Patient is the virtue - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
Jan 12, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Wide variety of domains - Environment conducive to innovate - Flexible work culture (but ofcourse depends on which gem of a manager you are under) - Good benefits to employees (like competitions, extra curricular activities etc) - Willingness by the top management to make the necessary changes (but like politics hardly trickles down to low level employees) - Good onsite opportunities

Cons

- Lots of politics inside teams - Incapable middle level managers - Useless performance appraisal process. You get "by default" promotions if you had stayed in the designation for more than a certain period regardless of performances. However, if you do perform well, you still stay in the same position because of brilliant normalization process

Explore other reviews about Cognizant

5.0
May 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

The way the bench status is structured

1
2.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All