Keep the pay/packages of existing employees at par with the lateral hire's to keep them with you. - Programme Analyst Cognizant Employee Review

3.0
Jul 21, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Job security. One of the best company for lateral joinees. One of the best/big client base to work for. All the best software process and practises. Good brand name

Cons

1. Salary stucture of existing employees is not at par with the lateral hiring specially when you have joined CTS at freshers level as a PAT/PT, 2. Onsite should be rotational ( as they prefer to have the same person at onsite in a way new people are not able to get chance), 3. Moderate chances of onsite upto Programmer Analyst level if you are in development project.(This is the current scenerio after recession) 4. Appraisal process is not fare and not tranparent.

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Cons

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Pros

It was a much needed check in a time of need

Cons

Management seemed uneducated. I dnt know about cognizant as a whole but their eligibility department needs help. They focus on the things that do no matter. They were at risk of losing this contract, so now it’s whatever they client says, they do…no push back including making us do disability cases, that we had no previous knowledge of. In the beginning I was getting OT like crazy. Then they stopped it talking about it wasn’t in there budget, and at times when we needed someone to work/stay late. They are not consistent and the other employees there, are looking for other positions, too. Not to mention, myself and another employee were the only ones there for the longest. It’s a mess.

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