Diabolical benefits and treatment of employees. Pretending to be a consultancy when it's not. - Recensione dipendente - Consultant presso Cognizant

1,0
5 feb 2015
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Good exposure to the IT sector.

Svantaggi

If you apply to their Business Consultancy arm - be under no illusion, they are anything but. You will be expected to go for interviews for roles at the clients (often against contractors - because that's pretty much what you'll be doing). Once you're in and earning the fees. Don't expect any further support like a consultancy would be. Benefits is disgraceful. They waited until the last minute before taking part in the employer contribution of pensions (and had the cheek to tell us that they have chosen to avail of this right to defer). 20 days holiday (yes, 20). No computer assigned (you have to fight for the 1-2 available PC on the hotdesk if you're on the bench), no mobile phone (expected to put your PERSONAL mobile number on business card - what?!). The majority of the UK office is staffed by offshore staff, and it shows in their reputation as a stack em high, sell em cheap "consultancy". You'll be seen by your clients as an offshore IT staff, rather than a member of a management consultancy they are pretending to be (and obviously failing miserably).

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5,0
26 mar 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Flexible work timing, work from home, best Team

Svantaggi

Less hike, compensation, no bonus

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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