Not very enriching and fulfilling experience - Associate - Projects Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good initiatives from Academy to give technical trainings to associates.

Cons

1. Management is biased, extreme favoritism 2. No work-life balance, managers foster such work-culture 3. Appraisals are biased, no preference given to employees opinion 4. does not have a 360 degree feedback system. 5. Low pay packages and loads of work is expected to be done. 6. 9 hrs have to be completed in office, even if you have no work. 7. Leaves are not granted even if there is no work.

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Cons

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Pros

It was a much needed check in a time of need

Cons

Management seemed uneducated. I dnt know about cognizant as a whole but their eligibility department needs help. They focus on the things that do no matter. They were at risk of losing this contract, so now it’s whatever they client says, they do…no push back including making us do disability cases, that we had no previous knowledge of. In the beginning I was getting OT like crazy. Then they stopped it talking about it wasn’t in there budget, and at times when we needed someone to work/stay late. They are not consistent and the other employees there, are looking for other positions, too. Not to mention, myself and another employee were the only ones there for the longest. It’s a mess.

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