Cognizant influence eroding work/life balance - Manager Cognizant Employee Review

2.0
May 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great coworkers, unlimited PTO (for now at least, rumor has it this is changing), Denver-based location, decent benefits, still some semblance of "got your back" culture.

Cons

Acquisition by Cognizant is introducing an unhealthy work/life balance and a lot of burnout. Offshore calls are now necessary for project success. This means either early morning or late night calls and sometimes both. There isnt a good option for sleep and personal life because while we "need" to be on offshore calls our clients are paying us to be available to support them during their working hours. Add to the fact that the burnout on the project team is making successful projects more difficult to achieve and you have a recipe for failure and mass burnout. When things go poorly the company will just redirect everyone to a singular goal and make weekends mandatory; this works in limited crisis situations but not for extended durations. Many people are reaching a point of despair and hopelessness that is not driving a mass exodus but actually is driving steady turnover which will be dangerous over the course of a couple years. Those who have been with TriZetto for years will begin to disappear and be replaced.

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Cons

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Pros

* They train new grads, so you get a lot of valuable training * Depending on the projects, it has the potential to have a good life balance *Hybrid and Remote opportunity Will recommend to get your foot in the door

Cons

* Pay is not very competitive. Needs improvement * Depending on some client projects, the work-life balance can also be very bad * The culture is horrible, the outlook and appearance of the company is so different than what is on the ground—cutthroat culture, pushing culture. * Sometimes it enables a rude and disrespectful culture * Career growth is very minimal * tend to hire lots of indians, and an indian dominated culture/circle can make a non indian feel left out

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