Going downhill - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Cognizant

2,0
9 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

There is WFH for some projects

Svantaggi

- Very badly managed projects leading to talents leaving or being wrongly utilised, leading to poor project outcomes - Do not join this company if you're a software developer who takes any sort of pride in your work or values creating good software - Great company if you just want to coast/slack since there are barely any consequences to being a slacker or deadweight here - in fact you are rewarded with less work since you can't be relied on and all the work will be dumped on the high performers/reliable team members - Absolute chaos with no processes or SOPs in sight. Don't even have standardised bare minimum things in place such as CI/CD, release management, code review practices, automated testing, software engineering practices. Literally just throwing stuff at the wall and hope project don't burn down. The engineering standard here is probably lower than some university Year 1 students' coursework project. Absolute insanity. - Hiring any rando off the street without screening properly. Project teams filled with clowns while competent people clean up their messes.

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5,0
27 mag 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Svantaggi

The way the bench status is structured

1,0
5 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

A potential inroad into large client companies (Leave Cognizant ASAP) You aren't unemployed.

Svantaggi

It's a body shop. Clients will view you accordingly. Contractors cannot be trusted with most tasks. You must be siloed (No room for growth) so you don't break anything. Your actual job is to fulfill gaps in the client's grunt work even if out of scope. If you don't, the hammer falls from client and Cognizant. Wages well below industry standards. 1% annual raises only exist because legally they must exist. Takes full advantage of H-1B slave system, where employees' families and homes will be thrown into a furnace if you aren't keeping Cognizant happy no matter what. Employees are complacent in their slavery. Management is just happy to get their extra crumbs and will reinforce the bad culture. C-suite is opaque. If you are familiar with India's caste system you will understand how "lessers" are treated. This also happens in a literal sense, you aren't totally safe just because you are the favored skin tone. Takes full advantage of modern white collar culture. "Your racist actions aren't actually racist if you aren't Caucasian." Expect the uphill battle to be even more steep if you're not Southeast Asian. You will hunt for your own work most of the time. Cognizant is not helpful in any regard. They exist to skim off the top and nothing else.

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