Was great in the beginning, but turned into a toxic corporate environment - Anonymous employee Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance. Ability to work from home. Decent benefits and salary. There are some colleagues who are wonderful people and are talented at what they do. They pay for your exams/certifications.

Cons

New Signature preaches a company culture that they do not follow. For the most part, you will be just another cog in the wheel and most employees are expendable. Poor communication runs rampant with some middle managers and they lack transparency along with structure. A lot of office politics are involved and makes it difficult to get a promotion or higher salary raise. Lack of diversity throughout the company, especially in the higher up positions. There were some colleagues and managers that have made racial/culturally insensitive jokes or comments which is unacceptable.

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5.0
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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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3.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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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