Was great in the beginning, but turned into a toxic corporate environment - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance. Ability to work from home. Decent benefits and salary. There are some colleagues who are wonderful people and are talented at what they do. They pay for your exams/certifications.

Cons

New Signature preaches a company culture that they do not follow. For the most part, you will be just another cog in the wheel and most employees are expendable. Poor communication runs rampant with some middle managers and they lack transparency along with structure. A lot of office politics are involved and makes it difficult to get a promotion or higher salary raise. Lack of diversity throughout the company, especially in the higher up positions. There were some colleagues and managers that have made racial/culturally insensitive jokes or comments which is unacceptable.

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5.0
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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2.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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