Cognizant Tech Solutions – “Not a Consulting Firm, Culture is That of a Traditional BPO”

Pros

The compensation is competitive and the benefits are good, though all of the benefits are self-serve. You can never get in touch with anyone in HR to assist with any of the elections.

Cons

The careers page on the website is most misleading, namely with this statement: "you’ll find a global, inclusive and a richly diverse workforce. Our employees represent almost every nationality on earth so you’re sure to fit in."

Cognizant's workforce (even in the US) are 95% Indian-nationals so there is virtually zero diversity.

Also, they are trying to compete with the MNCs like Accenture and IBM so they are marketing themselves as a consulting firm to Wall Street. Consultants beware, this is not a consulting firm. Consultants are treated on-par with offshore resources and this is nowhere more apparent than when dealing with HR and their 4 week bench policy.

Advice to Senior Management

This company would have to change their entire culture to compete in a recovered market on a consulting platform, and it appears that they are just now noticing this with the attention the demand to create US jobs is creating. US-based consultants who were trapped here during the recession will be making a dash out of here when the labor markets stabilize. Consultants have large networks, so many true consultants will be steered away from this company.