Solid career, but not particularly exciting work environments or clients - Associate Software Engineer Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Jul 15, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Work with some of the top companies in the world, fellow engineers are friendly and good company

Cons

Very little guidance from management you're just kind of thrown in a client's and told what to code. Cognizant is also so big that management doesn't really care about you in particular and you're basically just a profit/loss to them. Also, the client could run out of budget and cut you randomly (happened to me a week before Christmas).

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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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