My experience - Associate Consultant Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Apr 28, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good Market name for the company Good place for short term commitment Good place for beginners

Cons

Not a place for long timers - poor employee reimbursement structure for long timers. No revisions based on external market situations. Work-life balance - relates to the project that you end up on - mostly bad. No transparency on performance appraisal / Promotion process. Poor HR policies Favoritism / politics - however you name it. Employee voice never heard.

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5.0
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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3.0
Jun 17, 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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