Arrow Cognizant Softvision - Anonymous Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
8 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Typical IT company running almost 100% on staff augmentation business model that also for single client. Excellent company for those who are technical and want to give up any sort of career growth by staying on same position, pay scale and project for years after years. Company has very limited transit done in any aspect to Softvision or Cognizant yet.

Cons

Whole company is dedicated to only one client. After acquisition original founder is now full time employee of that client, while other founder was already ex-employee of that client and still driving entire Arrow for them. Hence everything is defined and controlled by that client. High degree of favoritism, silent politics & bias management standards. Selected six seven people are controlling everything. Some of them are not even under leadership position. You will be valued base on your look and relation with these few people rather then you skills and contribution. There is no official HR or finance department or any HR policies. Office assistance have more insights of any matter and higher decision power then anyone else. They take credit on successive outcomes done by others while their own failures and bad decisions are thrown on someone else resulting in constant firing or lay off of people who actually worked hard and contributed for projects success and company growth . They know and control many numbers of projects which even project mangers dont have an idea. Since this is typical staff augmentation company there is no room for growth offered to employees. If you grow in any aspect then they develop concern that now they need to pay you more so or offer higher position, so mostly you will be fired or will be put in situation where you will walk out yourself. Constant travelling and very high workload.

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