Lots of Career Opportunity, but poor in-house systems & processes - Senior Product Manager Cognizant Employee Review

4.0
Jun 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Major growth and expansion happening, along with the accompanying opportunity for growth if you're a self-starter that is willing to work hard.

Cons

Sometimes long hours due to working with clients and interfacing with off-shore resources in India. HR & financial systems are sub-par for a company of this size. System for processing expense reports, booking travel and reporting hours are very poor and buggy (1 out of 10). The process of career path creation and management is substandard. Annual reviews are almost non-existent. Bonuses and pay raises are a mystery until they appear on your check. No rear advance communication, and therefore, not the incentive it should be. It takes way to long to process these and to book travel for consulting jobs.

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Pros

Good projects, challenging work, lots to learn

Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Business Outlook

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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