Great if you're American, but the Indians will treat you with more hostility and contempt than they do to each other - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

1.0
18 Jun 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Individual talent is extraordinary at the worker level, especially among the Indians who were educated in America and/or had extensive work experience in the U.S.

Cons

The most hostile work environment of my career. True to the Offshore Business Model, it is Indian management style replicated in the U.S. They get away with murder because Americans who can't/don't enter the inner sanctum of Indian management are blind to its abuses. Indian managers harass, overwork, underpay, belittle, bully, and antagonize 'lower level' Indian workers because a culture of cruelty is normal to them. Any complaints about work or money and their immigration status is threatened, forcing a hasty, expensive return to India. Indians treated the worst are the "travel-ready" ones who are newly in-country. They tend to be really young, ambitious, and inexperienced. Other Indians can't protect them from their managers. Most Indians in Technology tend to be from southern India, and are Tamils. Indians who aren't from Tamil Nadu are treated badly. Treatment is much worse for Muslims, Pakistanis, and Bengalis.

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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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