiasm before they have extracted every drop of productivity from you. You are just a number, and the rules do not apply to everyone across the company. What is appropriate/expected for one project is opposite what is appropriate/expected in another. Moving projects is also a political game. If you don't know the right people, do not expect to be reassigned from the bench. More likely, you will be retained there for 5 weeks with little to no project interviews, then laid off for failure to contribute to any project.

Management team is completely disconnected and does not seem to plan at all. No comp plan, quotas/targets, or guidance given to sales teams within the first half of the year. It’s been communicated that a good chunk of the comp plan is based on company performance, personal performance (which there are no goals defined), and the percentage of college graduates placed in projects you sell, which sales people have no control over. Because there are no sales plans provided and it has been communicated that there are a lot of variables outside of your control, there is no way to calculate your overall compensation and you just have to trust that Cognizant will treat you fairly, which they’ve shown they are not real keen to do. There are no real opportunities to sell services directly into accounts. Rather, you are pulled into RFP after RFP with very little support or chance of winning. There are no boundaries set within the company and you are contacted 24X7 with the expectation that you’ll be accessible.