Cognizant is now an worse company - Senior Associate Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Aug 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good for freshers only and less than 6 years of experience.Good salary at joining as a lateral hire.

Cons

No personal growth. 10% mandatory lowest rating and they will not get any project if is a senior member. Cognizant force them to resign. The performance improvement plan (PIP) is not there and in the name of PIP, they will conduct illegal examination not relevant to technology you worked.T hat's the way they invented now to reduce employee strength. Do not join if you are a senior employee. HR is horrible, often make a false statement. Do not Join Cognizant now if you are more than 10 years experience!!!!!!!! Cognizant invested lot of money recently and hired good lawyer so that they can legally find a way to resign/terminate an employee. You will not get anything except bread and butter !!

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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