Lord of the flies management mess - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
Feb 20, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you're lucky enough to have someone great to work for, then it's actually really fulfilling to work for them and their projects

Cons

The management levels are non-existent with staff attrition floating around 20% Anyone left is constantly playing politics to get ahead of each other Pay rises are sold as your usual gaslighting by HR - you're in a great place, it's all about what we can afford, look we're diversity champions ... with a flat-out sell on why anyone should have employment IT systems are internally terrible, incoherent, and without consistency for deployment.

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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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