It's a sweatshop - Senior Analyst Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
31 Dec 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

We do have opportunity to work with leading edge technologies and solve challenging problems. You can find some great co-workers which partially makes up for the management issues.

Cons

Management is simply awful all around. They have few interpersonal skills and don't really seem to care about people unless it is to get more work from us.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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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